June 24, 2026 · Two earthquakes, 40 seconds apart.
Venezuela's hospitals were already out of medicine. Then the buildings came down.
We are a small, community-led group buying medicine, food, and animal care in Venezuela — and posting every receipt.
$310 raised so far. Every bolívar accounted for below.
Last supply run: July 8, 2026. Receipts posted.
See the receiptsReceipts
Every bolívar, accounted for
Round 1
$210 donated- Exchanged at 760 Bs / $1
- 159,600 Bs
- Spent on supplies
- 177,491.35 Bs
A second exchange added more bolívares to reach this total. Rate and amount being posted here after re-check.
Supplies: sanitary pads · pain relief medicine · antibiotic cream · deworming medicine · gauze · rice · chicken feet · Pedialyte
Round 2
$100 donatedMedical and first-aid supplies:
- · 4 large boxes of cotton
- · 3 large bottles of hydrogen peroxide
- · 10 boxes of adult antibiotics
- · 10 boxes of children's antibiotics
- Receipt total
- 57,427.09 Bs
- Given directly to an animal refuge
- 10,000 Bs
- Remaining in the account
- 9,000 Bs
Bs = bolívares. $ = US dollars. Rate: 760 Bs per $1.
Every figure here matches a receipt we can show you.
Allocation
Where your money goes
Medicine and first aid. Antibiotics, antiseptics, gauze, wound care. Venezuela's hospitals were short of medication before June 24. They are worse now.
Food, water, hygiene. Rice, Pedialyte, sanitary pads, soap.
Animals. Food, water, wound care, direct support to refuges.
Transport. Getting supplies from the store to the people.
Salaries. Nobody here is paid. Not one person.
What it buys
Pick an amount
A box of children's antibiotics. We bought ten last run.
Gauze, antiseptic, and wound-care supplies for a family.
Medicine for a household, plus food for a refuge's animals.
One full medical supply run. Our last $100 bought 4 boxes of cotton, 3 bottles of hydrogen peroxide, and 20 boxes of antibiotics.
A complete delivery to a family, a refuge, or an animal shelter.
$210 was our entire first round. It fed people and treated wounds.
🔒 Secure payment🧾 Receipt within 7 days💸 0% salaries👤 Real people, real names
Who we are
Eight members of one family. No NGO, no office, no salaries.
Ruta de Ayuda is eight members of one family. Maria Del Valle Dupuy receives every donation. She lives in Estero, Florida — that's a real name, and you can look it up.
Our family in Venezuela does the buying. We don't publish their names because of where they are. Everything they purchase is photographed before it is delivered.
We started on June 28, 2026, four days after the earthquakes. Eight people, one group chat, and a rule that every bolívar gets documented.
Families + animals
The animals are not an afterthought
When buildings fall, dogs and cats are left in them. When families flee, animals stay behind.
Refuges that were barely surviving before June 24 now have more animals and less food.
We gave 10,000 Bs directly to a refuge. We fed animals in Venezuela and we have the photos.
If you found this page because you care about animals: you're in the right place, and you are not being tolerated here. This is part of the mission.
Transparency
Our promise
- 01
Every purchase gets a receipt. Photographed, posted, dated.
- 02
Every exchange rate is published. You saw 760 Bs per $1 above. When it changes, we say so.
- 03
Every leftover bolívar is reported. 9,000 Bs are sitting in the account right now.
- 04
We show mistakes too. If we overpay, lose money on an exchange, or a delivery fails — that gets posted.
- 05
Nobody takes a salary.
- 06
If you donate and can't find your money in a receipt within seven days, message us and we will show you exactly where it went.
Earthquake relief is not one purchase. It is medicine this week, food next week, wound care the week after, and animal support in between. We are past search and rescue. We are buying what hospitals do not have and delivering it, one supply run at a time.
Context
If you're not Venezuelan, here's what happened
On June 24, 2026, two earthquakes — 7.2 and 7.5 — hit northern Venezuela 40 seconds apart. In La Guaira, 80% of buildings collapsed. Nearly 3,900 people are dead. More than 16,000 are injured.
Here's the part outside coverage misses: the hospitals were already empty. Venezuela's health system had been short of medicine, equipment, and reliable power for years. The earthquake didn't break a functioning system. It buried one that was already on the floor.
That's why a $10 box of antibiotics matters here in a way it wouldn't somewhere else. You don't need a connection to Venezuela to understand a child needing antibiotics.
Hoy ayudar también es patria.
(Today, helping is patriotism too.)
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Right now, someone is buying antibiotics with your money.
Or they aren't, because nobody gave today.
$10 is a box of children's antibiotics. $210 was our entire first supply run.
Can't give? A share from someone people trust is worth more than most donations.