

Humanitarian Project
United4Change Center (U4C) is proud to join the Hope For Venezuelan Refugees Project, a humanitarian project responding to the food insecurity affecting thousands of Venezuelan refugees, migrants, and walkers “caminantes” in Colombia led by Rotarian Cristal Montañéz Baylor from the Rotary e-Club of Houston. Entire families continue to flee Venezuela to escape violence, lack of job opportunities, food scarcity, lack of medicine, and essential services. The Venezuelan refugee exodus has become one of the biggest crises in the hemisphere and the world (UNHCR), second only to Syria.
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THE CHALLENGE
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Hope For Venezuelan Refugees is a humanitarian project created to help alleviate hunger affecting thousands of vulnerable Venezuelan refugees, migrants, walkers “caminantes,” and Colombian returnees on the Cúcuta-Pamplona route. With the support and donation of Rise Against Hunger (RAH) meals and locally produced commodities provided to existing food distribution centers and shelters, volunteers prepare, cook, and distribute meals for this migrant population.
Thanks to this Project, more 859,000 meals have been distributed to this migrant population through the selected food distribution centers since the its inception in January 2019 through March 2021. Personal protection equipment (PPE), portable handwash stations, face masks, cleaning, and disinfectant supplies are being distributed as part of our efforts to help prevent the propagation of COVID-19 on the Cúcuta-Pamplona humanitarian route. The Hope For Venezuelan Refugees project was initiated by the Rotary e-Club of Houston, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Cúcuta, other Rotary Clubs, Rise Against Hunger (RAH), and allied organizations, that joined efforts to implement, facilitate, and manage the project.
U4C is proud to join the Hope For Venezuelan Refugees team to support the continuation of the Project and the Venezuelan refugees fundamental human right of access to food.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
We cannot do this alone. Your donation can provide nutritional “soup meals” to hundreds of walkers “caminantes” at Food Distributions Centers that need the most.

Photos & Videos by volunteers.
What is a Refugee?
Refugees Globally
Venezuela
Venezuelans in Colombia
The Priority
Although not representative, in Colombia, 85% of people in transit (which includes caminantes) surveyed by GIFMM said that their principal need was food (GIFMM last accessed 22/12/2020). Approximately 33% of people in transit surveyed for a REACH rapid needs assessment said they had to skip one meal a day, 35% responded that they skipped two, and 10% said they had less than one meal a day (REACH 24/10/2020)
HAPPENING NOW

The Crossing
The CrossingBy U4C Team The Crossing is a documentary telling the story of the Venezuelan crisis and the small boarder city willing to help, Cucuta. (From www.thecrossingdoc.com) by Juliana Penaranda-Loftus U4C has partnered with Hope For Venezuelan Refugees Project,...

Hope For Venezuelan Refugees Project
Hope For Venezuelan Refugees ProjectBy U4C Team Approximately five million[1] refugees and migrants have left Venezuela as a result of the political turmoil, socio-economic instability and the ongoing humanitarian crisis – triggering the largest external displacement...
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