In 2023, we celebrated 20 years of uninterrupted work, contributing to improving the quality of life for over one million people in Venezuela. In this year alone, our permanent programs in health, food, education, agriculture, and water benefited nearly 229,000 people.
Thanks to Center for Disaster Philanthropy and CORE, we brought clean water to 42,954 people in Mara's schools, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and soup kitchens. We also moved forward with installing handwashing stations in spaces where we raised awareness about their use and importance in preventing COVID-19 and other diseases.
Thanks to Acceso, as of December 15, 2023, our program statistics are as follows: 213 loads, 983,231 kg of food, and 3,231,210 meals, benefiting 75,829 people. In 2023 alone, we distributed 181,562 kilograms of food and served 601,586 meals, benefiting 15,887 people, mainly children.
Thanks to Direct Relief, we distributed medicines and supplies to 40,417 people. We also provided dental, personal hygiene, and general hygiene items benefiting more than 87,945 people provided by Colgate Palmolive - Venezuela. Our ophthalmology health drive has benefited 1,070 children thanks to VSP Vision Care.
Our allies CORE, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Global Giving, Direct Relief, Clean The World, ACCESO, World Central Kitchen, Giustra Foundation, Clinton Foundation, FEDEX, Colgate-Palmolive de Venezuela, Mindset Social Innovation Foundation, VSP Vision Care and other incredible donnors have made this possible.