Reaching the most vulnerable: Frontline teams support earthquake-hit Venezuela

Two young women walk on a public street past a collapsed building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela, following an earthquake.

Venezuelans continue to receive international support following the devastating earthquakes in June which caused widespread destruction and death.

Nearly 18,000 people have lost their homes, while many more buildings have been left damaged or unsafe.

A handwritten sign hangs on the front gate of a damaged house in La Guaira, Venezuela, reading: '5 families, we have children, a pregnant woman, and elderly people, we need water'.

Outside a damaged home in La Guaira, a handwritten sign reads: "5 families: We have children, a pregnant woman and elderly people, we need water."

Emergency responders and rescue teams stand outside a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, where names of missing persons have been written on a wall.

As search and rescue operations continue, families have written the names of missing loved ones on a wall near the site where emergency responders are searching for survivors.

UNFPA relief workers at an improvised medical tent outside a damaged hospital in La Guaira, Venezuela, following an earthquake.

A medical tent outside a damaged hospital in La Guaira allows healthcare workers to continue treating patients while the hospital is repaired.

A medical professional performs an ultrasound on a patient inside a temporary tent structure.

Disaster has hit women and girls especially hard, with pregnant women among those in urgent need of maternal healthcare and other essential services. The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has stepped in to provide care.

Numerous coffins of various colors are stacked on a concrete dock in La Guaira, Venezuela, following the devastating twin earthquakes of June 2026.

The grim task of finding bodies of those people who died in the earthquake continues.

UNFPA staff member embraces a woman at the José María Vargas Sports Complex in La Guaira, Venezuela, in the aftermath of earthquakes.

UN staff remain on the ground in Venezuela providing support, services and hope to the survivors of the earthquake.