Earthquake Aid Keeps Flowing From Florida to Venezuela, as Volunteers Unite to Help Recovery
The relief effort has deployed nearly 1 million pounds of supplies and aims to deliver 100,000 care packages a month, organizers said.
- Doral-Based Global Empowerment Mission deployed nearly one million pounds of earthquake aid to Venezuela with U.S. State Department facilitation and military support, as 1,000 volunteers across three warehouses pack care packages daily.
- Two 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, killing at least 4,500 people, destroying over 850 buildings and displacing 17,000, marking the first major crisis since President Donald Trump ordered then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture in a January raid.
- Hundreds of volunteers from Doral's Venezuelan-descent community work daily alongside corporate donors including Goya, Walmart and Amazon, with GEM's system providing the diaspora a trusted mechanism to send aid amid concerns about government theft and corruption.
- On Saturday, U.S. Marines unloaded GEM packages for 2,000 people on a Venezuelan beach; founder Michael Capponi emphasized complete operational control to prevent government interference. Recipient Yoniel Reyes said, "I never imagined I would be receiving aid from the U.S."
- GEM targets at least 100,000 care packages monthly for three to six months while the U.S. contributed over $386 million to earthquake response, though human rights director Laura Cristina Dib raised transparency concerns about fund oversight amid Venezuela's recovery needs.
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Earthquake aid keeps flowing from Florida to Venezuela, as volunteers unite to help recovery
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Earthquake aid keeps flowing from Florida to Venezuela, with help from the U.S. State Department
After her grandmother’s house in Caracas narrowly survived last month’s devastating back-to-back earthquakes, Alessandra Izaguirre was desperate to help Venezuela.
Critical Medical Aid Arrives in Venezuela to Support Patient Care, Post-Earthquake
A critical shipment of medical aid has arrived in Venezuela to treat patients impacted by last month’s devastating earthquakes. On Saturday, 25 pallets of medical aid, totaling more than six tons, touched down in Caracas. The shipment includes medications for chronic disease management, including for diabetes, field medic packs for first responders, hygiene products for people displaced from their homes, personal protective equipment, medical-gr…
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