Venezuela

The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has been ongoing for many years and continues to worsen, making it difficult for residents to access basic healthcare and food. We support the Benedict XVI Clinic in Rubio, which provides free medical care to the local community. Our focus is on combating malnutrition and disease.

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What is the situation?

Following recent political events and military operations, the situation in the country has become even more unstable – there is a severe shortage of food, medicine, and basic healthcare. In many regions, hospitals are operating in emergency mode, vaccines and blood supplies are lacking, and medical personnel are working beyond their limits. For families, this means having to make dramatic choices: whether to spend their limited resources on food or on medicine and healthcare.

The economic crisis, which has intensified since 2016, has plunged the country into increasing chaos. Basic goods such as food, electricity, and gasoline have become luxury items. Millions of Venezuelans are leaving the country – currently, around 8 million people, or one-fourth of the population, require urgent humanitarian aid. Food shortages already affect more than 2 million citizens, and without further intervention, this number is expected to rise.

The healthcare situation in the country is dire. Maternity and pediatric hospitals lack blood, medicine, and vaccines. The crisis is further exacerbated by the emigration of medical personnel, which leads to an even greater weakening of the healthcare system.

Our aid in Venezuela

Our goal is to improve access to healthcare, food availability, and public education so that our aid has a lasting impact on the people.

Education and Social Support: We organized workshops on responding to gender-based violence and educational activities on health and hygiene.
Support for the Benedict XVI Clinic in Rubio: We have helped provide free medical care in general medicine, gynecology, obstetrics, and pediatrics.
Deliveries of Medicines and Vaccines: In cooperation with the local organization Deus Caritas Est, with whom we established contact in 2019, we have delivered vaccines and medicines, protecting residents from infectious diseases such as hepatitis A and rotavirus infections. Venezuelan hospitals lacked the resources to protect infants from illness.
Food Assistance for the Most Vulnerable: We established a database of about 500 families in Rubio who received food packages enabling them to prepare nutritious meals.