Doral Venezuelans rally aid after deadly earthquakes hit home country
Doral’s Venezuelan community filled donation sites with food and medicine as the first aid shipment was readied after quakes killed at least 188 people in Venezuela.
Global Empowerment Mission in Doral prepared its first aid shipment to Venezuela for Thursday after back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday, June 24, killed at least 188 people and injured hundreds more. Across South Florida, Venezuelan families were also trying to confirm the safety of relatives back home while communication lines remained disrupted.
In Doral, where more than 40% of residents are of Venezuelan origin, residents and local organizations opened at least four drop-off locations to collect food, clothing, bottled water, medicines, toiletries and other essentials. At Sabor Venezolano, people brought supplies for survivors, while Global Empowerment Mission’s Doral base took the lead in organizing the relief effort.
Venezuelans in the United States used WhatsApp groups and other channels to check on parents, siblings and friends as news of the destruction spread. The South Florida diaspora is the largest Venezuelan community in the United States.
The earthquakes were among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century, and severe damage to Caracas’s main airport raised the risk that aid could be slowed before it reached people most in need.
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