The United States announced that in the coming weeks, more humanitarian aid will arrive for vulnerable people in five Cuban provinces: Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, and Pinar del Río, as part of the assistance program that Washington is implementing on the island through Cáritas Cuba and other organizations.
The United States Embassy in Cuba reported this Wednesday on a meeting with Carmen María Nodal Martínez, director of Cáritas Cuba, and her team to coordinate upcoming shipments.
"In a meeting with the Director of Cáritas Cuba, Carmen María Nodal Martínez, and her team to coordinate the arrival in the coming weeks of more humanitarian aid from the Trump Administration for the most vulnerable in the provinces of Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, and Pinar del Río," stated the diplomatic representation.
The Embassy added that it "appreciates the efforts of Caritas to support the people," without providing further details about this new delivery of assistance.
However, the upcoming shipments are part of a humanitarian program of 100 million dollars announced by the U.S. government.
Of that amount, 60 million dollars are channeled through Cáritas Cuba and Catholic Relief Services (CRS), while the remaining 40 million are managed by other independent organizations.
The Catholic Church has also clarified that Cáritas does not receive that cash: the funds are used to purchase the products and cover the logistics necessary to deliver them to the recipient families.
The Catholic organization previously explained that the project includes various dioceses from Pinar del Río to Camagüey and that families are selected in advance based on vulnerability criteria.
The announcement comes just days after a U.S. shipment landed in Santa Clara with 700 food kits and another 700 hygiene product kits, initially intended for vulnerable families in Quemado de Güines and Rancho Veloz, in Villa Clara.
Volunteers from Cáritas Santa Clara, along with religious members and community members, then began the direct distribution of those supplies to the homes of the selected families.
The assistance was transferred from Abel Santamaría Airport to Quemado de Güines to organize its distribution from there.
This Tuesday, the delivery of U.S. aid to communities in Villa Clara continued, as part of an operation aimed at gradually extending assistance to other areas of the country.
Cáritas has emphasized that the packages are intended for families in conditions of extreme vulnerability, regardless of their religious beliefs, and that the most urgent cases are prioritized.
The Bishop of Santa Clara, Arturo González Amador, recently warned that this is limited humanitarian aid and not a permanent social assistance program.
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