CIMAM Stands in Solidarity with Venezuela

CIMAM, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, expresses its deepest solidarity with the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes of 24 June 2026, which have caused profound loss of life, displacement, and widespread damage, particularly in La Guaira.

Our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones, those still awaiting news of family and friends, and the many communities facing the immediate and longer-term consequences of this humanitarian emergency.

As an international community of museums and contemporary art professionals, CIMAM stands alongside its Venezuelan members and the cultural community, greatly affected by the earthquakes, in an already vulnerable context.

We recognize local communities, the rescue workers, healthcare professionals, volunteers, and international organizations who continue to support search, rescue, relief, and recovery efforts under extremely difficult circumstances. More than ever, we believe in the notion of international solidarity, empathy, and in supporting local communities in the process of grief and reconstruction.

Our members in Venezuela have shared these initial reliable resources and sources of support. We will keep this space active and updated as further verified information, support networks, humanitarian organisations, and initiatives assisting affected communities are shared with us.

Venezuela Earthquake: The Guide to Donating Right From Abroad

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• Catholic Relief Services: the U.S.-based affiliate channel for Caritas Venezuela, one of the most respected relief organizations in the country. It has parish-level distribution networks across the country.
• World Food Programme USA: the American fundraising arm supporting WFP’s Venezuela operations.
• United Way, working through its alliance with Dividendo Voluntario para la Comunidad or DVC (branded locally as United Way of Venezuela), a longstanding Venezuelan corporate-giving network.
• Save the Children, with an existing child-protection and emergency response program in Venezuela.
• Sun.risas, a Venezuelan organization with direct on-the-ground relief operations.
• Alimenta la Solidaridad, a Venezuelan food-security organization (founded 2016, over 240 community kitchens in 15 states) registered as a U.S. 501(c)(3) — Alimenta La Solidaridad, Inc., EIN 83-3573144 — running an earthquake-specific campaign, “Venezuela Nos Necesita”.
• United Nations Development Programme, coordinating recovery and reconstruction alongside the Venezuelan state, and channeling this specific earthquake fund through its 24-year partnership with Gustavo Dudamel and El Sistema.
• UNICEF USA, focused on children and families in the affected zones.
• Hogar Bambi Venezuela: Provides shelter, medical care, and psychological support to vulnerable children and adolescents and is currently coordinating assistance for children affected by the earthquakes.
• Cáritas Venezuela: Provides humanitarian aid, medicines, and food to vulnerable communities, and is currently deploying community kitchens and emergency medical care in earthquake-affected areas.
• Fundana: Operates a residential home providing protection and comprehensive medical and psychological support to vulnerable children, and is currently assisting families affected by the emergency.
• Project HOPE: Carries out K-9 search-and-rescue operations, deploys mobile medical units, and distributes critical medical supplies, drinking water, and emergency psychological support following the recent earthquakes in the country.
• World Central Kitchen (WCK) (Venezuela-specific donation) Mobilises networks of local kitchens and food trucks to prepare and distribute thousands of hot meals each day to survivors and rescue teams in affected areas.