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Despite a moderate recovery in some economic indicators during 2022, the Venezuelan economy continues to contract during 2023. Meanwhile, there is no improvement in the structural causes of the humanitarian crisis. As a result, the needs of the most vulnerable are still high. Therefore, Caritas aims to facilitate access on health, nutrition, food security and livelihoods, for vulnerable families in eight states according to the Guidance Note for Venezuela 2022-2024.
According to data presented by the Venezuelan Observatory of Finance, the Venezuelan economy contracted by 8.3% during the first three months of 2023, which directly affects the cost of the Basic Food Basket (CBA) and the purchasing power of the socio-economic classes. For food access, the cost of the CBA for a family of five stood at USD 526.27 in June 2023, while the monthly minimum wage is 130 bolivares, less than 5 dollars at the official rate. Additionally, according to figures from the Venezuelan Health Observatory, almost 80% of the population is food insecure, while 12.3 million people in Venezuela (of estimaded 28 million in total) are reported to be food insecure, and of these, 2.1 million are severely food insecure. At the national level, deficits in public services of electricity, water, gas and telecommunications are a constant in every state. In relation to access to safe water, the availability of safe water has decreased across the country in the last six months.In terms of health, the local organisation Convite reported that medicine shortages in Venezuela reached 26.6% at the end of April 2023, impacting on the morbidity of patients suffering from diseases such as diabetes (35.1%), acute respiratory infections (33.6%) and convulsions (32%).
Objectives Contribute to preserve lives of vulnerable population in 4 states of Venezuela through an integral approach (Food Security and Livelihoods, Health, Nutrition and WASH) in conjunction with capacity building of Caritas Venezuela on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). |
