Religious organization · Fund dedicated to the quake
Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Barquisimeto
Diocesan Cáritas for Lara (an affected state, next to the epicenter): active collection for the earthquake and a response integrated into the Cáritas network, which has a DEDICATED earthquake appeal with clean payment processing abroad.
In brief
The social-charitable arm of the Catholic Church in Lara. After the earthquake of June 24, 2026, it opened a supply collection center in Barquisimeto and integrated its response into the national Cáritas network (the Fuerza Venezuela campaign). To donate money from abroad, the route is the Cáritas network, which does have funds dedicated to the earthquake: the Caritas Internationalis earthquake appeal and the Cáritas España earthquake campaign, both processing payments outside Venezuela.
Why it is trustworthy
- Fact
The Caritas Internationalis appeal is a DEDICATED call for the double earthquake of June 24, 2026 (verbatim text on the page: 'On 24 June 2026, two major earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5, struck northern Venezuela'), with clean external payment processing (card in USD/EUR/GBP or transfer to Unicredit S.p.A. in Rome) and a U.S. tax deduction via the National Catholic Community Foundation
donate.caritas.org → - Fact
Cáritas de Venezuela activated an emergency deployment with a four-point roadmap for the double earthquake of June 24, 2026 (national collection center at the CEV, progressive diocesan centers, national and international financial contribution channels, single point of solidarity)
vidanuevadigital.com → - Fact
The Cáritas network in Venezuela mobilized after the earthquake with a large donation-collection network; the diocesan Cáritas in the affected areas are assessing damage and opening collection centers (a joint campaign with DVC, 'Fuerza Venezuela')
caritaslatinoamerica.org → - Fact
Cáritas Española launched a campaign SPECIFIC to the Venezuela earthquake and mobilized 300,000 EUR, channeled to the diocesan Cáritas in the affected areas; donation page live with card, IBAN, and Bizum
caritas.es → - Fact
Secure international donation route confirmed live: caritasvenezuela.org/donaciones/ channels USD via JP Morgan → Vatican Bank (IOR, SWIFT IOPRVAVX, account 41563002), without exposing funds to Venezuelan banking
caritasvenezuela.org → - Fact
Integrated into the Cáritas network in Venezuela, a member of Caritas Internationalis and a longtime partner of Catholic Relief Services, Secours Catholique, and Cáritas Española; a Catholic Church entity, not captured by the State
caritas.org →