Helping Venezuela: Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade

Andrea Torres, Digital Journalist

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Tags: Venezuela, Helping Venezuela, Miami-Dade County, Medley, Doral

Nonprofit organization joins Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort

This combination of satellite images provided by Vantor shows buildings in Caraballeda, Venezuela on Dec. 28, 2025, left, and on Friday, June 26, 2026, after an earthquake. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP) (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor) (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor v)

DORAL, Fla. — The Centro Comunitario Amor, Fe y Esperanza plans to host a collection drive on Saturday in northwestern Miami-Dade County to benefit the victims of the two earthquakes in Venezuela.

The nonprofit organization, founded in 2009, plans to welcome the public’s drop-off donations from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at 6090 NW 84th Ave., north of Doral and south of Medley.

The nonprofit plans to hand the donations to the Doral-based Global Empowerment Mission, a nonprofit organization committed to delivering disaster relief to those in need in northern Venezuela.

The volunteers will not be accepting clothing, shoes, or linens. They welcome nonperishable food, bottled water, emergency supplies such as batteries and first aid kits, personal hygiene products, diapers, protective gear such as gloves and KN95 masks, tarps, industrial trash bags, and shovels.

For more information about how to volunteer or donate, visit this page or call 305-602-4466.

Related list: Drop-off locations in South Florida

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Andrea Torres

Andrea Torres

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.