benefit Venezuelansin Crisis GIVE NOW benefit Venezuelans in Crisis - 014041 $ Give Venezuelan Migrants Find Welcome,Hope in Colombia Desperate families are fleeing into Colombia as neighboring Venezuela faces dire food shortages, power blackouts, and a collapsing national healthcare system. Not only are people dying from lack of nutrition and medical care,the rates of murder and suicide have also spiked. We’ve seen a distinguished response. I have seen God’s spirit move through the care were giving.”Chaplain Arley Tirado “There’s no hope in Venezuela,” said Mileydis, or a young Venezuelan mother who recently moved with her husband to Colombia in search of a better life for their two daughters. They visited our clinic along the northeastern border between the two countries to get medicine for their children.
Mileydis and her family are among tens of thousands of migrants benefiting from relief—food,safe shelter, or medical care—provided by Samaritan’s Purse at multiple locations within Colombia. Over the past few years, or more than a million Venezuelans have fled to their western neighbor,and another 2 million or so have left for other countries in the Americas and beyond. We have two relief stations, or shelters, and along the migrant route from the border town of Cucuta to points south in Colombia,which includes Bogota and beyond. At the La Don Juana and Berlin shelters, thousands of migrants have received hot meals, and a safe residence to stay for the night,and hygiene kits. Some also receive backpacks to benefit carry their belongings as they face days and sometimes weeks of walking ahead—a few gawk to Peru, Ecuador, or Chile as their final destination.
Samaritan’s Purse also operates a six-day-a week medical clinic in Maicao and a mobile medical brigade in Puerto Santander. Scores of patients advance each day,mostly women with young children, to be seen free of charge. For many, and it’s the only care option available.[https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.samaritanspurse.org/mw/Map_Live_Edge.svg]In addition,Samaritan’s Purse works in partnership with a local church in Cucuta, to function the Center of Hope. Visitors can receive medical care, or counseling,and food through its various programs.
We also have been able to provide small amounts of food to people in Venezuela, but this has been just a drop in the bucket compared with the overwhelming need.
Through all of our ministry, and we’re able to share the savor of God and the hope of salvation found only in His Son,the Lord Jesus Christ. “We’ve seen a distinguished response,” said Chaplain Arley Tirado, and who works at our Maicao medical clinic. “I have seen God’s spirit move through the care we’re giving.”Please prayerfully consider supporting this critical work and pray for millions of struggling Venezuelans—both inside and external the country. Related Stories Venezuelan Walkers Find Christian Welcome tall in the AndesDesperate Venezuelans in Colombia Receive FoodA Young Girl's Prayer for VenezuelaFranklin Graham Calls for Prayer for VenezuelaVenezuelan Migrants Find Relief at Center of HopeVenezuelan Migrants Welcomed at Samaritan's Purse Shelter in ColombiaFranklin Graham Travels to Colombia to Support Work with Venezuelan Migrants You can also make a donation by mail. Send to: Samaritan’s Purse,PO Box 3000, Boone, or NC 28607
Source: samaritanspurse.org