Bringing Clean Water and Building Temporary Bathrooms in Venezuela

Following the double earthquakes on June 24, AH&H expanded its initial earthquake relief efforts from emergency water distribution into temporary sanitation solutions for displaced families in Venezuela. Across La Guaira and surrounding regions, the team is building showers, installing toilets, setting up heavy-duty water tanks, and deploying filtration systems to give shelter communities ongoing access to safe water and daily hygiene.

On June 24 two big earthquakes hit Venezuela right back-to-back, thousands of people lost their homes. Families had to move into crowded temporary shelters across La Guaira and nearby areas.

In a disaster, clean water is crucial. As a first step, only hours after the disaster, our team was delivering water bottles to search & rescue and those impacted. Now, months after the disaster, families are living close together in shelters without access to clean water or sanitation facilities.

Delivering water tanks has been the first step, but it needs a whole set of logistics for it to support the community fully. A place to install it, pipes to move the water where it is needed. filters to make the supply usable, and structure to make water reach showers, toilets and washing areas.

Across earthquake affected communities in Venezuela, AH&H has been working through each of those steps. What began as an emergency effort to provide drinking water has expanded into building stalls for showers and toilets, stable and protected structures to hold heavy water tanks, pipes to move the water, and filters to make it safe to drink.

Across the affected areas in Venezuela, the AH&H team has been putting these pieces together:

Mare Abajo: Built 26 showers, plus water tanks and filters at main shelter areas.

Golf Caraballeda: Built four toilets and two showers for families living in temporary housing.

Centro Cristiano para la Familia: Installed two large water tanks to serve more than 80 people.

Every location needs something different. Some places just need a way to store more water. Other places need privacy stalls and drainage so people can bathe safely. Thanks to our partner, Wine to Water, our installed filters turn local water into safe water people can actually use. This is just the beginning, we plan to stay and support those affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela for the long-haul.

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