Home | Disasters Emergency Committee Skip to main content Venezuela Middle East Disasters About Us - submenu ¬ Who we are ¬ What we do ¬ How you can help Site search Help Media centre DONATE Help Media centre Venezuela Earthquake Appeal Venezuela Earthquake Appeal Two catastrophic earthquakes have hit Venezuela. Buildings were reduced to rubble in minutes. Now the survivors urgently need support. Please donate now. Donate Read more Volunteers search for survivors in a collapsed building following the twin earthquakes in La Guaira state, Venezuela. Photo: Federico Parra / AFP via Getty Images i Image caption: X Key facts 6,100 people killed in the earthquakes with the death toll rising, and thousands missing or injured 96,000 buildings are believed to have been damaged or destroyed The earthquakes struck within seconds of each other. The scale of destruction is huge. Thousands of people have been killed and the death toll continues to rise. Many thousands more are injured, and the country’s hospitals are under extreme pressure. The UN estimates that millions of people have been affected, with more than two million in the worst impacted areas. Families are sleeping in makeshift tents on the street, with little protection from the heat and rain. Power lines and roads have been destroyed, and people are cut off from essential supplies. How can I help people in Venezuela? DEC charities are working with their local partners to reach people with emergency shelter, food, water and medical care. £10 could provide essential hygiene supplies to a family to prevent illness £50 could help provide emergency food support to two families for a week £100 could provide shelter kits for six families whose homes have been destroyed Venezuela was already facing a severe economic crisis before the earthquakes. The needs are now overwhelming. Your support can be a lifeline for families affected by this devastating disaster. Save lives. Donate now ITN Venezuela Earthquake Appeal watch the video Middle East Humanitarian Appeal Conflict continues to devastate lives. People urgently need support across Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and Syria. The humanitarian needs remain huge. Please donate now. Read more Aaliyah* holds her daughter on the remains of a damaged building in Gaza, October 2024. The mother of six built a temporary shelter opposite her demolished house and depends entirely on aid to feed her family. Photo: DEC/Arete/Abdallah Alsayed i Image caption: X Myanmar Earthquake Appeal One year on from the earthquake, funds are continuing to support people as they rebuild their lives. The needs are still huge. Please donate now. Read more DEC funded grants are supporting women's community groups in Inle Lake rehabilitate their floating farms so they can grow crops and earn a living again after the earthquake. Photo: Phyo Maung Maung/A. Credit: Phyo ​Maung ​Maung ​/​ ​Arete ​/​ ​DEC i Image caption: X Recent DEC appeals Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal Pakistan Floods Appeal Emergency aid is delivered to people affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February 2022, by the local partner of DEC charity British Red Cross. Image: Turkish Red Crescent i Image caption: X ABOUT THE DEC The DEC brings together 15 leading aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas. In these times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response. Pooling our resources to work as one, we are pivotal in co-ordinating the UK public's response to overseas disasters. In collaboration with our Rapid Response Network of national media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm to the UK public and set up easy ways for them to donate. And we have immediate impact, getting aid to people who need it, fast. Find out more Since our launch in 1963 80 appeals launched for major disasters overseas £2.5 billion raised, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities DEC MEMBER CHARITIES The DEC brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of humanitarian crisis overseas. About us Disasters Donate © Disasters Emergency Committee 2026. Registered Charity No. 1062638. Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 3356526. More links Venezuela Earthquake Appeal Donation enquiries Contact us Help Media Centre Jobs and volunteering Terms and conditions Cookie policy Text to donate terms and conditions Privacy Copyright Modern Slavery Act © Disasters Emergency Committee 2026. Registered Charity No. 1062638. Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 3356526.