Peru’s Venezuelan community rallied in support of their earthquake-hit homeland on Sunday (June 28).

A collection centre in the Lima district of Miraflores was one of 30 set up across the country to gather humanitarian aid for those left destitute by two deadly quakes that struck Venezuela in quick succession on Wednesday (June 24).

"The feeling is one of deep sadness, great concern for our families, for our brothers,” said Andres Rodriguez, a Venezuelan citizen in Lima. “But we are happy about everything that is happening with the Venezuelan community here in Peru, and how they have opened the doors for us to have a collection centre in this place.”

A team of Peruvian volunteer rescuers said on Sunday that – working alongside teams from Venezuela and El Salvador – they had succeeded in rescuing a 60-year-old woman in La Guaira after a 10-hour operation.

The coastal state was hardest-hit by the earthquakes that left at least 1,450 dead and thousands missing.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

Peru's Venezuelans gather quake aid; rescuers find survivor

VIDEO SHOWS: MEMBERS OF PERU'S VENEZUELAN COMMUNITY GATHERING AID TO SEND TO VENEZUELA AFTER DEADLY QUAKES / SOUNDBITES FROM MEMBERS OF VENEZUELAN COMMUNITY / PERUVIAN AND VENEZUELAN FIREFIGHTERS RESCUING SURVIVOR FROM QUAKE RUBBLE

SHOWS: LIMA, PERU (JUNE 28, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VENEZUELAN AND PERUVIAN CITIZENS FORMING HUMAN CHAIN TO PASS SUPPLIES AT HUMANITARIAN AID COLLECTION POINT

2. VENEZUELAN CITIZENS IN PERU PACKING HUMANITARIAN AID PRODUCTS

3. VENEZUELAN CITIZENS COLLECTING SUPPLIES AT COLLECTION CENTRE

4. PACKING OF COLLECTED PRODUCTS FOR AID TO VENEZUELA

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN CITIZEN IN PERU, SONIA ORTIZ, SAYING:

"We are all very sad, depressed, we don't sleep, no Venezuelan I think can sleep in peace, but I know it will rise again as it always has."

6. COLLECTION CENTRE FOR HUMANITARIAN AID PRODUCTS

7. BOXES WITH PRODUCTS AT COLLECTION CENTRE

8. WATER CONTAINERS AT COLLECTION CENTRE

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN CITIZEN IN PERU, ANDRES RODRIGUEZ, SAYING:

"The feeling is one of deep sadness, great concern for our families, for our brothers, but we are happy about everything that is happening with the Venezuelan community here in Peru, and how they have opened the doors for us to have a collection centre in this place in Miraflores (district of Lima), bringing everything we can, medicine, supplies, clothes, trying to bless our people, our nation, as much as we can, and the affection we can send them from here from abroad."

LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA (JUNE 28, 2026) (PERU VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS USAR GROUP - No resale)

10. PERUVIAN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RESCUING ELDERLY WOMAN FROM RUBBLE

11. FIREFIGHTERS PLACING RESCUED ELDERLY WOMAN ON STRETCHER

12. FIREFIGHTERS MOVING RESCUED ELDERLY WOMAN

13. VARIOUS OF PERUVIAN AND VENEZUELAN FIREFIGHTERS CARRYING AND PASSING STRETCHER WITH RESCUED ELDERLY WOMAN