In-person volunteering with Cáritas de Venezuela
Backed by: Cáritas de Venezuela
Join your diocesan or parish Cáritas as a volunteer: house-by-house damage assessment, receiving and sorting donations, assembling and handing out kits, and accompanying families.
WarningThe volunteering page is generic; you actually sign up by email, phone or at the local diocesan Cáritas. Cáritas charges no volunteer fee: any charge is fraud.
What it does
Since 25 June 2026 Cáritas has run a national earthquake response through its diocesan network, including the affected areas (San Felipe/Yaracuy, Barquisimeto, Caracas, La Guaira). It concentrates intake at defined points so volunteers and neighbours are not exposed to damaged structures and aftershocks. It is the largest church volunteering structure in the country.
How to take part
- Find the nearest diocesan or parish Cáritas (in the affected area: Diocese of San Felipe/Yaracuy, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto).
- Go to the office or parish and ask for the emergency coordinator or the collection point.
- For national guidance: email caritasvenezuela@gmail.com or phone +58 212-443-31-53.
- Follow @caritasdevzla for calls and verified points.
- Only show up at official points; do not travel to the epicentre on your own.
Verified facts
- Fact
An NGO of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference founded in 1997; it reports around 30,000 volunteers and a diocesan network across 27 of 38 jurisdictions.
caritasvenezuela.org → - Fact
It launched a national earthquake response from 25 June 2026, with diocesan collection centres.
religiondigital.org → - Fact
It is part of Caritas Internationalis, which mobilised its network for this emergency.
caritas.org →