06.24.2026

Earthquakes in Venezuela: How to Help

Project HOPE is in Venezuela responding to the deadly earthquakes that struck outside Caracas. Learn more about our response and how you can help.

Project HOPE-supported health facilities in the affected area are treating patients and providing emergency and trauma care as the situation unfolds. We have four assessment teams actively working in the most impacted areas and are mobilizing medical assistance following the powerful June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela. Read on to learn more about how you can help.

What you need to know in Venezuela

On the evening of June 24, 2026, two deadly back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck Venezuela near San Felipe, outside Caracas. The second earthquake was the biggest to hit Venezuela in over a century.

The death toll for the Venezuela earthquake is expected to climb and tens of thousands are still reportedly missing. The extent of the damage is widespread, with collapsed buildings, disrupted communications, and significant impacts on critical infrastructure, including the airport, as aftershocks continue.

destruction from earthquakes in Venezuela — The 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck on June 24 is the strongest to hit Venezuela in over a century. Photo courtesy Reuters.

How is Project HOPE responding to the earthquakes in Venezuela?

With more than 100 local staff already in Venezuela, Project HOPE is mobilizing additional emergency response teams to meet the most urgent health and humanitarian needs. Even as we expand our response, clinics we support in the affected areas are already providing care to patients impacted by the earthquakes. We have deployed four assessment teams to affected areas and are mobilizing medical assistance, with emergency medical personnel and K-9 Search and Rescue teams on standby ready to deploy.

Project HOPE has extensive experience responding to earthquakes around the globe. We aim to address both urgent and long-term needs, stabilize local health systems, and ensure families have adequate access to primary healthcare; mental health and psychosocial support (including psychological first aid); shelter; and water, sanitation, and hygiene.

What are the greatest needs following the earthquakes Venezuela?

Prior to the Caracas earthquakes, nearly 8 million people in Venezuela — more than a quarter of the population — already needed humanitarian support. This disaster has compounded a complex humanitarian and economic crisis, making immediate support essential as families try to stabilize and meet their basic needs.

“The earthquakes that hit Venezuela last night in rapid succession are historic in magnitude and come at a time when the country is reeling from triple-digit inflation, an ongoing displacement crisis, and a collapsed healthcare system.”
– Chris Skopec, Project HOPE President

The airport outside Caracas has been heavily impacted, water infrastructure is reportedly damaged, power outages are affecting entire sections of cities, and phone lines have been downed, making it hard for people to contact loved ones.

Civilians report being terrified of the threat of future earthquakes, residents are sleeping on the streets, and the mental health toll is already setting in as survivors navigate the destruction.

clinic pop-up in Venezuela following two earthquakes — More than a quarter of Venezuela’s population needed humanitarian support before the June 24 earthquakes, making immediate support essential as health systems face a rise in need. Photo courtesy Reuters.

What is Project HOPE’s history in Venezuela?

Project HOPE has been providing critical health and humanitarian assistance inside Venezuela since 2019, reaching 1.2 million people and providing over 339,000 medical consultations in 2025 alone.

“It’s all pretty intense. Especially as humanitarian workers who witness crises in other places up close, I believe nothing prepares you to experience one in your own homeland. I’m fine and the team is fine. There is nothing left to do but move forward. It’s really tough. Everything here takes a thousand times more effort… I don’t know how we’re going to recover.”
– Project HOPE team member in Venezuela

For years, Project HOPE has expanded access to primary healthcare, medicines, and health education while supporting local health workers and health facilities across Venezuela. We have also increased access to mental health and psychosocial support, strengthened water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in health facilities to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, and provided nutrition support for pregnant women, new mothers, and newborns.

How you can help Venezuela

The earthquakes in Venezuela have displaced many people and worsened a humanitarian catastrophe that impacts women, children, families, and entire communities made vulnerable by this crisis. If you want to help, here’s how you can get involved:

1. Make a lifesaving gift to support our work now and for the future.

2. Interested in an employee giving campaign for Venezuela? Please contact us — we are happy to help.

3. Stay up-to-date on this story and our lifesaving work around the world by following us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X/Twitter, and help spread the word about our response.

4. Fundraise for Venezuela by streaming on Tiltify to raise money for Project HOPE. If you’re a content creator, you can start a charity stream on Tiltify to Stream for HOPE and raise funds for Project HOPE’s mission. Tag us on social @projectHOPEorg to let us know about your charity stream so we can thank you!

Volunteering: At this time, we are not seeking volunteers to deploy to our response in Venezuela. This is an ongoing response and needs may change. We encourage interested parties to submit an application with our volunteer emergency response database and we will reach out if your specialty is requested.