Venezuela
2022-02 Factsheet - Venezuela
February 2022
Mar 2022 > Asociación Nilo, 2021
Highlights
- By the end of February, the Shelter, Energy and NFI Cluster reached 17,640 beneficiaries through partner organizations. Activities covered 9 states and Capital District. As part of the response, 13 community centres were built and rehabilitated, 27 street solar lamps were installed, and 2.219 kits or basic NFIs were delivered for vulnerable population.
- During February 2022 the HPC Tools Platform was opened for partners to propose their projects for the HRP 2022-2023. In a preliminary assessment, 27 partner organizations presented 26 proposals to target 1.9 million persons in need of assistance, requiring USD 54M.
- Clashes between irregular armed groups in Apure state have continued in prioritized communities near to El Amparo and Guasdualito (border with Colombia) compromising local security conditions and generating people displacement. It has been reported that some of the confrontations have moved towards Arauca Department.
Need analysis
- In a conjoint work with the Intercluster Group, a geographic prioritization was built to focalize the response of the HRP 2022-2023. In this exercise, 8 states were identified as first priority including Zulia, Delta Amacuro, Bolívar, Amazonas, Miranda, Sucre, Apure and Falcón, and a second group of other 8 states was established including Monagas, Anzoátegui, Capital District, Lara, Táchira, Carabobo, Trujillo and Yaracuy.
- Regarding the needs associated with irregular armed groups in Apure state, a subnational interagency contingency plan was presented to local authorities and is in the process of being deployed in La Victoria area including NFI assistance and access to temporary shelters.
Response
- By the end of February 2022 17,640 individuals were reached by Shelter, Energy and NFI activities (54% female and 46% male) in 9 states and the Capital District. The states covering the highest number of beneficiaries were Miranda, Portuguesa, Táchira and Apure.
- As part of the Shelter Response, 13 spaces providing essential services to popuIation were built and rehabilitated. 3 community centers and recreation spaces were built with the participation from the communities Miranda and Carabobo, 4 schools were intervened in Apure and Miranda states, 2 health centers in Portuguesa and Miranda 1 temporary shelter, 1 coordination authority center in Capital District and 2 communities in Apure and Barinas. 543 people in mobility were also assisted in temporary shelters in Apure and Barinas.
- Activities to improve access to Energy included the installation of 27 street solar lamps in communities, community centers and schools in Miranda and Carabobo State.
- Regarding access to basic NFIs, 2208 individual kits were delivered for people in mobility in Tachira state and 11 habitat kits for vulnerable indigenous population in Amazonas state.
Gaps / challenges
- To develop and reinforce capacities in contingence planning and preparedness has been identified as an area to further improve. In this regard, liaises with Civil Protection authority at the national level (taking advantage of the relations already built at the local level), monitoring of emergency stocks and conjoint actions in emergency preparedness have been identified as priorities.
- It is also a priority to continue strengthening capacities of partner organizations on protection centrality including accountability to affected population. In this regard, actions have been agreed with protection experts in the humanitarian community to address this capacity challenge.
