Caracas.- Unicef reported this Thursday that in the coming months, 65.7 million dollars will be required to respond to the humanitarian impact of the double earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, which has left at least 5,398 dead, 16,740 injured, and 17,907 displaced, according to the Government.
In a press release, UNICEF indicated that it is working to assist around 470,000 people, including 169,000 children, in health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, and child and social protection.
Likewise, he/she requested continued support to ensure that children and adolescents have access to safe water, medical care, and protection, and warned that this population is more likely to experience “psychological distress, violence, neglect, exploitation, and family separation, which aggravates the risks to their safety and well-being.”
Children affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela
“One month after the earthquakes, children and families are still facing the consequences of this devastating catastrophe. Beyond the visible damage, the fear, uncertainty, and disruptions caused by displacement can have lasting impacts on children’s well-being,” said the Unicef representative in Venezuela, Manuel Rodríguez Pumarol, cited in the note.
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Unicef noted that, to date, it has distributed more than 82 metric tons of emergency supplies, including health kits, water purification and storage equipment, and materials for early childhood development and recreation.
In coordination with the Government, it supported mobile health teams in the provision of primary care services, including vaccinations, for more than 21,000 people, including children and pregnant women. It also supplied essential medicines to 198 health centers, with the capacity to provide primary care services to some 49,000 people.
Physical damages amount to 19.6 billion dollars
More than 5,000 people have received “nutrition services, including acute malnutrition screening, micronutrient supplementation, nutritional counseling, and breastfeeding support for pregnant and lactating women,” the note adds.
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The double earthquake in Venezuela is the deadliest the country has experienced in the last century.
The World Bank estimated this Thursday at 19.6 billion dollars the direct physical damage caused by the earthquakes and warned that a slow reconstruction could hinder the country’s economic recovery over the next decade.
