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Global Empowerment Mission aims to help Venezuela earthquake victims for five years

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The US-based Global Empowerment Mission plans to assist earthquake victims in Venezuela for five years.
  • The organization will initially provide aid like food and hygiene products, supported by the Trump administration and the Catholic Church.
  • Aid has reached 11 communities, with plans to expand reconstruction and agricultural projects.

The U.S. organization Global Empowerment Mission intends to remain in Venezuela for five years to aid those affected by the June 24 double earthquake. The initial phase of assistance involves distributing donations such as food and personal hygiene items, with support from the Donald Trump administration and the Catholic Church.

Our goal is to stay here for five years supporting the most affected population, particularly in La Guaira, which has been hardest hit by the earthquake.

— Luis VelásquezThe director for Latin America of Global Empowerment Mission spoke about the organization's long-term commitment to earthquake victims in Venezuela.

"Our goal is to stay here for five years supporting the most affected population, particularly in La Guaira, which has been hardest hit by the earthquake," Luis Velásquez, the organization's director for Latin America, told EFE. During a distribution event in the Caraballeda parish, Velásquez noted that they have also provided tents, electric generators, and baby formula.

People receive the aid with gratitude because they have truly been affected. Most have no jobs, no income, nothing to eat, and we feel blessed to be able to help them, the people of Venezuela.

— Luis VelásquezThe director for Latin America of Global Empowerment Mission described the reception of aid by earthquake victims.

Velásquez stated that the organization arrived in Venezuela on June 27, three days after the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck. So far, they have delivered donations to 11 communities in the coastal region. "People receive the aid with gratitude because they have truly been affected. Most have no jobs, no income, nothing to eat, and we feel blessed to be able to help them, the people of Venezuela," he added.

The goal is to deliver aid to 5,000 families daily, which means for 20,000 people per day.

— Luis VelásquezThe director for Latin America of Global Empowerment Mission stated the daily target for aid distribution.

The aid packages contain 20 items, including beans, rice, jam, tuna, sausages, and water. "The goal is to deliver aid to 5,000 families daily, which means for 20,000 people per day," Velásquez emphasized. Beyond immediate relief, Global Empowerment Mission plans to begin reconstruction of homes and windows, as well as agricultural and industrial projects, starting in August.

While there is life, there is hope, and this crisis is a great opportunity to think, to reinvent oneself, to fight.

— Luis VelásquezThe director for Latin America of Global Empowerment Mission expressed a message of hope amidst the crisis.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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