{"id":1725,"date":"2026-06-28T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:44:12","slug":"philadelphia-area-venezuelans-are-donating-rescue-tools-and-medicine-to-aid-victims-of-massive-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1725","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia-area Venezuelans are donating rescue tools and medicine to aid victims of massive earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul was a center of resilience Sunday, as dozens of Philly Venezuelans gathered to collect aid for folks affected by two earthquakes that struck the South American country on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1723\">No, Pope Leo XIV wasn\u2019t at a \u201970s Villanova University fraternity party in this viral photo<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emilio Buitrago, 52, was driving home when his brother called, telling him a 7.2 magnitude earthquake had decimated their home city of La Guaira, about 18 miles north of Caracas, the capital. Less than a minute later, a second tremor took place, this time reaching a magnitude of 7.5.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>One of his cousins was unaccounted for, for two days before being located on Friday morning. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy three cousins lost their homes; they are alive by a miracle. My uncle managed to get out, but he\u2019s injured,\u201d Buitrago said. \u201cThey are sleeping in the street because it feels safer [in case buildings collapse] and they said it\u2019s starting to smell like decomposing bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Since the earthquakes, Buitrago\u2019s brother has been working nonstop, he said, removing rubble with his bare hands due to the lack of tools and machinery. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Thousands of miles away from home, Buitrago thought the best way to help was to go to the cathedral and help with collecting donations and praying. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>By 1 p.m., 15 boxes sat on the area outside of the Cathedral\u2019s chapel, being filled with donated masks, first aid supplies, medicine, electrolytes, nasal relief products, and more. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Alex Moreno, president of the local nonprofit Gente de Venezuela, said the donations will be sent to Caracas, where their contacts are connecting with on-the-ground rescuers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt has to be now, when we still have a chance to try to help get the people who are still trapped under the rubble out alive,\u201d Moreno said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1721\">Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following U.S. strikes and threatens to halt talks<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So far, the death toll has risen to  1,430 people, according to CNN, with many Venezuelans taking to social media to ask for help moving the structural debris to rescue their loved ones.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Besides collecting physical donations, both Gente de Venezuela and another nonprofit, Casa de Venezuela, are raising funds through an umbrella group, the Venezuelan Organizations Network in the United States. By late Sunday afternoon, $16,310 had been donated for the effort, which has a goal of $75,000.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That money, Moreno said, is destined for buying tools to help rescuers dig through the rubble. A first batch of hammers, gloves, drills, masks, and other supplies has been purchased with that money and sent to Venezuela, Moreno said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For future physical donations, he recommends following Gente de Venezuela and Casa de Venezuela to see where they will be receiving donations next. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe hope is to try and help rescue as many people as possible, because the rescuers on the ground are saying that the tragedy is too big for the number of hands able to help back home,\u201d Moreno said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Despite the pain, the community is sticking together and his group plans plan to continue with their planned participation in the July 3 Salute to Independence parade in Philadelphia, to honor both the lives lost and the rescuers, Moreno said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAbove all, we are people of resilience, and we will continue to be here to support our community,\u201d Moreno said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1719\">Philly\u2019s Jaron Ennis knocked out Xander Zayas to become junior middleweight champ and take career to \u2018next level\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuelans, including those family affected by the devastation, gathered supplies at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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