CARE VENEZUELA
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Mission Statement
Care Venezuela provides support to the most vulnerable communities in Venezuela by providing basic supplies. We aim to improve well-being and dignity in communities where the access to essentials, such as, medicines, food, medical supplies, hygiene products, among others, is limited or simply absent as a result of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.
About This Cause
Before we describe Care Venezuela we consider important to share the reasons why we decided to build a community through the charity. Venezuelan Context Venezuela has been passing through a tragic institutional situation for more than 20 years now. The political, economic and social crisis due to the mismanagement of a Government, has led the country to face a severe humanitarian crisis with heart-breaking consequences. To picture this, there are shortages of food (1/3 of Venezuelans are food insecure), an inflation rate of 2,005% in 2021 seasoned with an exodus of 7m+ Venezuelans fleeing repression (only 2nd to Syrian refugee crisis) - the largest in the Western Hemisphere, while poverty sits at 94.5% despite owning the largest Oil reserves in the World, (ENCOVI, 2021). Likewise, the shortage of medicines and medical supplies of all kinds which extends 88% of all public health hospitals and pharmacies is causing people to die of simple flu or even worse, as a consequence of long-eradicated diseases like tuberculosis, diphtheria, malaria, and others. Some of the facts around the critical health situation can be see as follows: - Venezuela’s health infrastructure is crumbling, with more than 70% of public hospitals without regular access to water or electricity and transplant programs on hold since 2014. - More than 90% of the population is living in poverty and 32% of children have chronic malnutrition, with one in three adults moderately or severely food insecure. - 46% didn't attend a medical consultation due to a lack of resources to pay for the service, they resorted to self-medicating or didn't think about attending. - 3.000 people died between 2017 & 2018 because they did not receive dialysis. - By 2018, Venezuela had 9.362 cases of diphtheria and measles resulting in 230 deaths. - Over 400k cases of malaria in 2017. - 140k cancer patients and over 300k people with heart disease are at risk if they don't receive medication. - 300k people with chronic diseases such as Parkinson & Haemophilia have not been treated since 2016. - Over 79k people with HIV have stopped receiving treatment since 2017 and 5.000 have lost their lives. The situation has not improved at all, on the contrary it continues to deteriorate, with a misinformation campaign from the government making it seen better when the reality is cruel. There are 14.3 million people in Venezuela in need of humanitarian assistance. The 2020 humanitarian response plan required $763 million in aid, but by August 2020 only $130 million in assistance had been provided. The Charity - Care Venezuela We are a group of Venezuelans volunteers living in the UK. In 2017, worried about the situation previously explained, that has severely affected the quality of life of an entire nation and the moment when Venezuela reached its peak in an emergency state with several national protests against the government, we decided to join forces with one of our allies “Programa de Ayuda Humanitaria para Venezuela” (PAHPV) and help. We have managed to send basic supplies to Venezuela, providing support to reliable NGOs and non-profit organisations in 17 cities across the country. Throughout the time, we have built a trustable reputation within a great community. It wasn’t easy at the beginning since it was difficult to generate trust amongst Venezuelans in the UK. With time, and showing results and genuineness in our purpose people started to trust and the Community began to grow little by little. We were literally creating an environment to motivate the Community to collaborate with us, adding an incredible value. We are now five lovely women leading a Venezuelan Community of 50+ people amongst volunteers and supporters. In 2021, we formally registered as a Charity called Care Venezuela. Our main purpose is to support many Venezuelans who are still living in precarious conditions and narrowing circumstances. We strive to raise awareness about the crisis in our country and raise funds to buy/collect and send medicines and supplies which are distributed to the local communities in our country. Now, the challenge is how to keep people engaged, increase our online audience, attract the attention of new donors and supporters by networking at different levels and put our creativity into practice to generate other ways to raise awareness and funds. Currently, while continuing to provide help for medical supplies, one of our main programs is also to provide solar lamps to rural communities where electricity is a big problem. Since 2009, Venezuela has experienced an electricity crisis that continues today, leaving the country without this vital utility for long periods of time, thus affecting the quality of life of many families, especially in poor and rural communities. With the LuminAid humanitarian aid program "Una Luz para Venezuela" (A light for Venezuela) we want to collaborate with various communities by providing a sustainable alternative. We work collaboratively with the NGO Meals4Hope in rural communities of extreme poverty trying to cover basic needs such as food and lighting. LuminAid lamps can be easily recharged with sunlight providing up to 24 hours of illumination, and although we do not solve the underlying problem, this alternative can make a big difference in times of need for a Venezuelan community. With your kind support you will be helping us to continue working towards our goal. TOGETHER, WE STAND UP FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN VENEZUELA Sources: 1. humvenezuela.com. 2022. REPORT | Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health Study on Venezuela’s Health Crisis | via: Simon Bolivar Foundation. [online] Available at: 2. Human Rights Watch. 2020. World Report 2021: Rights Trends in Venezuela. [online] Available at: 3. Proyectoencovi.com. 2021. Encovi 2021 | Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones. [online] Available at: