Vic­tims of the pow­er­ful twin earth­quakes that jolt­ed Venezuela last month as well as peo­ple spared by the de­struc­tion on Thurs­day flood­ed re­lief ser­vices of­fered by non­govern­men­tal or­ga­ni­za­tions in the hard­est-hit ar­eas.

The de­mand for help comes as the Unit­ed Na­tions launched an ap­peal for rough­ly $300 mil­lion to as­sist 1.3 mil­lion peo­ple in ur­gent need of aid in the South Amer­i­can coun­try where non­govern­men­tal or­ga­ni­za­tions un­til re­cent­ly were tar­gets of gov­ern­ment re­pres­sion. Mo­bile kitchens and clin­ics as well as field hos­pi­tals now dot pub­lic spaces in the north­ern state of La Guaira, where most of the dev­as­ta­tion oc­curred.

“It is clear at dis­place­ment sites that, par­tic­u­lar­ly af­ter two weeks, that peo­ple are turn­ing up be­cause they haven’t been able to get their oth­er treat­ments,” U.N. re­lief chief Tom Fletch­er told The As­so­ci­at­ed Press dur­ing his vis­it to Venezuela. “So, they’re not turn­ing up with just the frac­tures now, they’re turn­ing up with those longer-term health needs. And it’s vi­tal that we’re there for them.”