Venezuela Earthquake Relief Fund

Your support is already reaching communities affected by the earthquake in Venezuela. As Del Carmen Foundation, one of our local partners, shared:

“As soon as I read your email, my eyes filled with tears. Your generosity is doing far more than funding a project—you are helping save lives. Because of your support, we can continue providing emergency relief, clean drinking water, medical supplies, food, and other essential resources to those who need them most.” 

Del Carmen Foundation is one of 6 partners who already received a flexible grant from our Venezuela Earthquake Relief Fund. “Flexible grant” simply means they are free to use the money however they see fit based on the needs in front of them.  

Here is a short description of some of the work being put into place: 

• SOCIEVEN, Deafblind of Venezuela, is distributing food, hygiene kits, medicine, and other essential supplies to people living with deafness and blindness in quake-affected areas.  SOCIEVEN is also conducting home inspections and repairs on damaged properties and providing housing assistance whenever possible for those who need it.

• Fundación Mayu is distributing medicines and medical supplies to hospitals in Caracas and across La Guaira. Their healthcare staff is also providing direct medical assistance in shelters, parks, and encampments for people injured and/or displaced from the earthquake.

• Mano Amiga is coordinating with specialized shelters dedicated to children left orphaned by the disaster. They are offering those shelters sanitation infrastructure such as tents, waste bins, temporary toilets, and hygiene kits. This ensures the children are safer, healthier, and living with more dignity after a truly devastating loss.

• Santa en las Calles Foundation is scaling up its collection centers and deploying its medical teams into shelters and displacement camps to deliver vital primary care to earthquake-affected communities. SCF is also providing vital emergency obstetric services and healthcare for women. 

As these organizations help their communities navigate the long road to recovery, your support makes it possible for trusted local teams to be there when they are needed most. And as needs evolve, your generosity gives them the flexibility to keep responding—bringing critical resources, care, and hope to communities as they rebuild.

We can never say thank you enough.

With gratitude,

Kyra + the GlobalGiving team

Full list of grantees:

• Del Carmen Foundation
• Friends of the Children of Venezuela 
• Fundacion Mayu 
• Mano Amiga
• Santa en las Calles Foundation (SCF)
• SOCIEVEN, Deafblind of Venezuela 
• Ven da tu Mano (VDTM)