Venezuela
Responding to crisis by providing critical health and humanitarian assistance, addressing urgent needs, strengthening health systems, and expanding access to quality care.
Earthquakes in Venezuela: How to Help
Project HOPE is responding to the growing humanitarian needs after two back-to-back earthquakes struck the country, devasting the region.
The Context
Venezuela is facing a persistent and complex humanitarian crisis. Communities across the country have experienced years of economic instability, high inflation, and strained public services. Limited access to healthcare, medicines, and essential services has left millions of people struggling to meet their basic needs, with women, children, older adults, and people living with chronic health conditions affected most.
The twin earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on June 24, 2026 will only exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation.
Project HOPE is helping ensure that people across Venezuela can access the quality healthcare they need even in the face of prolonged crisis.
8 million
people need humanitarian assistance
Venezuela’s prolonged crisis has left over a quarter of the population in need of healthcare, protection, nutrition, and other lifesaving services.
82%
of people live in poverty
Widespread poverty makes it increasingly difficult for families to access essential health services, food, and the resources needed to stay healthy.
40%
of the population experiences moderate to severe food insecurity
Without reliable access to nutritious food, families face increased risks of malnutrition, stunted growth, illness, and other long-term health challenges.
Our Impact
Project HOPE works with local partners to strengthen healthcare across Venezuela, reaching more than 1.2 million people and providing more than 339,000 medical consultations in 2025 alone.
Responding to Humanitarian Needs
We provide healthcare services to people affected by Venezuela’s complex humanitarian crisis, helping health workers ensure that their communities can access treatment and ongoing care for maternal health issues, primary care needs, infectious diseases, chronic health conditions, and more. Working alongside local health workers and partners, we equip health facilities with what they need to provide lifesaving care, essential medicines, and emergency health services in the face of crisis and disaster.
Supporting Health Workers
We provide health workers with essential medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and training so they can continue delivering quality care in the face of humanitarian challenges. We also work alongside government institutions, local organizations, and other partners to strengthen health services and improve patient care, training over 4,000 health workers since 2024. By supporting the local health workers who know their patients best, Project HOPE is helping to stabilize both local health systems and the broader community.
Increasing Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
We improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions in health facilities to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, protect patients and health workers, and improve the quality of care. To date, Project HOPE has improved access to clean water for 1.8 million people, distributed essential hygiene kits to more than 83,000 people, and completed 158 WASH infrastructure repairs in health facilities.
Supporting Women and Children
Working with local health workers, Project HOPE provides nutrition support for pregnant women, new mothers, and infants to promote healthy pregnancies, improve maternal and child health, and support children’s growth and development.
Since 2019, Project HOPE has reached roughly 165,000 children, adolescents, pregnant women, and lactating new mothers with malnutrition screenings, deworming treatment, nutritional counseling, and referrals to specialized care.
Expanding Mental Health Support
We strengthen referral systems for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and expand access to care for people in vulnerable situations, including women, children, and survivors of gender-based violence. By improving access and bolstering local health workers, Project HOPE is helping Venezuelans strengthen their communities and the broader health system. This work has facilitated access to violence and abuse-response services for 130,000 people and delivered psychosocial support to more than 1,500 people.
Our History
Project HOPE has been working to strengthen access to health services, medicines, and health education across Venezuela since 2019, responding to the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis while helping build more resilient health systems. To date, we’ve reached over 5 million people and supported more than 55 health facilities.
Over the years, our teams have provided lifesaving primary healthcare, strengthened referral systems for mental health and psychosocial support, and expanded access to care for people in vulnerable situations, including women, children, and survivors of gender-based violence. We have also supported health facilities with water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) improvements to reduce the spread of infectious diseases.
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