At the beginning I just wanted to share with others all the terrible things happening in our country and the historic exodus we have been living since 2014. I also knew that all the major news channels were covering some stories here and there of what was going on. I watched a few documentaries, and I even produced a documentary of my own. But unfortunately, it just seems that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t find a way to truly help. I couldn’t find anything in the news about Non-profit Organizations and ways to help out.
Therefore, I noticed there was a lack of coverage by the media to tell the world: “Hey, look what’s going on in Venezuela. Did you know you can help? Yes, look here you can donate to this organization, or this other one, or this other one. And guess what? This is how you do it. Very easy, now you saved a life today. Cool right?”
So, as a Venezuelan living abroad, I also have family members who are struggling really hard to get by in and out of Venezuela. Since 2013, all that I could think of was: “how can I help? There must be something I could do. How come other people don’t seem to care?” Yet, with time I also discovered there was nothing I could possibly do. I mean, it was obviously out of my hands. So, I gave up for many years, until I recently had an epiphany. Therefore, that day I decided to become a believer, and at least try and do something. That’s the least I could do, right? I mean, I owe that to my family and my friends.