Trinidad and To­ba­go is mo­bil­is­ing re­lief ef­forts to as­sist neigh­bour­ing Venezuela fol­low­ing dev­as­tat­ing twin earth­quakes, mea­sur­ing over 7.1 in mag­ni­tude, that killed around 1,400 peo­ple and de­stroyed sev­er­al com­mu­ni­ties.

For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers told Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day that this coun­try was still in the process of col­lect­ing items, with plans to send sup­plies to those im­pact­ed by the dis­as­ter.

“We are in the process of col­lect­ing to ship,” Sobers said.