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Earthquakes in Venezuela: What We Know by Caracas Chronicles

Key Information About Venezuela’s State of Emergency by Caracas Chronicles

VENEZUELA’S EARTHQUAKE STATE OF EMERGENCY: HOW TO HELP

We Love Foundation: Provinding food, water, medical support, hygiene kits, shelter supplies, logistics, and direct support for vulnerable families on the ground. They have worked with global partners and Venezuelan nonprofits for the past 13 years.

The Gio Foundation: Humanitarian and animal aid nonprofit organization accepting donations through their portal.

Aldeas Infantiles SOS: Accepts donations in bolívares (Venezuelan currency) through their Venezuelan branch. Donations in foreign currencies can be sent through Aldeas Infantiles SOS Spain.

Save the Children’s Emergency Fund: Donations will go towards providing urgent, life-saving support to Venezuelan children.

UNICEF Spain: Has launched an Emergency Fund for Venezuelan children.

Miami-based Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce Foundation: Launched a fundraising campaign to provide food, water, medicine, shelter and emergency relief.

Source: Caracas Chronicles

- https://caritasvenezuela.org/donaciones/

- https://dividendovoluntario.org

- https://dona.yummyrides.com

The news clipping can be accessed here:

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/newnation19751106-1.1.1

We have learnt that they were flown from Delhi to an island in the Bay of Bengal, put on a naval vessel and eventually forced into the Andaman Sea with life jackets. They then made their way to shore and are now facing an uncertain future in Myanmar, which the mostly-Muslim Rohingya community had fled in huge numbers in recent years to escape persecution.

"They bound our hands, covered our faces and brought us like captives [on to the boat]. Then they threw us in the sea," John, one of the men in the group, told his brother by phone soon after reaching land.

This is Shine, a silent and graceful lady that can end you in one breath, and the one on her hat is Bob, the loudest skull on the planet. He says a lot of bullcrap

Did I mention that she likes tea?

Human and Pocket Dungeon version cause why not

The other one is Kage and he's a hunk that likes men. They're besties

These versions for him as well

mutual aid means no hierarchy between givers and receivers

a new mutual aid org, Bridge of Solidarity, has been established in the gaza strip by 17 year old poet yazan mohammed in response to the exploitative practices conducted by some charities and encouraged by the existing charity-based model of fundraising for gaza. according to BoS: "the western attention economy and pity economy plays a large role in who lives or dies in gaza." essentially, people need to make themselves marketable in order to receive lifesaving aid; people who are not marketable die. yazan himself wrote about the damage this can do to one's self image, which you can read here.

after trying for a year to respect his own privacy, my friend siraj was also pressured into posting images of his son's emaciated body in order to gain sympathy from westerners.

we cannot keep forcing people to do this anymore.

here's a declaration of their values from bridge of solidarity's most recent post:

Our organization is against the Western gaze. We refuse to humiliate people. We refuse to force people to take photos. We refuse to force people to take photos with our flyer or logo. People will receive aid freely without being forced to pose. We will respect people's privacy completely. Our principles include autonomy, dignity, sovereignty, mutual respect, and mutual aid.

this org will prioritize giving aid to people without phones or social media, who do not speak english, and who do not have outside support or living parents. these are the people who are not palatable to westerners but who deserve to live with as much dignity as everyone else

as of five days ago, BoS are working on a water truck delivery

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The Three Felines, Egghead: @smellyvampirez 🦴

Nehushtan: @justacryptid-art 🦴

Wendell: @pan-annigans 🦴

Wisk: (Me!) 💎

Skipper: @directorlyric 🦴

Nera: @sapphirechaosshark 🦴

Wodahs: @beetobeeto 💎

Walker: @mxboxlocks 💎

Tobin: @tanetime 🦴

Wisp: @teardropwolf 💎

Wisk: (Me!) 💎

White: @mayabunny23 💎

Whisper: Lyrancia (Artfight 🦴)

Whimper: Veggie_bleach (Artfight 💎)

Sprinkles & Astra: @corovusin 💎

Fizalis: PeachL (Artfight 🦴)

A tribute to mascot designs i’ve seen for Haori 🌼