A non-profit delivering direct relief for children, families, and clinics in Venezuela.
The country is enduring one of the most urgent humanitarian crises in the region. This page explains how mismanagement, shortages, and instability have affected families, children, and clinics across Venezuela.
In 1973, Middle Eastern countries launched an oil embargo against nations supporting Israel. This sudden restriction caused oil prices in the world economy to quadruple, allowing high-oil-producing countries like Venezuela to prosper and leading to Venezuela achieving the highest per-capita income in South America. In 1976, Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez created the state-owned oil company, PDVSA, to nationalize the country's oil industry. The creation of the company replaced foreign entities and absorbed their experienced workforce into PDVSA. Over the next 25 years, these efforts helped Venezuela's proven oil reserves skyrocket from 18 billion barrels to 80 billion barrels.
This upward trajectory shifted dramatically under President Hugo Chávez, who diverted billions in revenue from PDVSA to fund social programs rather than reinvesting in oil infrastructure, maintenance, and technical expertise. The government also replaced thousands of experienced oil professionals with political loyalists, a series of abrupt changes that destabilized the company’s operational capacity. As a result, efficiency crumbled and production plummeted. When Nicolás Maduro took office in 2013, the economic decline accelerated severely. A combination of continued mismanagement, hyperinflation, and collapsing global oil prices caused crude production to drop to historic lows, crippling the state-run economy and plunging the nation into the severe humanitarian crisis that directly impacts Venezuelan families today.
Venezuela went from the region’s richest per capita economy to severe shortages and economic collapse over just a few decades.
Basic goods like food, medicine, school supplies, clothing, and fuel are hard to find, pushing families into deeper insecurity every day.
Donations are used to reach children, families, and clinics quickly, restoring hope where it is needed most.
On January 3rd, 2026, Fascist dictator Nicolás Maduro was taken into custody during a US military operation in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. To this day, Nicolas Maduro remains in trial, with millions of Venezuelans living in the same positions that he had set up.
Your donations help buy the most needed items and ensure those resources reach communities quickly.
By focusing on direct aid, we help families stay stronger through uncertain times while keeping the process transparent and accountable.
Images that show the impact of the crisis.
