OCHA published a statistic stating that from January to May 2023, 1.3 million people have been helped throughout Venezuela. Of that number, 51% are women. In addition, it was determined that the health sector was the one that was most active, accounting for 644,000 Venezuelans who received some type of humanitarian aid.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) of the United Nations Organization (UN) reported on Monday, July 3, that from January to May 2023, at least 1.3 million Venezuelans have received some type of humanitarian aid in 296 of the 335 municipalities throughout the country. .
For this, the UN relied on 131 non-governmental organizations of which 88 are local; 25 internationals, the Red Cross, the UN and another seven that collaborate in the process of distributing aid to people in need; NGOs that have already reached 25% of the goal set for the United Nations of 5.2 million people.
Some 644,000 people received some type of aid related to health, 509,000 with food security and livelihoods and 213,000 were benefited in terms of water, sanitation and hygiene, explains the letter, which stresses that there are people who receive more in a form of assistance.
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?? Until May 31, 2023, the humanitarian response reached 1.3 million people with some type of aid
?The #HumanitarianResponseVZLA is present in 296 municipalities of the 24 states of Venezuela
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— OCHA Venezuela (@OCHA_Venezuela) July 3, 2023
According to statistics, states with more than more received some humanitarian aid in this first period are Zulia, Táchira, Falcón, Lara, Apure, Bolívar, Carabobo, Miranda, Anzoátegui and Sucre.
51% of the beneficiaries were women, while 49% were men out of a total of 1.3 million people. However, it is indicated in the graphs that 345,000 boys and male adolescents received care at the same time as 332,000 girls. But, when they go to an adult stage, it is the female group that obtained the most aid, accounting for 243,000; on the other hand, 192,000 men between the ages of 18 and 59 were benefited.
Last year, the UN received 309.6 million dollars for humanitarian aid in Venezuela, which represents 38.9% of the funds it required and with which they reached 2,800,000 people in urgent need.
With additional information from EFE
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