Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: Plan International Please refer to the attached file. Highlights The humanitarian crisis continues to evolve following the earthquakes of 24 June. According to OCHA (1 July), 2, 595 people have died, +12, 400 have been injured, +26, 400 people have been affected and +800 aftershocks have been recorded, with La Guaira remaining the hardest-hit state. Humanitarian operations are increasingly focused on supporting displaced families through temporary shelters and essential services. The response is progressively shifting from life-saving search and rescue to sustained humanitarian assistance, as temporary camps expand and pressure on health, water and sanitation services continues to grow. Child protection concerns continue to increase. 123 children reported missing or unaccounted for in the first days of the crisis, and clear risks linked to family separation, weak tracing systems, unsafe information sharing and psychosocial distress (CECODAP), highlighting the need for specialised protection services. Rapid assessments continue to confirm a severe humanitarian crisis, including the collapse of water and sanitation systems, widespread shelter destruction, overwhelmed health services and acute protection risks. Families continue sleeping outdoors, while more than 55, 000 people remain reported without contact through the national missing persons platform. Increasing internal displacement to other Venezuelan states is also being reported, creating growing psychosocial support needs. Preliminary estimates indicate USD 37 billion in direct physical damage, underscoring that humanitarian needs will extend beyond emergency relief into recovery, reconstruction and restoration of essential services. Plan International has expanded its emergency response with partners, delivering non-food items, shelter kits, psychosocial support and primary health-care. The organisation is also scaling up programming while mobilising additional humanitarian funding
Situational Report – Response to Venezuela Earthquakes (July 3rd, 2026)
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