B.C. man trapped in Venezuela after earthquakes now providing aid to others - BERITAJA

A Vancouver man, trapped successful Venezuela pursuing past week’s earthquakes, has been providing assistance while trying to find a measurement home.

Arnaldo Dos Santos had been visiting Venezuela connected business erstwhile the back-to-back earthquakes struck connected June 24.

He was connected the 14th level of a highrise flat and was fortunate his building was not 1 of the ones that collapsed.

His Venezuelan passport had precocious expired and pinch authorities services unavailable and the nearest airdrome heavy damaged, he is now stuck successful the country.

He told BERITAJA that since he is stuck for now, he has decided to thief group successful request of nutrient and medicine.

“To return a thrust successful Caracas correct now, and the magnitude of tents and the magnitude of group conscionable virtually sleeping connected the crushed because they person nothing,” Dos Santos said.

“We’ve tried to administer mattresses and pillows and blankets and camping tents conscionable to springiness them shelter. For the children, we’ve fixed them, you know, foldable cribs pinch look and diapers and bedewed wipes and individual hygiene products for the group arsenic well.”

Dos Santos said he is very grateful for the outpouring of world support.

He said the authorities has very fewer resources to respond to a calamity of this scale, which, truthful far, has killed about 2,300 group and near thousands much injured and displaced.