Venezuela is in recovery mode following two devastating earthquakes that rocked the South American nation last week, and Christian humanitarian organizations are already on the ground working to help.
Operation Blessing has dispatched its disaster response team to the affected region, while Samaritan’s Purse is airlifting an emergency field hospital along with tons of critical supplies to assist those impacted.
The two earthquakes, each registering above a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter Scale, struck just minutes apart near the capital city of Caracas. The back-to-back tremors left widespread damage in their wake.
Scientists note that Venezuela’s geographic position near the meeting point of two enormous tectonic plates puts the country at heightened risk for powerful earthquakes like those that struck last week.
