Humanitarian response
Earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia
On 24 June 2026, two powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela. On 10 August, a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia. At Mis Anawim Mundi we have launched an urgent response and are already sending aid to both countries.
Preliminary assessment
Venezuela
- M 7.2 & 7.5
- Two quakes seconds apart
- La Guaira
- Worst affected state
- Thousands
- Families displaced
- 24 Jun 2026
- Date of the disaster
Colombia
- M 7.4
- Earthquake magnitude
- Valle del Cauca
- Worst affected department
- +361,300
- People affected
- 10 Aug 2026
- Date of the disaster
What happened
Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 were recorded seconds apart in the state of Yaracuy. The coastal state of La Guaira has been the worst affected, with more than a hundred buildings collapsed, and serious damage is reported in Miranda, Aragua, Carabobo and Falcón. Authorities have declared a state of emergency. On 10 August 2026, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, with its epicenter near San José del Palmar (Chocó); it is the country's deadliest since 1999, with Valle del Cauca and Risaralda among the worst-affected departments. We are widening our response to reach both countries.
What we are doing
Mis Anawim Mundi has already distributed aid in Venezuela —2 tonnes of medicines and medical products in 2024— and we have supplies and contacts on the ground. We are now actively sending aid to both Venezuela and Colombia, and we need to strengthen logistics to scale up the response.
Medical supplies and medicines are the most urgent need right now. If you can donate or source these items, it makes a real difference.
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Collected this week
Each week we prepare and ship around 2 tonnes of aid. Help us reach this week's goal.
What we need now
Solidarity actions
People to help sort, pack and coordinate the shipment of available aid.
Donations
Financial contributions to cover transport, medicines and urgent medical supplies.
Outreach
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I need help with my donations
If you collect donations and need help getting them to Venezuela, tell us. We'll coordinate pick-up and shipping with you.
If you're a collection point and need help sending your aid, you can get in touch on these numbers:
Before you hand over your donations
To make the process easier, we need you to sort them beforehand:
- 1Put as many medicines with the same active ingredient as possible together in one box.
- 2When you hand over your donations, give us an inventory of the contents of each box.
- 3This will let us speed up the sorting and shipping process.
Important
Before bringing donations directly to the monastery, contact us to arrange an arrival time. Remember we are in a church space, open from 10h to 17h.
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Solidarity actions in motion — we need you.
This is how we sort, box and prepare the aid to send to Venezuela. Will you join us?
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This page will keep being updated
We will expand the information about the response as the situation evolves.
Preliminary figures according to official sources and international media; they may change as rescue efforts continue. Last updated: 11 August 2026.