By — Marcia Biggs Marcia Biggs Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-to-help-those-in-need-in-venezuela Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter How to help those in need in Venezuela World Feb 26, 2020 3:39 PM EDT The Venezuelan government rejects claims of a humanitarian crisis within its borders. So it also prohibits the presence of independent international aid organizations, which are unable to work officially on the ground. Local Venezuelan organizations are thus left to provide badly needed help on their own. In our series Inside Venezuela, PBS NewsHour explored how millions of children are facing hunger, preventable diseases, lack of education and violence amid Venezuela’s political and economic upheaval. But several organizations are doing work in the country to help alleviate some of the aid shortages. Here is a list of local Venezuelan organizations we profiled, or come recommended by people with whom we spoke. How to give Caracas Mi Convive, part of Alimenta la Solidaridad, focuses on hunger issues and violence prevention. You can donate to Alimenta la Solidaridad’s gofundme page or to Caracas Mi Convive. Levántate provides food to children in the city of Maracaibo. You can contact Angelo Parra at angelopdifeo20@gmail.com and find them on Instagram at @levantate17. Cuatro Por Venezuela provides aid to Caracas hospitals. Fundana focuses on issues related to children. Hogar Bambi cares for children who have been separated from their families for a variety of reasons. Doctors without Borders provides aid to Venezuela’s medical sector to increase care and mental health support. Find all of our reporting Sick Venezuelans struggle to survive amid crumbling health system, lack of care Sick and starving, Venezuelan children stoke fear of a lost generation – and more violence A year after the rise of Juan Guaido, Venezuelans are still waiting for change Organizations have been verified to the best of our ability. If you aren’t sure about the legitimacy of a charitable organization, visit Charity Navigator. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Marcia Biggs Marcia Biggs Marcia Biggs is a freelance journalist, focusing on international conflict and humanitarian crisis. She contributes regularly to The PBS NewsHour, reporting most recently on the crisis in Haiti. With over a decade in the Middle East, her work has highlighted the targeting of doctors in the Syrian civil war, the use of children in armed conflict in Iraq and Syria, as well as various stages of the battle for Mosul and the plight of Yazidi girls who have escaped ISIS captivity. In 2018, she became one of the few television journalists to travel to Yemen, producing a four part series for PBS. A pivot to Latin America then took her to Honduras, ground zero of the Central American migration crisis, and Venezuela, where she went undercover to report on the country’s healthcare disaster. Her work has won numerous awards, including a George Foster Peabody Award, Gracie Allen Award, and two Emmy nominations. Before her work with the NewsHour, Biggs produced reports for Al Jazeera English, Fox News Channel, CNN, and ABC News. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she completed her Bachelors degree in History at Vanderbilt University and her Masters degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut.
The Venezuelan government rejects claims of a humanitarian crisis within its borders. So it also prohibits the presence of independent international aid organizations, which are unable to work officially on the ground. Local Venezuelan organizations are thus left to provide badly needed help on their own. In our series Inside Venezuela, PBS NewsHour explored how millions of children are facing hunger, preventable diseases, lack of education and violence amid Venezuela’s political and economic upheaval. But several organizations are doing work in the country to help alleviate some of the aid shortages. Here is a list of local Venezuelan organizations we profiled, or come recommended by people with whom we spoke. How to give Caracas Mi Convive, part of Alimenta la Solidaridad, focuses on hunger issues and violence prevention. You can donate to Alimenta la Solidaridad’s gofundme page or to Caracas Mi Convive. Levántate provides food to children in the city of Maracaibo. You can contact Angelo Parra at angelopdifeo20@gmail.com and find them on Instagram at @levantate17. Cuatro Por Venezuela provides aid to Caracas hospitals. Fundana focuses on issues related to children. Hogar Bambi cares for children who have been separated from their families for a variety of reasons. Doctors without Borders provides aid to Venezuela’s medical sector to increase care and mental health support. Find all of our reporting Sick Venezuelans struggle to survive amid crumbling health system, lack of care Sick and starving, Venezuelan children stoke fear of a lost generation – and more violence A year after the rise of Juan Guaido, Venezuelans are still waiting for change Organizations have been verified to the best of our ability. If you aren’t sure about the legitimacy of a charitable organization, visit Charity Navigator. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now