00:02The largest park in Caracas has been transformed into a centre for humanitarian aid.
00:07These are tents for medical and first aid to help those injured.
00:12Over there, there are collection and drop-off sites for people to donate goods to those impacted,
00:17but also for NGOs and organisations to collect supplies which they can take to remote areas
00:23or places that have been really badly affected.
00:26But what I'm about to show you is just the tip of the iceberg of the housing crisis that will
00:31follow here across Venezuela
00:33because this park also has hundreds of tents set up for those who have been displaced by this natural disaster.
00:42There are still 40,000 people unaccounted for,
00:46and the United Nations estimates that this disaster alone will cost around US$6.7 billion.
00:52Now, there are thousands of international aid workers that have come to Venezuela to help,
00:59including about a thousand from the United States,
01:01and their help is going towards sites like this, organising and providing aid.
01:06There is even a spot to give pets their food.
01:10700,000 tonnes of aid has also been sent to the country,
01:13and they'll need that for the weeks and months to come
01:16because while the official homeless figure from this natural disaster is 16,000,
01:21the reality is that will be much higher, just like the death toll,
01:24because there are still so many buildings that haven't been searched and bodies that need to be recovered.
01:29Now, there has been a lot of criticism at the Venezuelan government in recent days
01:33with accusations of limiting not just international press or local press,
01:38but also international aid organisations from reaching some of the worst affected areas,
01:43and there's been criticism of the government's disorganised and uncoordinated reaction from this horrific event.
01:54I feel bad. We don't know what to do, because we have no house.
02:03We lived on a rented house. We came from the province looking to work here in the capital
02:08because there is no employment in the province.
02:10The acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, has said that she's working with all levels of government
02:16to provide protection, care and assurance to Venezuelans.
02:18But so many Venezuelans have approached us whilst we've been here
02:23and have said that they want international organisations and the press here
02:27to see the reality on the ground, to see what is really happening
02:30and, importantly, also see if all this international aid and the international efforts
02:35are going to where it's needed most.
02:37Now, here on the ground, the community effort has been immense.
02:41Venezuelans have gone around and volunteered throughout the week
02:44trying to help their neighbour, their loved ones, their friends.
02:48And we just heard people on megaphones calling out, saying that there will be a movie shown
02:53for children here at 2pm.
02:56Now, that as well is significant because this natural disaster had an immediate shock,
03:01but there is the psychological pain that will follow now as the reality sets in.
03:08And we've just started hurricane season here, so that means hotter weather and heavy rains,
03:13meaning that the circumstances for thousands of people displaced and now homeless
03:18will be so much worse for the weeks to come.
03:21Let's go.
03:22Let's go.
03:25Let's go.
03:25Let's go.
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