Principled Business
Venezuela Needs Us Now.
Two devastating earthquakes have left thousands of Venezuelan families without homes, food, or clean water. We are standing with them.
What Happened
Two earthquakes. One country in crisis.
On June 24, 2026, Venezuela was struck by two powerful earthquakes that devastated communities across the country. Entire buildings collapsed. Families lost loved ones overnight. Thousands of people have been displaced, and countless others are now facing the uncertainty of not knowing where their next meal, clean water, medicine, or safe place to sleep will come from.
In La Guaira and surrounding areas, rescue teams are working around the clock to reach survivors — but they need support. This is one of the darkest moments in Venezuela's recent history. And it is also a moment that has revealed, once again, the extraordinary resilience of the Venezuelan people.
Across the country and in the diaspora, volunteers, organizations, businesses, and families are mobilizing. We are joining them.
How We Are Helping
A Two-Phase Response
Principled Business is not deploying teams to Venezuela. What we are doing is something equally powerful: mobilizing our network of business leaders, investors, and professionals across the United States to raise funds that go directly to the people and organizations doing the work on the ground. We are not improvising. We have a plan — and it has two phases.
Phase 1
Immediate Relief
Right now, families in the affected areas need the basics: food, clean water, medicine, and hygiene supplies. Every dollar raised in this phase goes toward delivering essential supplies to displaced families.
DonatePhase 2
Rebuilding Homes
Once immediate needs are covered, we turn to the longer work: housing. Thousands of families lost their homes. Rebuilding is not a weeks-long effort — it is a months-long commitment. Funds raised in this phase will support housing assistance for families who have nowhere else to turn.
This phase launches once Phase 1 targets are met. Contributions made today will carry forward.
Your contribution today moves us closer to both goals — essential supplies now, and a home to come back to later.
Required Supplies
What is needed
Your donation helps deliver the following essential items to families who have lost everything:
Non-perishable food (oil, canned goods, beans)
Drinking water
Personal hygiene products
Baby and adult diapers, sanitary pads
Cold and pain relief medications
Medical supplies
First aid kits
Candles, flashlights, and batteries
Cleaning supplies (brooms, bleach, buckets, disinfectants)
Mats or sleeping pads
Blankets and bed sheets
Why We're Here
Standing with Venezuela.
Principled Business is a network of business leaders who believe that free enterprise and private initiative are the most powerful tools for human progress. We are not a disaster relief organization — and we are not going to pretend to be one.
What we are is a community of people with resources, networks, and a genuine commitment to human dignity. And right now, the most useful thing we can do is raise money and put it in the hands of the organizations that know how to use it.
Phase 1: get supplies to families who need them now. Phase 2: help rebuild the homes they lost. That is our commitment — and we are not stopping until both are done.
Supplies today. A home tomorrow.
No donation is too small. Your contribution goes directly to two things: essential supplies for families who have nothing right now, and housing support for the long road ahead. This is how we help — with intention, with coordination, and with a plan that doesn't stop at Phase 1.
Donate Now — Stay Strong VenezuelaDonations are coordinated through DVC, Cáritas Venezuela, VenAmCham, and United Way.