IHE is collecting donations to purchase and personally deliver essential supplies to families affected by the recent earthquake in Venezuela. This page explains what we are doing, why, and how we account for every dollar given.
A recent earthquake in Venezuela has left families without reliable access to basic necessities, at the same time that infrastructure, transport, and supply chains in the affected areas remain strained. The needs are immediate: clean water, hygiene, first aid, and essentials for infants and children who cannot wait for supply chains to normalize.
The Institute is collecting donations to purchase and personally deliver:
Supplies are purchased directly and delivered by hand to affected families and community contacts on the ground, rather than routed through intermediaries. This is deliberate: it costs more effort, but it means every donor can see exactly where a purchase ended up.
IHE's mission is to advance the science and practice of intentional human development, including resilience: how people and communities hold together and recover under real strain. That mission does not stop at the edge of a research paper. When a community we can reach is in crisis, the most honest expression of "advancing human resilience" is showing up with what is needed.
This mission is a humanitarian initiative of the Institute, distinct from our long-term research and applied-program work, and funded separately through restricted, purpose-designated gifts.
We are asking people to trust us with money meant for families in crisis. We take that seriously, and we hold ourselves to the following standards:
This is a hands-on, direct-delivery effort, not a large-scale logistics operation. That is intentional: it lets us guarantee that what we promise, supplies purchased and placed in the hands of families who need them, actually happens, and is documented as it happens.
Every contribution goes directly toward purchasing and delivering relief supplies to affected families.
In-kind donations of diapers, hygiene products, and first aid items are welcome. Contact us to coordinate.
Point people who want to help toward this page. Awareness is part of the response.