Venezuela Earthquake Appeal | Christian Aid Ireland

A devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook northern Venezuela on Wednesday 24 June, sending waves of fear through communities and before many could even catch their breath, a second, more powerful 7.5 quake struck less than a minute later.

The UN estimates that millions of people have been affected, with more than two million in the worst impacted areas. Families have lost loved ones, homes and the sense of safety and security they once knew.

Rescuers are searching for survivors, but the scale of loss is already significant. Christian Aid colleagues are already working hard with our partners to assess the needs of our neighbours in Venezuela and ensure that our emergency response is exactly what and where it needs to be.

Please donate today to help us reach more children and families in Venezuela with the urgent support they need.

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Christian Aid's partners are already responding. Your support helps them go further, faster.

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The impact in Venezuela

Latest update: 21 July 2026, 10:11

>5,278

people have been killed and the toll continues to rise
>16,740

people injured, tens of thousands remain missing
>3.5m

people are expected to need humanitarian food assistance

What's happening in Venezuela

The most serious impact has been reported in La Guaira and the Greater Caracas area - two of Venezuela’s biggest and most densely populated cities. Since then, aftershocks from the quakes have continued to hamper rescue attempts.

Millions of people have been affected, with more than two million in the worst impacted areas. Importantly, thousands more are reported missing, which means that rescuers are still racing to find survivors trapped in collapsed buildings.

While the full scale of the disaster is still emerging, we know that families urgently need shelter, food, water and medical care.

Save lives. Give hope.

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Venezuela is still hurting. The pain keeps building, growing even deeper with two powerful earthquakes that have torn through populated areas, leaving widespread damage to homes, buildings, businesses and social services, damage whose full extent is still unknown, but clearly immense. Solidarity rises in the face of human suffering. Christian Aid, in partnership with faith-based networks directly present in Venezuela, is working to bring a tangible solidarity - one that nourishes hope as an act of resistance against a tragedy powerful enough to break it.

- Carlos E. Mejia, Head of Impact, MCC LAC.

How Christian Aid is responding

We’re releasing emergency funds to our network of trusted local partners active in the epicentre of Caracas and La Guaira.

Our partners are on the ground, providing emergency medical treatment, delivering meals and food baskets and ensuring people have access to clean drinking water. They’re well-placed to deliver life-saving essentials, health kits to treat basic injuries and shelter to some of the worst-hit communities in some of the poorest neighbourhoods.

Donate and help us stand by them in the coming days, weeks and months.

Donate to the Venezuela Earthquake Appeal

These powerful earthquakes have caused catastrophic devastation. Survivors urgently need critical support. We believe in life before death - please donate now.