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CAF allocates more than $272,000 to Venezuelan organizations helping earthquake-hit communities

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, known as CAF, allocated more than $272,000 to seven Venezuelan social organizations assisting communities affected by the June 24 earthquakes.
  • The funding will support mental health services, social assistance, physical rehabilitation and the restoration of educational spaces.
  • The allocation follows CAF's creation of a $1 million recovery and reconstruction fund and a previous $300,000 emergency donation.

More than $272,000 donated by employees of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, or CAF, will go to seven Venezuelan organizations working with communities affected by the June 24 earthquakes, which measured 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude.

The money will finance mental health programs, social assistance, physical rehabilitation and the recovery of educational facilities. CAF drew the funds from solidarity initiatives, including its volunteer program, employee contributions and the organization's matching mechanism. The Organization of American States also contributed.

The mental health component will support Dr. Yaso Internacional and the Venezuelan Institute for the Integral Development of Children, known as Invedin. Social assistance will include Hogar Clínica Madre Teresa, described as the only operating nursing home in La Guaira, and the Little Sisters of the Poor in Maiquetía.

Fe y Alegría projects will receive support for the recovery of school infrastructure. Physical rehabilitation programs will be backed through the Fundación Hospital Ortopédico Infantil and the Fundación Caminando Hacia Nuestros Sueños, Juan Pablo Dos Santos. CAF said it selected the organizations using technical criteria and focused the resources on priority sectors serving people affected by the disaster.

The new allocation adds to CAF's wider response. The institution created a Recovery and Reconstruction Fund for Venezuela with initial capital of $1 million and previously donated $300,000 for the emergency's most urgent needs. CAF executive president Sergio Díaz-Granados said recovery should put people first rather than focus only on rebuilding infrastructure. Official figures cited in the report say 226,696 people have received hospital care and response teams have rescued 6,462 citizens.

Recovery must prioritize people and not be limited to rebuilding infrastructure, especially in communities with the highest levels of vulnerability.

· Sergio Díaz-GranadosCAF's executive president described the institution's approach to earthquake recovery.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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