In Venezuela, CARE is working both in Caracas and Miranda state. CARE works through partner organisations with families at risk, mainly female-headed households, families with children under age five, and the elderly.
Relief efforts in Venezuela
CARE has worked in the Latin America and Caribbean region since 1954. CARE has been responding to Venezuela’s migrant and refugee crisis, focused women and girls’ voice and leadership. CARE’s work with partner organisations has been emergency response in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. CARE focuses on the most at-risk forcibly displaced and host community members, especially women, girls, and young men.
CARE is providing support in areas like reproductive health, water, sanitation and hygiene, food and nutrition, shelter, security, and voucher assistance. For every CARE project or initiative, we ensure that at least 30% of participants come from the local host community.
Inside Venezuela, CARE is working both in Caracas and Miranda state.
Venezuela Refugee Crisis
Venezuela is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. 7.7 million people have fled the country, seeking refuge in Latin America and the Caribbean—the largest exodus in the region in a century. Another 7.6 million remain in-country, requiring humanitarian assistance.
Most refugees have relocated to nearby countries, with Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador hosting the most. Currently, over 2.8 million Venezuelans live in Colombia. The mass exodus overwhelms the country’s healthcare systems, education services, and more. It has also sparked rising xenophobia. Colombia already grapples with a prolonged armed conflict and ranks as one of the hemisphere’s most unequal nations. Refugee influx is projected to grow.
In 2018, CARE began scaling up operations across Latin America to address the growing needs in the region. In Ecuador, Colombia, and southern Venezuela, CARE provides at-risk populations with cash vouchers for food and accommodation. CARE also provides humanitarian transportation and mobile SIM cards. Additionally, CARE offers kits for women that include sanitary products, diapers, soap, toothbrushes, and other essential items. CARE also organises awareness-raising activities around violence against women and girls.
CARE also aims to work with the governments of host countries for refugees on longer-term integration needs. These needs include education, health services, access to social protection, legal advice, and entrepreneurial opportunities for Venezuelans.
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