Aiding Venezuela: Helping those in need.

As you read this, kids are already settling into their classrooms for the beginning of a new year. Since the pandemic is not over yet, the year is starting out with serious concerns, and we are so grateful to the communities of parents and teachers working to keep children safe while at the same time inspiring a love for education. However, it is an exciting time of the year. The school is so important for children who have every odd stacked against them. No internet and electronics for online classes. Not enough food. But we know we can do something about it.

Through our Recovery and Rebuild Program, thanks to your donations, we continue to receive tons of food every week, allowing us to continue our support for the indigenous communities in the Mara and Guajira Region. The program has been extended to schools, giving children the opportunity to have one daily serving of food high in nutrients to maintain overall health and development. With distribution to 47 communities, 40 schools, 10 institutions and 8 nonprofit organizations, we are currently serving over 5,800 people per week. Our food program has been active since the Covid-19 pandemic started, and as of now has helped feed over 62,000 people and served more than 1,800,000 meals. This extremely needed program has been successful in helping to reduce cases of malnutrition exponentially.

The health assistance campaign continues, reaching those in need in different states in Venezuela. There are so many people who need the assistance, so we are working to expand this aid. This program delivers prescription and over-the-counter medicines, nutritional supplements, wound care supplies and hospital supplies. With the support of our donors, we have provided medicines and supplies to 34 Communities, 31 Health Institutions and 56 Nonprofit Organizations, benefiting to date over 80,000 people.

Thanks to your donation and support, we make sure that less privileged children get food to eat and have access to fresh water. Your support greatly adds up to this, it has enabled us to make tremendous accomplishments during the last 3 months, providing nutrient-rich food, nutritional guidance, and access to education, while promoting environmental sustainable practices. Your donation gives a boost to our programs to help reduce levels of poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy, marginalization, and exclusion for children and young people.

Without your help, this would be hard for us to accomplish. So, we once again thank you so much for your continued support!

As the world continues to recover from the global pandemic, we at The Wayuu Taya Foundation are still working through these difficult times. From new ways to distribute humanitarian aid, to the future implementation of several types of professional development programs. This report from your donations, touches on a few of things going on right now, benefiting over 125.000 people on the border between Venezuela and Colombia as well as all over Venezuela.

FOOD

Thanks to your donation, we continue to receive tons of food every week as part of our Recovery and Rebuild Program, allowing us to continue our support for the indigenous communities in the Mara and Guajira Region with distribution to 47 communities, 10 institutions and 8 nonprofit organizations. We are currently serving over 4,700 people per week.  To date, our food program has helped feed over 46,000 people and served more than 1,500,000 meals. The program began in the immediate days after the Covid-19 Pandemic started.  Through our community meal model, we gave children the opportunity to have one daily serving of nutrient rich food to maintain overall health and development. It has been a successful and immensely needed program helping to reduce cases of malnutrition exponentially. We delivered nutritional drinks for over 2,150 children in 20 communities.

HEALTH

We continue our health assistance campaign, delivering free medical aid to different states in Venezuela for those in need. This program includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, nutritional supplements, wound care supplies and hospital supplies. With the support of our donors, we have provided medicines and supplies to 16 Communities, 16 Health Institutions and 17 Nonprofit Organizations, reaching to date over 30,000 people.

 We Appreciate your Help

Your donation is invaluable in helping our communities access fresh water, food high in nutrients, nutritional guidance, eco-friendly sustainable practices and education. Through our programs, your donation is helping reduce level of poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy, marginalization, and exclusion for children and young people. 

Nothing would be possible without your support.

Thank You!

Community Highlights

My name is Cecil, I am 11 years old and I am studying 5th Grade. When I grow up I want to be a Doctor to take care and help the children who are the most in need. I love to draw and paint in my spare time!

In these difficult times we are living in, The Wayuu Taya Foundation has improved my life and nurtured my knowledge. Every week lots of kids from my community are being saved with the feeding program.

Wayuu Taya has not only changed and made my life better, it has also changed the lives of thousands of kids in Mara Municipality