00:0020 days since the two 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck the country precisely in
00:06June 24 at 6.05 p.m. And the country hasn't stopped providing health care assistance and
00:13also social and psychological assistance to all those people in need. And right now at
00:18this moment our correspondent Belén de los Santos is in one of the temporary camps set
00:22up by the Venezuelan government in Caracas. Venezuela, hello Belén, what can you tell
00:27us about this current situation? Hello Belén, we wait for your information.
00:44Hello Lorena, how are you? The connection is not great. It has happened over the past weeks
00:51after the double earthquakes. Of course it's one of the consequences, but we're good.
00:57I could hear you and the important thing is that we are here in the Francisco Pimentel
01:02temporary camp in West Caracas in Quinta Crespo and we were just talking to the people who
01:10are organizing this temporary camp. This place in particular is now hosting over 690 people
01:18who are staying here at this place. Almost 200 children that you can see here. While I'll tell
01:27you a little bit about this place, I will also show you some of the images of what we're seeing.
01:32For
01:32example, here is a movie that has just started for the kids. They are gathering here to watch it. Of
01:39course, it's Sunday and one of the main activities here in the camp is the recreational activities that are
01:47set for the kids to be able to spend their day to, of course, get some distractions, some recreation. That
01:55is very important because, of course, these kids need a place to pass their time, to go back to socialization,
02:03to come out from the trauma and the experience that those twin earthquakes meant for them and for their families.
02:12So, recreational activities are key and today that
02:16it's Sunday, it's Sunday, midday, almost afternoon, that is very important and that is what we are seeing. So, a
02:25little bit about this camp, Lore. It is, it was first organized from the very first days by the three
02:32communes that make up this parish in Caracas. So, that is important because the territorial knowledge of the communes and
02:40the political experience that the communes represent in Venezuela were very important
02:45to understand for those first steps and for those first steps. And then the tax and customs control from Venezuela,
02:52the CENIAT, the state organism was the one to follow up and with the leaders of the communes continue to
02:59organize in the days to come. We have been looking at this and reporting it because it is very important
03:05to understand how these spaces are being run
03:08on and also just transformed in a matter of days with this experience of coordination between the territorial communes and
03:18the different sectors of the state that are all being involved. In this case, the CENIAT, as I was saying,
03:25the Tax and Customs Administration of Venezuela being in charge of this camp in particular. That is how most of
03:32the logistics of what it means to have to host, I was saying, over 600
03:38490 people from one day to the other is being done with that organization and coordination between different areas of
03:46what makes up the Venezuelan state from the territorial communes to the organizations and ministries, for example. So, that is
03:56what we're seeing right now. The kids are playing a lot to see right now and a lot to understand
04:01when we are looking into the coming weeks and new challenges, really.
04:07Mel, I want to ask you regarding, as we are looking throughout these temporary camps, what will be at this
04:14moment, what will be in the coming weeks, the main challenges that the temporary camps, not only these, but also
04:21the temporary camps that are set up throughout Venezuela, will have to overcome. This regarding logistics and also regarding the
04:29healthcare assistance and all the things that are being provided at this moment in the temporary camps.
04:39Well, of course, we could look at and go over different things that will be the challenges to come. Just
04:46one of them that we were just talking to the coordinators and those responsible for this camp in particular is
04:55the challenge of accompanying each family, each experience, many of them in their transit going back to their households.
05:06So, let's keep in mind, Lorena, that in this place of West Caracas, many households were affected not in their
05:15basic structures. So, many of the people that are here are, their households are being inspected or were already inspected
05:25and they have gotten the approval to go back.
05:28But that is just a period of time for the people also to feel safe, but that is just a
05:34period of time for the people also to feel safe, for kids also to feel safe going back to their
05:36homes.
05:37And the team has to join that process and it is necessary in the coming weeks to accompany that transit
05:45for the people that can go back home to do so, for the households that are being repaired, also to
05:53take that people and respecting also that process for them to go back to their own places.
06:00Because this place needs to then make room for people who are coming from most affected areas, for example, La
06:08Guayra, that are going to need a longer term place to be.
06:13So, that is one of the challenges and one of the processes that we are seeing, particularly in these transitory
06:19camps and others in Caracas, that is happening right now and will continue to affect, of course, the coming weeks.
06:26Thank you so much for walking us through this facility and also for the importance of your information.
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