Akash Sama­roo

The Gov­ern­ment has launched a na­tion­wide hu­man­i­tar­i­an re­lief ef­fort for earth­quake-rav­aged Venezuela, mo­bil­is­ing state agen­cies, the pri­vate sec­tor and mu­nic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tions in what it de­scribes as a co­or­di­nat­ed na­tion­al re­sponse to the un­fold­ing hu­man­i­tar­i­an cri­sis.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day, the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs said the ini­tia­tive was launched on the in­struc­tions of Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar fol­low­ing a high-lev­el stake­hold­er meet­ing con­vened joint­ly with the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment.