Latter-day Saints Launch $2.8 Million Venezuela Quake Relief for 100,000 People
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Updated · Church News · Jul 25
Latter-day Saints Launch $2.8 Million Venezuela Quake Relief for 100,000 People
1 articles · Updated · Church News · Jul 25
Summary
$2.8 million in new Church-funded projects will aid Venezuela earthquake victims through ADRA, Project HOPE and Catholic Relief Services, expanding support after the June 24 disaster.
Project HOPE will use the funding to repair seven health facilities, supply medicines and psychological first aid, and train 230 health workers and responders, with services reaching more than 100,000 people.
ADRA is providing 5,000 food kits for 15 days each, while Catholic Relief Services will deliver temporary shelter for 400 people plus food, hygiene, water purification kits and filters for hundreds of families.
The church said it has already been supplying food and essentials daily and has delivered medical and surgical supplies to five public hospitals in Caracas since the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude quakes.
Beyond the initial emergency kits, what long-term strategies are religious NGOs employing to rebuild shattered communities in Caracas?
How are international relief teams overcoming Venezuela's severe power and telecom outages to deliver the newly announced earthquake aid?
With Venezuela's infrastructure already severely strained, will repairing seven health facilities be enough to stabilize communities after the devastating earthquakes?