1/4/2024 0 Comments Donate food to venezuelaIt’s only a few kilometers to Piedra Grande. After a 90-minute delay, we are on the move again. Local villagers are alerted and eventually arrive on motorbikes with the needed tools. “We need spades to free the wheels and the chassis”, says Angel. Branches and stones are thrown under the wheels, but it won’t budge. The truck’s got stuck in the mud crossing a large riverbed. We have to make this effort to reach the children who need it.” 13:30 - ‘We need shovels’.Īngel and his assistants find themselves almost knee-deep in the mud. You saw that some small bridges have collapsed. Angel, the truck driver, manoeuvres calmly with reggaeton playing in his cabin. Parts of the stony road have been washed away. It feels like it is going to be a long 100km to Piedra Grande – today’s final destination. Only cactus and thorny trees crop up in this isolated rocky landscape in Falcón state. There are no other vehicles on this road than our convoy stirring up the dust. Photo: WFP/Alexis Masciarelli 11:45 - ‘It’s a tough route’Īfter Pedregal, the asphalt quickly disappears. People rallied to his aid when it got stuck in the mud. Truck driver Angel heads to his last stop of the day. Once their kitchens are operational, WFP plans to serve daily hot meals to the children and staff. Schools are gradually reopening across Venezuela. Then, when you mix them with vegetables as you say, you integrate vitamins.” proteins form tissues, they build muscles.” She adds: “The rice and lentils in these bags complete each other to form protein. “What we miss for them is protein, we can’t really afford milk,” she says. One of the adults, Iusmari, who is holding her baby, raises a hand. Lentil stew with vegetables is the children’s favourite. She wants to hear how they are preparing the food at home. It is the third time they have come to collect their children’s take-home food rations (of rice, lentils, salt and vegetable oil). Nora invites them to gather under a tree. Here, 24 children and four school staff receive monthly WFP supplies. Photos: WFP/Alexis Masciarelli 09:15 - ‘Why do our bodies need proteins?’Ī group of 15 parents, mostly women, wait outside the first pre-elementary school we stop at in the farming village of Soledad. Left : Nora Arroyo (in white T-shirt) addresses parents as they receive monthly food kits. Democratic Republic of the Congo emergency.We work in 123 countries and territories, combining emergency assistance with long-term development while adapting our activities to the context and challenges of each location and its people.
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