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Standing With Venezuela

On 24 June 2026, twin earthquakes — a magnitude 7.2 foreshock followed 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 mainshock — struck northern Venezuela, with La Guaira and Caracas among the hardest hit. Below are organizations running a dedicated Venezuela response, selected with an execution-risk lens.

Why we're sharing this

Global Assessment works closely with Venezuelan markets. As a firm that studies how resources move — and where they get stuck — we believe we have a responsibility to point toward channels that actually reach people on the ground. This is our small contribution.

How to give safely

Give money, not goods.

Cash lets relief organizations buy what is actually needed, near where it is needed. Collecting and shipping physical goods into a disaster zone consumes the same logistics capacity that emergency supplies depend on. Prefer organizations with an established presence on the ground over those formed after the disaster.

The relevant authorization is already in place.

On 25 June 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued Venezuela General License 60, authorizing transactions related to earthquake relief efforts in Venezuela. Individual donors should not need to assess sanctions exposure to give. This is a factual reference, not legal advice.

What we screened for.

Venezuela's Law on the Oversight, Regularization, Action and Financing of Non-Governmental and Non-Profit Social Organizations (Official Gazette No. 6,855 Extraordinary, 15 November 2024) requires organizations operating in the country to notify the competent authority of donations received. Against that backdrop, we applied two operational criteria: the organization runs its own delivery network rather than depending on a single intermediary, and it publishes a record of what was delivered and where. Organizations absent from this page are not being judged — they simply fall outside those two criteria.

Verify before you give.

Type the organization's address into your browser yourself rather than following a link from a message or social post. Be sceptical of lookalike names, newly created accounts, and unsolicited appeals. Legitimate organizations do not pressure you to donate immediately.

Where to give

Grouped by how the money reaches the ground, not by preference. Each runs a Venezuela-specific response. Every link goes to the organization's own official page.

Links and figures last reviewed 14 July 2026.

Tier 1 — Venezuelan, own network

Organizations rooted in the country, with published delivery records

  • Cáritas de Venezuela

    Rooted in Venezuela since 1997, with 37 diocesan and more than 600 parish offices. Its first response bulletin records 8,000 aid kits and 73,356 units of medical supplies across 26 delivery points between 25 June and 6 July, each movement backed by numbered, signed delivery notes.

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  • Caritas Internationalis — Venezuela

    The confederation's dedicated Venezuela fund, for donors giving from abroad by card. Funds reach the same diocesan and parish network.

    Donate

  • Dividendo Voluntario para la Comunidad

    Venezuelan business-sector nonprofit, founded in 1964. Its Fuerza Venezuela campaign with Cáritas moved 10.4 tonnes of food, 5,700 litres of water and 46,000 units of medical supplies in its first 100 hours. Contributions are arranged directly — best suited to companies and institutions.

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Tier 2 — International responders

Each runs a Venezuela-specific earthquake response, with its own page for this emergency

  • Direct Relief

    Medical supplies, medicines and water purification for first responders and hospitals.

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  • International Medical Corps

    In-country team providing emergency medical care in the hardest-hit areas.

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  • Project HOPE

    Emergency health response supporting a health system already under severe strain.

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  • World Vision

    Food, water, hygiene and child protection across La Guaira, Caracas and Miranda.

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Tier 3 — Local-first funding and logistics

Money routed onward to Venezuelan organizations, or physical supply chains

  • GlobalGiving — Venezuela Earthquake Relief Fund

    Flexible, rapid funding routed to local Venezuelan organizations already doing the work.

    Visit

  • Global Empowerment Mission

    Partnering with the U.S. Department of State and Walmart to move relief supplies. Coordinating with Venezuelan diaspora groups from Doral, Florida.

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Verify before you give

Con Venezuela, siempre.

From Ottawa, with our homeland in mind.

This page is provided for informational purposes only. Global Assessment is not affiliated with the organizations listed and does not collect, hold, or route any funds; all donations are made directly to third parties through their own official channels. Listing reflects only the screening criteria described above, applied to publicly available information as of the date shown, and is not an endorsement or an assurance regarding any organization's performance or use of funds. Global Assessment accepts no responsibility for third-party content. Nothing on this page constitutes legal, compliance, or tax advice. Please verify each organization before giving.

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