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Venezuela's Emergency:
What's Happening and How to Help


Venezuela is in an emergency situation: Most of its residents don’t have access to food, medicine, and basic services because of political instability and economic collapse. Some 96% of the country lives in poverty. The COVID-19 pandemic has made an already critical situation worse. Venezuelans fleeing the emergency are now at greater risk, and refugees have died on escape routes and at the hands of smugglers. Please donate to one of these community-led projects to help our vetted nonprofit partners provide immediate assistance and develop long-term solutions to the emergency in Venezuela.

Projects responding to Venezuela’s emergency situation

Home for parentless children in Caracas.
Bambi 5 is dedicated to give refuge to babies under two years old that don't have a family environment to grow-up in. We guarantee them an affectionate care, feeding, medical attention, vaccinations, and early stimulation. We also offer orientation and support to biological and adoptive parents, ensuring that babies return to a family a soon as possible.
Pediatric care for 200 parentless children.
We want to guarantee access to healthcare, offering comprehensive medical care to orphaned, abandoned, or impoverished children who live on the streets without access to public health under unhygienic and malnourished conditions. We want to provide these vulnerable children with their universal right to have access to quality and comprehensive medical care.
Transform The Life Of Homeless People In Venezuela
Through the Panabus Program we provide necessary attention to 2,400 homeless people a year, dignifying them as human beings and promoting their social reintegration. We make this possible through especially equipped transportation units, and a specialized team that provides to each individual fundamental primary services such as shower, wc, handbasin, clean cloth, haircut, healthcare, nutrition and supports them through their rehab process towards their social reintegration and family union.
Aiding Venezuela: Helping those in need.
In 2024, we marked 22 years of continuous efforts, improving the lives of over one million people in Venezuela. In 2023, our health, food, education, agriculture, and water programs supported nearly 229,000 people. By mid-2024, we provided over 2 million liters of water, served 3 million meals, distributed almost 1 million kg of food, and delivered medicine, hygiene products, and health services, benefiting thousands across the country.
Arts and hope for 180 vulnerable venezuelan kids
Art is food for the soul! Help make lives better through art classes! Contributing to the education of children from vulnerable backgrounds. Learning visual arts, performing arts and music helps our kids develope fundamental cognitive abilities, analytical skills and broadening their horizons! Providing learning experiences that have a significant impact on their academic environment and social development, increasing their chances on continuing their studies and pursuing a career.
Give Medical Care to 3500 Venezuelan Indigenous
During the month of August 2018 a group of 40 doctors, including specialists and medical volunteers, assisted more than 950 people from 10 indigenous communities of La Gran Sabana in Venezuela. All epidemiological data and biological samples necessary to determine the health problems of the population will be collected and the necessary medicines will be given to treat the detected diseases.We'll repeat the medical mission every 6 months. The next one will be during the month of April 2019.
Be a Super Friend for our children in Venezuela!
Vulnerable children suffer the most in Venezuela. Food insecurity, hunger, malnutrition, a broken hospital care explain the highest mortality rates, at some point with 6-7 children dying every week, and school dropout at +50%. Be the hero for +10,000 newborns & children, +1,000 students & teachers, and +300 health care workers that rely on Friends for nutritional supplements, formulas, medicines, medical supplies, and even a daily meal as an incentive to attend and stay at school.
Help Venezuelans with digital and media literacy
by MAKAIA
In times of crisis, information saves life. Venezuelas coming to Colombia need the right digital skills to access and discern information that can help them improve their living conditions. MAKAIA has studied the situation from the information point of view and found that most Venezuelans in Medelin don't know where and how to access social services such as health, education, housing and food. Information is available but they don't have the have the time, resources or knowledge to access it.
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