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Since they formed after the 1985 earthquake, these volunteers have traveled all over the world as a professional search and rescue brigade. Like Superheroes, they go where they're needed. Just to give you a few examples, they were in New York in 2001, in Indonesia in 2004, in Haiti in 2010, in Japan 2011, in Turkey in 2023, and in Spain in 2024. If you take a look at the uniform of Hector Méndez, the leader of the Topos, you'll see that he carries some of the flags of the countries they've helped.

Right now, they're in Venezuela‼️‼️ 🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪

They're there to help as much as they can with the rescue efforts after the terrible 7.5 and 7.2 earthquakes. They work with what they have, without any help from any government, and getting by with donations and with the help of the good people who offer them food and shelter.

I've asked the venezuelan friends and neighbors close to me, and they've told me that right now one of the safest options to help is to donate to the Topos, since there aren't many trustworthy organizations that ensure that the help is indeed arriving to the people affected by this tragedy.

You can donate directly to the Topos here!!

Please consider making a donation. You can follow the Topos on their official social media accounts to verify any information and see a bit of what they do.

as venezuela is my home country, all of this hits especially close to home. thankfully, my family and loved ones are safe since they were in cities not as severely affected. however, many others have not been as fortunate and are now facing the aftermath of these events.

years of political and economic instability have left many communities with limited resources and infrastructure, making it even more difficult to respond to emergencies like this. there are reports of people who remain missing, and many families are still waiting for news about their loved ones. rescue efforts have been made even more difficult by shortages of equipment, ambulances, and other emergency resources needed to respond to a disaster of this scale.

if you're able to, please consider sharing information, supporting verified relief efforts, or simply helping spread awareness about what is happening.

here’s a link where you can donate if you can

i’ll try to get more help resources to post here!