Unicef (United Nations Children’s Fund) estimates that the earthquakes recorded in Venezuela on June 24 left 1.8 million people in a vulnerable situation. Of this total, 680 thousand are children in need of humanitarian assistance. According to the fund, they have been in the last 100 years.
The first plane sent by Unicef arrived in Valencia, a city near Caracas, on Saturday (June 27, 2026). The aircraft transported 20 tons of medicines, supplies and sanitation items. A 2nd shipment, coming from Copenhagen (Denmark), should arrive in the next few days.
Preliminary analyzes of satellite images indicate that approximately 1/3 of the buildings in Catia La Mar, in the State of La Guaira, were damaged. According to the official report released on Saturday night (June 27, 2026), 1,430, 3,200 were injured and 3,000 were homeless.
Unicef representative in Venezuela, Manuel Rodriguez Pumarol, stated that hospitals are operating above capacity and that thousands of children are without regular access to drinking water.
In the states of La Guaira, Carabobo, Aragua and Falcón, in addition to the Capital District, hospitals suffered serious damage, compromising care for children and pregnant women. In the Capital District, 432 schools — more than 1/3 of the region’s units — were affected. The Venezuelan government uses schools preserved by the tremors as temporary shelters for displaced families.
The 20-ton load sent from a distribution center in Panama, in addition to the shipment that will be sent from Copenhagen, should benefit around 100,000 people.
Unicef estimates that US$52 million will be needed to respond to the emergency caused by the earthquakes. The amount is part of the 2026 Humanitarian Action Plan for Children in Venezuela, budgeted at US$137.6 million.
The fund has already mobilized US$3.5 million of its own resources to send teams and supplies, but says that maintaining the humanitarian response will depend on additional funding in the coming weeks.
