“The country and its people are struggling with poverty, crime, hyperinflation and political tensions. “The situation is a humanitarian crisis — with over seven million people urgently needing humanitarian assistance. Half are children.”It’s a food and nutrition crisis — as David will explain.”It’s a displacement crisis — one of the world’s fastest-growing.”Over 5.4 million Venezuelans — including two million children — are on the move, on par with the rate of Syrians fleeing at the height of the conflict there. Another one million children are left behind in Venezuela by parents who are forced to leave. Each day, about 2,000 more people flee. Full Text -> UNICEF

UNICEF has sent a third shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela to help the country cope with the coronavirus crisis. A plane with 90 tons of medicine, sanitation and water supplies landed in the capital, Caracas, on Friday. Full Text -> VOANews

A shipment managed by UNICEF of approximately 90 tons of vital supplies arrived in Caracas today. The shipment includes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for health workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. Full text-> UNICEF

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that he expects another batch of humanitarian aid from the World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Russia to arrive in the country later on Wednesday. By Mohammad Ali. Full text -> UrduPoint

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