{"id":2463,"date":"2026-06-30T04:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:07:58","slug":"50-tons-of-south-florida-aid-headed-to-venezuela-following-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2463","title":{"rendered":"50 tons of South Florida aid headed to Venezuela following earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Fifty tons of humanitarian aid donated by South Floridians are on their way to Venezuela following the earthquakes that rocked the country last week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2461\">Search-and-rescue veteran provides perspective on the mission in Venezuela<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aid shipment departed from Miami International Airport around 9 p.m. Monday aboard a LATAM Cargo plane.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Global Empowerment Mission, or GEM, the 50 tons of supplies are equivalent to the weight of about 10 adult elephants and include food, medicine and other critical items.<\/p>\n<p>Rows of strategically packed pallets lined the tarmac Monday night before being loaded onto the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>GEM partnered with LATAM Cargo for the rapid deployment effort after the earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo in this load right here, it\u2019s a combination of our family kits,\u201d Michael Kesti with GEM Government Affairs said. \u201cThe kit is enough food for a family of four for five days, so beans and rice and that. A small generator, we give them as well, and a case of water. And then in some cases, we have tents as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GEM has already delivered supplies to earthquake victims in Venezuela, but officials said Monday\u2019s flight carrying 50 tons of aid is the organization\u2019s largest shipment so far.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2459\">Supreme Court rules Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies, overturning precedent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an extraordinary gesture because everybody is waiting on pins and needles to see how we can help,\u201d Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt Global Empowerment Mission&#8217;s (GEM) headquarters in Doral, volunteers are working around the clock as donations continue to pour in following Venezuela\u2019s devastating earthquakes.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>GEM is not the only organization working to provide relief.<\/p>\n<p>Our Lady of Guadalupe Church has also been collecting and organizing donations since the disaster struck.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the church said they have collected about 150 pallets of goods and have already sent both a plane and a ship carrying aid to Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Bolanos, with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, said the community has been deeply affected by the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing is that we are deeply, deeply touched with what happened there. We are suffering a lot, and this is a way to carry on,\u201d Bolanos said. \u201cWe were so happy with the World Cup and everything, and now everything changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GEM said there is now a critical need for additional medical supplies as relief efforts continue.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=2457\">Person hospitalized after fire breaks out at North Miami Beach apartment building<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty tons of humanitarian aid donated by South Floridians are on their way to Venezuela following the earthquakes that rocked the country last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venezuela-earthquakes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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