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Venezuela Again...

This latest wave of tragedy and crisis has struck Venezuela, and among those affected is my home, which sustained damage in certain areas on the day of the earthquake, causing several cracks in the walls and in the home’s structural supports.

Just a few hours after the earthquake, I began to notice the damage, and we started to worry when we learned that aftershocks were still occurring.

But it wasn’t long before news reports, videos, and images began to emerge from the areas most affected by this devastation. The city of Caracas, La Guaira, areas in Tucaca, and other coastal regions such as Katia la Mar were severely impacted, resulting in more than 1,500 deaths and over 4,000 injuries. It was then that we were confronted with a reality so harsh that, despite all the circumstances we’ve naturally faced due to the crisis in Venezuela—when struck by this great misfortune—it’s impossible not to feel a little guilty for being okay, for wondering why we’re still alive here while there are children buried under the rubble for two, three, or even four days after this horrible event.

However, I can only be grateful for being safe and for continuing to protect those who are with me—especially my mom, who is my closest family member and the person I live with. That is why I have set up this fundraising campaign to ask for help in repairing the structural damage my home has suffered.

But before I continue talking about this, I want to share some of the most representative photos with you.

Photographs tell stories; they convey a great deal of pain and passion and reflect the desperate cry of a people—the truth is that the feeling of despair and helplessness is sometimes horrible. Even though I went to help and offered my support by bringing food and buying some of it to be packaged and loaded onto a truck bound for La Guaira, I would arrive home extremely tired, exhausted, and very hungry after a long day yet I feel so satisfied to have been able to do my small part, and after all this effort and all this work, to learn that trucks from different places—including the one we sent from here in Maturín—were stopped by police and government officials to be seized and processed, thereby making it seem as though all the humanitarian aid that has been provided was part of the government’s efforts—which is totally false—we can find accounts and live videos showing that it is civilians who are truly helping, while police officers and firefighters were simply getting in the way; and when they finally showed up—well over 24 hours after this disaster—they did so to attack the people, block the roads, and prevent access to the humanitarian aid that was on its way.

I have a great deal more to say on this subject, but for now I remain focused on finishing what I started: gathering enough resources to repair the structure of my home. Four days have passed, and I haven’t even begun the restoration work yet, and I truly feel I must do it as soon as possible.

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Several users have expressed their dissatisfaction with the situation and shown their support by offering help, especially our friend @bulliontools , who has organized this fundraising campaign called the Silver Raffle, take a look for details.