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The Venezuelan government and the UN are collaborating on a joint plan to import prefabricated homes and provide housing solutions for the nearly 18,000 people who lost their homes due to the double earthquake on June 24, 2026.
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, confirmed the plan this Thursday in an interview with EFE in Playa Grande, one of the areas most devastated by the earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5.
"The Venezuelan government has plans to provide more permanent housing, but also to bring in more prefabricated buildings," said Fletcher, who added that the UN system is already "raising funds" for this purpose.
The official explained that they called an informational session to which 170 international partners connected to discuss the needs for housing and accommodation: "I am trying to obtain that international generosity that we need."
Fletcher emphasized the urgency of relocating the affected individuals: "They cannot simply stay in these destroyed areas" because it is "dangerous to be here," and he called for "moving them to better living conditions."
According to the official report from Wednesday, provided by the Minister of Education Héctor Rodríguez, there are 16,686 people housed in the 87 temporary camps set up by the government.
The state of La Guaira, in the north of the country, is home to the majority of the displaced: 10,469 people spread across 26 camps, six of which are in the process of expansion.
In Caracas, there are 5,046 people registered in 39 camps, while in the state of Miranda, there are 1,171 people spread across 22 facilities.
The latest report from the government raises the total number of people who have lost their homes to 17,907, in a disaster that resulted in 3,811 dead and 16,740 injured according to the latest official assessment.
The magnitude of the destruction is immense: 190 buildings completely collapsed, over 63,000 structures were damaged, and the UN estimates that 6.76 million Venezuelans were affected by the disaster.
To assist 1.3 million people in critical situations, OCHA estimates that an additional 300 million dollars are needed, having raised a similar amount already. The total funding gap to cover all urgent needs amounts to 627 million dollars.
The United States temporarily suspended economic sanctions on Venezuela for four months, until October 23, 2026, to facilitate relief operations, and committed over 386 million dollars in humanitarian aid.
Before the year ends, the acting president Delcy Rodríguez promised new housing for the victims, although the extent of the damage — the worst earthquake recorded in Venezuela in over a century — tests the actual capacity of Nicolás Maduro's regime to fulfill that promise.
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