Venezuela earthquake: children’s lives are at risk

Please rush a life-saving donation to UNICEF right now.

Children run after the earthquake in Venezuela

Venezuela earthquake emergency appeal

On June 24, two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck northern Venezuela, causing widespread devastation. Homes have crumbled. Communities have been torn apart. Hundreds have lost their lives, and thousands more are injured, many still trapped without help.

An estimated 1.8 million people, 680,000 of them children, now urgently need humanitarian aid.

Right now, children are injured, in shock and traumatised. They have lost their homes, their schools and even their families, but they cannot lose their future.

Every moment counts. Children need clean water, food, and medical care now.

Help us send life-saving supplies to children and their families in Venezuela.  

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UNICEF staff member hugs a child after delivering aid in Venezuela following the earthquake.

Your Donation Saves Children’s Lives 

Right now, UNICEF teams are working around the clock to provide children and their families with emergency supplies. 

We are working under challenging conditions, with already strained healthcare systems, and fragile and damaged water infrastructure excarbating the situation.  

However, we are determined to reach every child in need, and we won’t stop until every child is helped. 

A donation to UNICEF today can make a life-saving difference to children: 

  • €250 can supply 5 first-aid kits, to help injured children. 
  • €100 could provide emergency food and clean water for 100 children. 
  • €75 can provide pain relief for more than 15 children suffering from agonising injuries. 

Other Ways to Donate

You can make a donation by phone by calling 01 878 3000, from Monday to Friday between 9:00 – 5:30pm.

You can send your donation by post to Freepost; UNICEF Ireland, 33 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin D01 R283.

In the unlikely event that the funds raised exceed UNICEF’s funding requirements for this appeal, your donation will be directed to where the need is greatest.