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Los niños desaparecidos en la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela

See Post — Tue, 31 May 2022 10:49:40 +0000

Miles de niños y jóvenes menores de edad no acompañados, cruzan la frontera de Venezuela hacia Colombia, una decisión que los conduce a un futuro incierto. Su vulnerabilidad los hace propensos a ser reclutados, violados, prostituidos, vendidos, asesinados o desaparecidos, entre otras calamidades, por la presencia de diferentes grupos criminales que controlan la frontera, que se extiende por más de 2.000 kilómetros. Texto y Video -> France24

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Venezuelan children pick through garbage for food and valuables

See Post — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 06:44:00 +0000

For some children in Venezuela, garbage is the main source of their livelihood. This has been the case for several generations of garbage collectors in Venezuela, among them Ronaikel Brito, 16, who, like his mother when she was a child, and before her, her grandmother, looks for something of value every day in a landfill on an arid plain about five hours west of the capital, Caracas. But their work has never been so challenging: The nation’s acute economic crisis and the stay-at-home orders prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced trash output, making valuable findings rare. By Jan Pablo Arráez. Full Text -> Los Angeles Times

Venezuela Raids Food Charity, Interrupting Meals for Children

See Post — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:17:50 +0000

Government agents have raided the offices and frozen the bank accounts of a major Venezuelan food charity, threatening a lifeline for thousands of children during one of the world’s deepest humanitarian crises. By Anatoly Kurmanaev. Full Text -> The NewYorkTimes

A million children left behind as Venezuela crisis tears families apart

OnVenezuela — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:48:00 +0000

As the country battles economic collapse, parents have been forced to migrate, leaving their offspring in the care of family, neighbours or sometimes alone. By Tom Phillips and Clavel Rangel. Full text-> The Guardian

‘It’s a pain you will never overcome’: crisis in Venezuela as babies die of malnutrition

See Post — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 05:55:35 +0000

As Venezuela enters its seventh year of a crushing depression, doctors are seeing a rise in infant mortality rates due to deprivation.by Tom Phillips and Clavel Rangel. Full text -> The Guardian

UNICEF Venezuela Humanitarian Situation Report (December 2019)

See Post — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 05:16:10 +0000

Situation in Numbers

3,200,000 children in need of humanitarian assistance (OCHA August 2019)
7,000,000 people in need (OCHA August 2019)
4,769,000 Migrants and refugees from Venezuela worldwide (Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform, January 2020
Report from UN Children’s Fund. Full text-> UNICEF Venezuela