{
  "name": "Where to help Venezuela?",
  "url": "https://dondeayudarvenezuela.com/en/",
  "description": "A directory for anyone who wants to help after the Venezuela earthquake (June 2026), from inside or outside the country: where to donate and how to volunteer your time, with verified channels.",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "event": {
    "name": "2026 Venezuela earthquake",
    "date": "2026-06-24"
  },
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-26",
  "self": "https://dondeayudarvenezuela.com/en/directory.json",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "voluntariado",
      "label": "Volunteer",
      "avoid": false,
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "Efecto Red",
          "description": "Join as a volunteer professional —mental health, medicine, engineering, law, education, housing and more— and help families affected by the earthquake via WhatsApp, inside and outside Venezuela. More than 1,200 professionals are already registered.",
          "url": "https://efecto-red.com/",
          "domain": "efecto-red.com",
          "tag": "Professionals"
        },
        {
          "title": "Reservadoc",
          "description": "If you are a doctor, psychologist or health professional, join as a volunteer and see patients for free by video call. Thousands of professionals have already signed up to guide those in need after the earthquake.",
          "url": "https://sos.reservadoc.com/",
          "domain": "sos.reservadoc.com",
          "tag": "Doctors"
        },
        {
          "title": "SOS UCV — Faculty of Medicine",
          "description": "Initiative by the UCV Faculty of Medicine: register as a volunteer doctor and provide online primary-care consultations and medical guidance to people across Venezuela after the earthquake.",
          "url": "https://sosucv.umiasalud.com/",
          "domain": "sosucv.umiasalud.com",
          "tag": "Doctors"
        },
        {
          "title": "LUZ en Venezuela — Health",
          "description": "Asomevenar platform for Venezuelan doctors and psychiatrists abroad: sign up and treat people in Venezuela for free by video call after the earthquake. Each professional’s credentials are verified.",
          "url": "https://salud.luzenvenezuela.org/",
          "domain": "salud.luzenvenezuela.org",
          "tag": "Doctors"
        },
        {
          "title": "Psicólogos Sin Fronteras Venezuela",
          "description": "PSF Venezuela brings on volunteer psychologists to provide free psychosocial support to people affected by the earthquake: crisis intervention, grief support and psychological first aid. Sign up to help.",
          "url": "https://psfvenezuela.wordpress.com/",
          "domain": "psfvenezuela.wordpress.com",
          "tag": "Psychologists"
        },
        {
          "title": "Da una Mano",
          "description": "Offer your help to those who need it: post what you can contribute or browse requests by municipality, category and status, and coordinate delivery via WhatsApp. It does not handle money or supplies.",
          "url": "https://daunamano.com/",
          "domain": "daunamano.com",
          "tag": "Offer help"
        },
        {
          "title": "Ayuda por Venezuela",
          "description": "Sign up as a volunteer or drop off supplies: a nonprofit citizen platform that centralizes hundreds of active collection centers, inside and outside Venezuela. Filter by state, country and item and find the nearest point.",
          "url": "https://ayudaparavenezuela.com/",
          "domain": "ayudaparavenezuela.com",
          "tag": "Collection"
        },
        {
          "title": "Donamos Venezuela",
          "description": "Donate physical aid, no money: post the goods you can contribute, offer a transport route and coordinate delivery with the centers that receive them. Every donation is reviewed and validated; it does not process payments.",
          "url": "https://www.donamosvenezuela.com/",
          "domain": "donamosvenezuela.com",
          "tag": "Offer help"
        },
        {
          "title": "VZLA Ayuda",
          "description": "Offer or find help near you, with no accounts and instantly. Post what you can contribute and connect with those who need it in your area.",
          "url": "https://vzlayuda.com/",
          "domain": "vzlayuda.com",
          "tag": "Near you"
        },
        {
          "title": "Mamás con VZLA",
          "description": "A network of volunteer mothers and women protecting Venezuela's children after the earthquake. Register as a Volunteer Mom —anywhere in the country or from the diaspora— or contribute resources such as food, supplies and services to the network. No money is donated here: you give your time and direct support.",
          "url": "https://www.mamasconvzla.org/",
          "domain": "mamasconvzla.org",
          "tag": "Mothers network"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "donaciones",
      "label": "Where to donate",
      "avoid": false,
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "Donate now",
          "description": "Yummy is Venezuela's super-app for rides and delivery; in the emergency it became the easiest, most reliable way to donate from anywhere in the world with an international card, crypto or Pago Móvil. Yummy and its partners match 25% of every donation and turn it into direct action on the ground, from connectivity for rescuers and survivors to aid in the hardest-hit areas. Led by its founder and CEO, Vicente Zavarce.",
          "url": "https://dona.yummyrides.com/",
          "domain": "dona.yummyrides.com",
          "tag": "Direct giving"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Earthquake Relief Fund",
          "description": "GlobalGiving fund (a 501(c)(3) organization with a four-star Charity Navigator rating) that provides fast, flexible funding to local organizations for emergency medical care, search and rescue, temporary shelter, food, clean water and hygiene supplies in the affected communities.",
          "url": "https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/venezuela-earthquake-relief-fund/",
          "domain": "globalgiving.org",
          "tag": "International fund"
        },
        {
          "title": "Home and care for orphaned children",
          "description": "Hogar Bambi Venezuela (Caracas) provides a home, education, medical care and food to 120 orphaned or abandoned children and youth. With the earthquake worsening the crisis, its work protecting vulnerable children is even more urgent. A verified project featured on GlobalGiving.",
          "url": "https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/integral-support-program-for-children/",
          "domain": "globalgiving.org",
          "tag": "Child protection"
        },
        {
          "title": "Emergency response for children",
          "description": "UNICEF scaled up its response after the June 24, 2026 earthquakes: it estimates 1.8 million people affected, 680,000 of them children. It brings clean water, health, nutrition, child protection and education to affected families.",
          "url": "https://help.unicef.org/global/venezuela-earthquake",
          "domain": "help.unicef.org",
          "tag": "Child response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Help for children",
          "description": "Save the Children released $1.5 million from its Children's Emergency Fund and works with local partners on health, shelter, food and child protection. It has a 4-star Charity Navigator rating and is currently matching every donation it receives.",
          "url": "https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/venezuela",
          "domain": "savethechildren.org",
          "tag": "Child protection"
        },
        {
          "title": "Canadian Red Cross — Matching fund",
          "description": "Canadian Red Cross earthquake appeal: until July 14, 2026 the Government of Canada matches every individual donation dollar for dollar, so each $1 becomes $2 to help those affected. This is the Red Cross of Canada, independent from the Venezuelan one.",
          "url": "https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/current-emergency-responses/venezuela-earthquakes",
          "domain": "redcross.ca",
          "tag": "Matched fund"
        },
        {
          "title": "Internet for rescuers and victims",
          "description": "Campaign by the Conexión Segura y Libre association (VE sin Filtro) to deploy internet-connection and phone-charging points in Venezuela. It is key because the regime blocks free-internet sites, isolating those who coordinate rescues and search for their relatives.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/internet-for-rescuers-and-earthquake-victims-in-venezuela",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Free internet"
        },
        {
          "title": "VZLA 2026 Earthquake Emergency Fund",
          "description": "Donate in Bitcoin, with no banks or intermediaries and from any country: UCAB's BTC Academy (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello) opened this fund to get aid to those affected by the earthquake quickly and traceably.",
          "url": "https://btc.academiasucab.com/fondo-emergencia-sismo-vzla-2026/",
          "domain": "btc.academiasucab.com",
          "tag": "Crypto"
        },
        {
          "title": "Fundación Loyola — Emergency response",
          "description": "The Jesuits of Mexico open their doors to Venezuela: Fundación Loyola supports families affected by the earthquakes. Donations are channeled through the Unidos en la Misión office with the reference 'Emergencia 2026 MX'.",
          "url": "https://www.fundacionloyola.mx/atenci%C3%B3n-a-emergencias",
          "domain": "fundacionloyola.mx",
          "tag": "Faith and community"
        },
        {
          "title": "Child nutrition and health",
          "description": "Venezuelan NGO that supports hospitalized or chronically ill children and their caregiving mothers. Facing the earthquake emergency it is delivering medical supplies, diapers, wet wipes and personal and menstrual hygiene items to hospitals. It accepts donations via PayPal, Pago Móvil and bank transfer.",
          "url": "https://preparafamilia.org/como-apoyar/",
          "domain": "preparafamilia.org",
          "tag": "Child health"
        },
        {
          "title": "Emotional support for children",
          "description": "While others rebuild walls, INVEDIN (Venezuelan Institute for the Integral Development of Children) rebuilds the emotional foundations of children and teens who survived the earthquake. With its team on the ground in Naiguatá, it creates safe spaces, provides trauma psychotherapy and trains local teachers and leaders so the help endures. Donate via Donorbox.",
          "url": "https://donorbox.org/sanando-hoy-a-los-ninos-para-reconstruir-el-manana",
          "domain": "donorbox.org",
          "tag": "Mental health"
        },
        {
          "title": "HEVENF — Help for Venezuela Foundation",
          "description": "Aid that arrives and shows: Help for Venezuela Foundation delivers food, medical supplies, essential items and mattresses in Caracas to families hit by the earthquake. It fundraises via GoFundMe.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/donahevenf",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Direct aid"
        },
        {
          "title": "Proyecto Renacer Venezuela",
          "description": "Andrea Lancioni and Andres Antonini (Nini), through The Lancioni Legacy Foundation, lead this project to rebuild the homes of families with children and elderly who lost everything in the June 24 earthquake. They prefabricate 50 houses to deliver in Venezuela, handling land acquisition and permits. Donate via GoFundMe.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/proyecto-renacer-venezuela-reconstruyendo-hogares",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Reconstruction"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Emergency",
          "description": "Campaign by Fundana, a Venezuelan foundation and UNICEF partner with 34 years protecting children in situations of abandonment or risk. All donations go directly to Fundana in Venezuela to care for vulnerable children after the earthquake.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/fundana-emergencia-venezuela",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Child protection"
        },
        {
          "title": "Humanitarian Aid Program for Venezuela",
          "description": "Florida-based organization (PAHPV) that, in partnership with Locatel, equips University Firefighters and rescue teams with medical supplies delivered directly in Venezuela. It accepts donations from the U.S. via Zelle, PayPal and check.",
          "url": "https://www.ayudahumanitariavenezuela.org/donar/",
          "domain": "ayudahumanitariavenezuela.org",
          "tag": "Medical supplies"
        },
        {
          "title": "Rescue equipment",
          "description": "The UCV university firefighters are among the first into the rubble. This campaign by Give Pan de Vida and the UCV Firefighters Foundation buys the rescue equipment they need, delivered immediately in Caracas.",
          "url": "https://donorbox.org/emergency-relief-for-venezuela-s-earthquake-survivors",
          "domain": "donorbox.org",
          "tag": "Rescue"
        },
        {
          "title": "Cáritas de Venezuela",
          "description": "The humanitarian arm of Venezuela's Catholic Church, present across the country. After the earthquake it brings food, safe water, health care and hygiene kits to the most vulnerable families, reaching even the most isolated areas.",
          "url": "https://caritasvenezuela.org/donaciones/",
          "domain": "caritasvenezuela.org",
          "tag": "Faith and community"
        },
        {
          "title": "Emergencias SJ",
          "description": "Four Jesuit organizations —Entreculturas, Alboan, Fe y Alegría and the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)— united in a single earthquake response: shelter, essential items, protection and psychosocial support for affected families.",
          "url": "https://emergencias-sj.org/emergencia-venezuela/",
          "domain": "emergencias-sj.org",
          "tag": "Humanitarian network"
        },
        {
          "title": "Samaritan's Purse",
          "description": "Christian disaster-relief organization that airlifted supplies to Venezuela after the earthquake and set up an Emergency Field Hospital in La Guaira, able to treat more than 100 patients a day with medical care and clean water.",
          "url": "https://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/samaritans-purse-responding-to-venezuela-quakes/",
          "domain": "samaritanspurse.org",
          "tag": "Medical response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Catholic Relief Services",
          "description": "One of the world's largest Catholic humanitarian agencies: the official relief arm of the U.S. Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and a member of Caritas Internationalis. It is already responding to the earthquake with emergency aid for families affected west of Caracas.",
          "url": "https://www.crs.org/donate/venezuela-earthquake",
          "domain": "crs.org",
          "tag": "Faith and community"
        },
        {
          "title": "Unidos por Venezuela — Farmatodo",
          "description": "Venezuela's best-known pharmacy chain puts its store network and logistics to work for the emergency: it channels medicine and essential supplies straight to those affected by the earthquake.",
          "url": "https://www.farmatodo.com.ve/marcas/unidosporvenezuela",
          "domain": "farmatodo.com.ve",
          "tag": "Medicines"
        },
        {
          "title": "Dividendo Voluntario para la Comunidad",
          "description": "One of Venezuela's most established social organizations. It channels your contribution toward education, health and livelihoods in the communities hit hardest by the earthquake, where it's needed most.",
          "url": "https://www.dividendovoluntario.org/dona/",
          "domain": "dividendovoluntario.org",
          "tag": "Community aid"
        },
        {
          "title": "Resilience in Action",
          "description": "A network of 18 civil-society organizations with Christian inspiration and 50 years of community work across all 24 Venezuelan states. Its Resiliencia en Acción program accompanies, with dignity, the Caracas families affected by the June 24, 2026 earthquake. Donate by card through Mercantil's payment button.",
          "url": "https://gruposocialcesap.org/resiliencia-en-accion-reconstruyendo-la-esperanza-desde-la-dignidad-de-nuestra-gente/",
          "domain": "gruposocialcesap.org",
          "tag": "Community aid"
        },
        {
          "title": "I Love Venezuela Foundation — Emergency relief",
          "description": "I Love Venezuela Foundation (We Love Foundation Inc.) teamed up with Global Empowerment Mission to bring a large-scale response after the earthquake: food, clean water, medical care, hygiene kits, temporary shelter and support for the most vulnerable families.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-relief-for-venezuela-earthquake-victims",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Integral response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Emergency Appeal — Earthquake in Venezuela",
          "description": "From the UK, the charity Healing Venezuela turns its work for Venezuela's health system toward the emergency: it supports hospitals, resident doctors and rescue services, and buys medical supplies. Donate in pounds via JustGiving.",
          "url": "https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/venezuelaearthquake2026",
          "domain": "justgiving.com",
          "tag": "Health"
        },
        {
          "title": "Fundaprocura — Humanitarian Emergency",
          "description": "Venezuelan foundation specialized in medical and orthopedic equipment —wheelchairs, prostheses and rehabilitation— that goes beyond its usual mission to respond to the earthquake. Through its Humanitarian Emergency campaign it channels your contribution to the quake victims. Donate by card, PayPal or Venmo.",
          "url": "https://fundaprocura.shop/products/fondos-para-victimas-del-terremoto",
          "domain": "fundaprocura.shop",
          "tag": "Rehabilitation"
        },
        {
          "title": "Humanitarian Fund 77",
          "description": "Colombia's CIREC Foundation, with 50 years rehabilitating people with physical disabilities, opens Humanitarian Fund 77 alongside the Juan Pablo Dos Santos Foundation and Venezuela's Children's Orthopedic Hospital. It cares for those the earthquake left with amputations, spinal cord injuries or severe trauma: surgeries, comprehensive rehabilitation, prostheses, orthoses and wheelchairs. You can donate from Colombia, the U.S. or another country.",
          "url": "https://fundacioncirec.org/fondo-humanitario-77/",
          "domain": "fundacioncirec.org",
          "tag": "Rehabilitation"
        },
        {
          "title": "Global Empowerment Mission",
          "description": "501(c)(3) organization that, together with I Love Venezuela, is allocating an initial $35 million in aid: food, water, hygiene, shelter materials and medical supplies for hospitals in the affected areas.",
          "url": "https://www.globalempowermentmission.org/es/mission/venezuela-earthquakes/",
          "domain": "globalempowermentmission.org",
          "tag": "Integral response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Earthquake Relief",
          "description": "Sun.Risas Inc, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Doral (Florida), is activating its emergency response network after the earthquake. Together with trusted local partners and volunteers, it delivers essential resources and coordinates relief for the most affected communities.",
          "url": "https://fundraise.sunrisas.org/campaign/815513/donate",
          "domain": "fundraise.sunrisas.org",
          "tag": "Integral response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce",
          "description": "The Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce mobilizes its business network to respond to the earthquake. Your donation funds search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, clean water, medical supplies and temporary shelter for affected communities.",
          "url": "https://donate.stripe.com/eVq14m62u9BRdpm4Xw2sM02",
          "domain": "donate.stripe.com",
          "tag": "Private sector"
        },
        {
          "title": "Emergency response",
          "description": "International humanitarian aid NGO with an office in Venezuela and extensive experience in earthquakes and disasters. Facing the earthquake it channels direct aid: rescue, safe water, food and care for affected families.",
          "url": "https://donate.cadena.ngo/campaign/815508/donate",
          "domain": "donate.cadena.ngo",
          "tag": "Humanitarian response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Emergency: Support Network",
          "description": "The American Venezuelan Engagement Foundation activated a support network for families affected by the earthquakes and coordinates with on-the-ground partners to deliver direct relief across three pillars: medical supplies, family assistance and food security. Donate via Donorbox.",
          "url": "https://donorbox.org/emergencia-terremoto-venezuela-red-de-apoyo",
          "domain": "donorbox.org",
          "tag": "Support network"
        },
        {
          "title": "Red de Ayuda a Venezuela",
          "description": "Initiative by Alianza por Venezuela (an organization of Venezuelans in Argentina) that coordinates solidarity campaigns for the earthquake response. Alianza does not receive or manage donations: funds are transferred directly to UNHCR’s official accounts for temporary shelter, essential items and protection for affected communities.",
          "url": "https://alianzaporvenezuela.org/red-de-ayuda-a-venezuela/",
          "domain": "alianzaporvenezuela.org",
          "tag": "Diaspora"
        },
        {
          "title": "Fundación TAAP",
          "description": "Colombian foundation (Bogotá) that from day one coordinated the citizen response to the earthquake: it reconnected thousands of families with their missing relatives, sent medical missions to collapsed hospitals and dispatched dozens of tons of aid to Caracas, La Guaira and Caraballeda. Donate in Colombian pesos.",
          "url": "https://donaronline.org/fundacion-taap/nuestra-amistaap",
          "domain": "donaronline.org",
          "tag": "Regional response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Patrulla Aérea Civil Colombiana",
          "description": "Colombian nonprofit with 60 years of delivering medical care by air to remote areas and disaster victims. It mobilizes doctors, supplies and humanitarian aid to communities affected by the earthquake; every flight carries health staff and rescuers. Donate in Colombian pesos.",
          "url": "https://donaronline.org/patrulla-aerea-civil-colombiana/salvemos-vidas-en-venezuela",
          "domain": "donaronline.org",
          "tag": "Air rescue"
        },
        {
          "title": "UN — Humanitarian Fund for Venezuela",
          "description": "Campaign by UN Crisis Relief, managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Donations go to the Humanitarian Fund for Venezuela, which works with dozens of local NGOs and response teams to bring health, safe water, food, shelter and education to families affected by the earthquake.",
          "url": "https://crisisrelief.un.org/en/donate-venezuela-crisis",
          "domain": "crisisrelief.un.org",
          "tag": "Humanitarian fund"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Fund",
          "description": "Latin America and the Caribbean's development bank opened an official fund for the earthquake. It channels donations toward emergency response and the long-term recovery of affected communities in Venezuela.",
          "url": "https://www.caf.com/fondo-venezuela",
          "domain": "caf.com",
          "tag": "Regional fund"
        },
        {
          "title": "MSF — Donate for Venezuela",
          "description": "Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been preparing and distributing emergency medical kits since the earthquake: eight hospitals in Caracas and La Guaira have received supplies for about 4,000 patients. It set up a mobile clinic in La Guaira with doctors and mental-health professionals. Donate through its Chile office (MSF South America).",
          "url": "https://www.msf.cl/fondo-de-emergencias-especial/",
          "domain": "msf.cl",
          "tag": "Health"
        },
        {
          "title": "VAMA Foundation",
          "description": "The Venezuelan American Medical Association (VAMA), a Florida-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, works directly with doctors and relief workers on the ground to treat earthquake victims. It states that 100% of donations go to relief and healthcare efforts; it raises funds via GoFundMe.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-vama",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Medical care"
        },
        {
          "title": "Misiones Salesianas",
          "description": "Misiones Salesianas (Spain) campaign for the earthquake. The Salesians have been in Venezuela since 1894 and accompany affected families, children and youth: support for those who lost their homes, educational and community aid, delivery of basic goods and recovery of damaged schools and parishes. Their long-standing presence lets them quickly identify where action is most urgent.",
          "url": "https://misionessalesianas.org/emergencia-terremotos-en-venezuela/",
          "domain": "misionessalesianas.org",
          "tag": "Faith and community"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Earthquake Relief",
          "description": "Victoria Venezuela Foundation, a 501(c)(3) based in Weston, Florida, supports displaced families at two support centers —in Caracas (La Trinidad) and La Guaira (Caraballeda)— with food, water, medical supplies, shelter and childcare. Tax-deductible in the U.S. and processed by Donorbox.",
          "url": "https://victoriavenezuelafoundation.org/venezuela-earthquake-relief/",
          "domain": "victoriavenezuelafoundation.org",
          "tag": "Integral aid"
        },
        {
          "title": "Mamás con VZLA",
          "description": "A network of volunteer mothers and women, founded by Dana Jiménez (Houston, Texas), protecting Venezuela's children after the earthquake. Its on-the-ground network registers and verifies cases of affected children and families, and follows up for child protection and family reunification. It fundraises via GoFundMe and Zeffy to bring food, diapers, shelter and supplies to the most vulnerable.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-fund-to-protect-venezuelas-earthquake-children",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Child protection"
        },
        {
          "title": "Mi Primer Rescate",
          "description": "A Venezuelan animal rescue foundation caring for more than 100 rescued dogs and cats. Donations cover their food and medical care, all the more urgent amid the crisis left by the earthquake. It fundraises via GoFundMe.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi-primer-rescates-100-rescued-pets",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Animal rescue"
        },
        {
          "title": "Donaciones Acaure",
          "description": "Acaure initiative that sustains the delivery of 1,500 kg of protein per week —around 8,000 meal portions— through partner kitchens, to feed earthquake victims, rescuers and volunteers. Donate by bank transfer (EUR and other channels).",
          "url": "https://www.donacionesacaure.com/",
          "domain": "donacionesacaure.com",
          "tag": "Food relief"
        },
        {
          "title": "SOS Terremoto Venezuela",
          "description": "Meals4Hope runs community food and nutrition programs for children and families in poor communities across Venezuela. After the earthquake it launched its SOS Terremoto campaign to bring food and care to the affected communities; it states that 96% of donations go to its programs. Donate online from abroad.",
          "url": "https://sosterremoto.meals4hope.org/",
          "domain": "sosterremoto.meals4hope.org",
          "tag": "Nutrition"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Nos Necesita",
          "description": "Alimenta la Solidaridad, a Venezuelan community network known for its soup kitchens for children, launched its Venezuela Nos Necesita campaign after the earthquake. Through its community leaders and partners on the ground it identifies urgent needs and delivers aid to the affected communities. A 501(c)(3) organization; your donation is tax-deductible in the US.",
          "url": "https://donate.alimentalasolidaridad.org/campaign/815565/donate",
          "domain": "donate.alimentalasolidaridad.org",
          "tag": "Community kitchens"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela necesita ser luz",
          "description": "The House Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, provides nutritious meals to children and vulnerable families in Maracaibo, Venezuela —around 3,200 plates a month— alongside projects in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, India and Jordan. After the earthquake it launched an emergency relief campaign to deliver food, clean water and hygiene kits to affected families. It offers tax-deductible donation certificates in the US.",
          "url": "https://thehouse-project.org/products/support-the-house-project-make-a-difference-today",
          "domain": "thehouse-project.org",
          "tag": "Child nutrition"
        },
        {
          "title": "Comidas para Venezuela",
          "description": "World Central Kitchen (WCK), the organization founded by chef José Andrés, activated its Relief Team after the earthquake and, together with longtime partners in Venezuela, prepares and delivers freshly made meals to affected families. A 501(c)(3) organization with a four-star Charity Navigator rating and Candid Platinum transparency seal. Your donation is tax-deductible in the US.",
          "url": "https://donate.wck.org/campaign/815521/donate",
          "domain": "donate.wck.org",
          "tag": "Emergency kitchens"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Earthquake Emergency Response",
          "description": "GlobalGiving fund by the Wayuu Taya Foundation, with more than 20 years of humanitarian work in Venezuela, together with CORE, ACCESO, Direct Relief, Food For The Poor and Good Neighbors. It delivers food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter and hygiene kits to affected families. Project vetted by GlobalGiving since 2021.",
          "url": "https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/venezuela-earthquake-emergency-response/",
          "domain": "globalgiving.org",
          "tag": "Vetted fund"
        },
        {
          "title": "Juntos por Venezuela — Rebuilding",
          "description": "Campaign by Fundación Luchemos por la Vida, a 501(c)(3) organization running a bilateral US–Venezuela network to protect, feed and provide medical care to children and vulnerable people living on the streets after the earthquake. Raised through Zeffy; tax-deductible in the US.",
          "url": "https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/donate-to-venezuela",
          "domain": "zeffy.com",
          "tag": "Child protection"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Emergency — TECHO Chile",
          "description": "TECHO, the well-known Latin American NGO that builds homes alongside communities, launched its “Contigo donde más se necesite” campaign from Chile for the earthquake in Venezuela. Donate in Chilean pesos by credit/debit card or Banco Estado.",
          "url": "https://dona.techochile.org/alcancia/contigo-donde-mas-se-necesite-terremoto-venezuela",
          "domain": "dona.techochile.org",
          "tag": "Housing and shelter"
        },
        {
          "title": "Venezuela Earthquake Response",
          "description": "Mercy Chefs, a US faith-based disaster-relief nonprofit (501(c)(3) with a four-star Charity Navigator rating), is on the ground in Venezuela with local partners preparing hot, chef-cooked meals for affected families, first responders and volunteers. Your donation is tax-deductible in the US.",
          "url": "https://give.mercychefs.com/campaign/815706/donate",
          "domain": "give.mercychefs.com",
          "tag": "Emergency kitchens"
        },
        {
          "title": "WFP — Meals for families",
          "description": "ShareTheMeal, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) app, opened an earthquake appeal: every contribution helps WFP scale up food rations, baskets with cereals, pulses and oil, and hot meals in shelters. It has already reached more than 25,000 people across the country and set up the first food hub. Donate in the currency you prefer.",
          "url": "https://sharethemeal.org/es/campaigns/venezuela1",
          "domain": "sharethemeal.org",
          "tag": "Food programme"
        },
        {
          "title": "Más que un Aporte in Action",
          "description": "The Más que un Aporte Foundation, a Florida-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit present in more than 60 Venezuelan communities, is mobilizing resources for families affected by the earthquake. It works with partners and volunteers to deliver immediate humanitarian response and support the recovery with hope and opportunity. Raising funds through GoFundMe.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/mas-que-un-aporte-en-accion",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Community aid"
        },
        {
          "title": "Humanitarian Response · Venezuela Earthquake",
          "description": "Impaktemos, a Venezuelan civil association that runs educational projects, activated a humanitarian response to the earthquake. It has already met the most urgent needs in Caracas, La Guaira and other affected communities, delivering supplies and supporting families. It fundraises through GoFundMe.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/impaktemos-respuesta-humanitaria-terremoto-venezuela-2026",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Local response"
        },
        {
          "title": "Sembradores de Esperanza",
          "description": "Through its Sembradores de Esperanza campaign, the Venezuelan foundation Calles de Oro y Mar de Cristal brings help to children affected by the earthquake: food, care, education and medical attention for street children, now even more vulnerable. Donate once or with a monthly gift via Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay) or Zelle.",
          "url": "https://callesdeoro.org/donacion.php#hacer-donacion",
          "domain": "callesdeoro.org",
          "tag": "Child protection"
        },
        {
          "title": "Showers for survivor shelters",
          "description": "Independent citizen initiative by María José Barrios (@maribarriosb) in Caracas: with a small volunteer team she brings supplies, hygiene and portable shower and changing systems to shelters for people displaced by the earthquake. Every purchase and delivery is documented with full transparency in a public Google Sheet. Donate via GoFundMe from abroad or Pago Móvil inside Venezuela.",
          "url": "https://www.gofundme.com/f/duchas-para-refugios-de-damnificados-caracas-venezuela",
          "domain": "gofundme.com",
          "tag": "Hygiene and shelter"
        },
        {
          "title": "GRAD — Animal Disaster Response Group",
          "description": "Brazilian NGO and world reference in animal rescue during disasters (100+ operations, 50,000+ animals assisted, active in the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods). It launched a mission in Venezuela after the earthquake to rescue and care for animals and the multispecies families affected. Donate in reais via doare.org (Pix, card, PayPal).",
          "url": "https://paybox.doare.org/paybox?payboxId=84c1b6da-7536-4d94-acbe-407be24f422f",
          "domain": "paybox.doare.org",
          "tag": "Animal rescue"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "evitar",
      "label": "Where NOT to donate",
      "avoid": true,
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "Cruz Roja Venezolana",
          "description": "Since August 2023, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice intervened the Venezuelan Red Cross, removed its board and appointed a restructuring committee. Having lost its independence from the regime, it is no longer a neutral humanitarian channel: we recommend not donating through it.",
          "url": "https://lapatilla.com/2023/08/10/ong-ven-intervencion-chavista-de-la-cruz-roja-venezolana-como-un-grave-precedente/",
          "domain": "lapatilla.com",
          "tag": "Avoid"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}