🇻🇪 Andrés Henríquez, a lay Regnum Christi member from Venezuela, shares how he experienced the earthquake, how he surrendered himself into God’s hands, and how—even amidst suffering—he has discovered that the Kingdom of God continues to make itself present.
Regnum Christi is uniting globally to help the victims and those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24th.
With the “United for Venezuela” campaign, we seek to offer a coordinated, personal, and effective response to those who need it most.
How to Help
Several channels have been established to receive financial donations and material aid. Anyone interested in contributing can do so in various ways:
1. Make a donation
To facilitate international support, we have set up an account on the Give Seed donation platform. These contributions will allow us to provide direct assistance to those in need through trusted partners on the ground, including Mano Amiga Colombia and Venezuela.
Every contribution directly supports emergency humanitarian relief efforts for families affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela.
Funds are administered through a U.S.-based fiscal sponsorship structure.
Every dollar is used for humanitarian assistance, emergency response, and basic needs support.
Regnum Christi has also opened direct donation channels in different countries:
United States (through Mano Amiga Venezuela Corp.)
Bank of America (BOFA)
Beneficiary Name: Mano Amiga Venezuela Corp
Beneficiary Account Number: 8980 9111 7994
Beneficiary Address: 21011 Johnson Street Suite #110 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029
Beneficiary Email: manoamigavenezuela@gmail.com
ABA/Routing Number: 026009593
Zelle: manoamigavenezuela@gmail.com
Venezuela
Mobile Payment: Banco Mercantil 0422 2494767 Tax ID: J-00351643-0
Transfer: Banco Provincial 0108 0049 81 0100075854 Mano Amiga AC – Tax ID: J003516430
Zelle: manoamigavenezuela@gmail.com
Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama
Colombia:
Andes Foundation: Online Donation
Ecuador:
Red Misión Foundation
Current Account: 02005206071
RUC: 1792528682001
Produbanco
Panama:
Banesco Panama
Beneficiary Bank: Banesco, SA
SWIFT Code (BIC): BANSPAPAXXX
Address: Ave. Aquilino De La Guardia and Calle 47, Torre Banesco P.O. Box 0823-05799, Panama, Republic of Panama
Beneficiary Account: 201000163670
Beneficiary Name: Mano Amiga AC
Beneficiary Bank: Banesco, SA
SWIFT Code (BIC): BANSPAPAXXX
Address: Ave. Aquilino De La Guardia and Calle 47, Torre Banesco Apartado 0823-05799, Panama, Republic of Panama
Beneficiary Account: 201000163527
Beneficiary Name: Siempre Amigos, AC
2. Material donations
Collection centers in Caracas: We accept water, non-perishable food, snacks for volunteers, hygiene items, flashlights, ropes, sheets, medical supplies, surgical gloves, tools, helmets, clothing and shoes, AAA and AA batteries, and sturdy boxes and bags.
- Caracas: Instituto Andes — Second building (high school), from 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm. We also accept supplies to prepare food to go (sandwich bread, sliced cheese and turkey ham, mayonnaise, butter, water or juice in individual containers, and aluminum foil).
- Caracas: Cumbres Institute — From 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
- Barquisimeto: There are collection points throughout the Archdiocese, with Caritas officials in each parish: the Barquisimeto Cathedral, Santa Rosa de Lima (Sanctuary of the Divine Shepherdess), El Salvador, San Juan Bautista de La Salle, San Pedro Apóstol and the Archdiocesan Curia.
- Maracaibo: Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, from 8:00 am. They receive non-perishable food, drinking water, medicines for discomfort and pain, and medical supplies.
- Valera: Collection of essential supplies at Palma Real Building (Av. 6 between streets 28 and 29).
The collection centers outside of Caracas work in coordination with Caritas Venezuela, so what you donate reaches those who need it most right now.
3. Volunteering
Through Youth and Family Missions and at the Instituto Cumbres and Caracas collection centers.
4. Prayer
Above all, please pray. More than food, water, or medicine, which are desperately needed, what truly sustains us is knowing we are not alone. As a family, we support each other when one of us falters, and that is precisely what Venezuela needs these days.
Saint John Chrysostom said it this way: “Nothing is as valuable as prayer: it makes the impossible possible and the difficult easy.” That is why we ask you to pray. For the families who have lost loved ones, for those who continue searching through the rubble, for those who have lost their homes, and for all those who are giving their all to help. No prayer is too small. When we pray together, no one bears their pain alone.
