MIAMI — Three months after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela, Tony Robbins has joined a growing movement of artists, journalists, foundations and Venezuelans around the world trying to keep survivors from being forgotten as the country faces the far longer and more difficult task of rebuilding.
"Two earthquakes changed the lives of thousands of families in Venezuela in a matter of moments," Robbins wrote on social media. "And months later, the need is still very real."
The philanthropist and motivational speaker called for new donations through his 100 Billion Meals Challenge and highlighted organizations providing food, clean water, shelter and medical assistance, including All Hands & Hearts, Alimenta La Solidaridad, The House Project, Soapbox Tech and the Montaner Family Foundation.
"I'm grateful for our 100 Billion Meals partners," Robbins wrote. "But the work isn't over."
His appeal comes as the response to Venezuela's June earthquakes has grown far beyond conventional humanitarian agencies, mobilizing some of the country's most recognizable names and its enormous diaspora.
Two earthquakes changed the lives of thousands of families in Venezuela in a matter of moments. And months later, the need is still very real.
— Tony Robbins (@TonyRobbins) September 29, 2026
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Ricardo Montaner and his family have been among the most visible and are working with Robbins through their House Project Foundation.
In August, Montaner and his sons Mau y Ricky joined Marc Anthony, Chayanne, Luis Fonsi, Feid, Chino y Nacho, Olga Tañón, Gente de Zona, Gilberto Santa Rosa and other artists for a major benefit concert and telethon at Miami's Kaseya Center.
The event, ultimately presented as "Unidos por los Nuestros," was broadcast across Univision platforms and other outlets and raised support for recovery efforts in Venezuela and Colombia. Funds were directed through the Univision Foundation and Marc Anthony's Maestro Cares Foundation to organizations working on immediate assistance and longer-term reconstruction.
The effort is now moving back inside Venezuela.
On Oct. 17, Venevisión is scheduled to hold "Teletón Venevisión 2026: Unidos por Venezuela," a 15-hour fundraising marathon connecting Caracas and Miami.
Organized by Venevisión and Cisneros with Dividendo Voluntario para la Comunidad, the Venezuelan affiliate of United Way Worldwide, and Circuito Unión Radio, the telethon is intended to raise money for organizations including Cáritas de Venezuela, Fe y Alegría and Fundación Hospital Ortopédico Infantil.
The goal is no longer simply responding to an emergency. It is sustaining help after much of the world's attention has moved elsewhere.
That same concern is driving Venezuelan journalist Alejandra Oraa.
Oraa returned to Venezuela to document what happened through the people who survived it, collecting 11 testimonies that shift the focus away from statistics and toward lives altered in a matter of seconds.
Among them is the story of a teenage girl who survived approximately 32 hours trapped beneath rubble before being rescued. Oraa's project also documents Venezuelans who risked their lives helping others and communities confronting the enormous challenge of rebuilding.
While Oraa is preserving their stories, Venezuelans abroad have been raising millions to help them.
The Miami-based I Love Venezuela Foundation launched an emergency fundraising campaign immediately after the disaster, working with Global Empowerment Mission and organizations and volunteers inside the country.
By late September, its main campaign had collected more than $7 million through more than 100,000 donations, with funds designated for needs including drinking water, food, medical supplies, hygiene kits, temporary shelter and assistance to affected families.
Venezuelan music has become another vehicle for keeping the recovery visible.
Rawayana, one of the country's most internationally successful bands, has taken the effort on the road through "De Esta Nos Levantamos," an initiative created by Fundación El After and the Pan American Development Foundation in partnership with Rawayana and Brocoli Records.
Instead of limiting the response to a single benefit concert, the campaign is using the band's international reach and "¿Dónde es el After?" tour to support longer-term reconstruction projects for Venezuelan families and communities.
The result is an unusual humanitarian network stretching from Caracas to Miami and far beyond.
It includes global figures such as Robbins, Venezuelan stars such as the Montaners and Rawayana, journalists documenting survivors, international relief organizations and smaller Venezuelan groups working directly in affected communities.
It also reflects a particular reality of modern Venezuela: millions of its citizens now live somewhere else.
Years of economic crisis, deteriorating public services, political conflict and mass migration meant the earthquakes struck a country already under extraordinary pressure. Venezuela is also navigating a dramatic political transition following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces in January and the installation of Delcy Rodríguez as interim president, while questions over elections, political prisoners, sanctions and the country's relationship with Washington remain unresolved.
For Venezuelans living abroad, the disaster created another painful connection to a country many had already been forced to leave.
But the diaspora has also become one of the engines of the recovery. Miami's Kaseya Center became a gathering place for the cause in August. I Love Venezuela has turned tens of thousands of individual contributions into millions of dollars in assistance. Rawayana is carrying the message from city to city. The upcoming Venevisión telethon will deliberately connect Caracas with Miami and Venezuelans abroad.
And behind every campaign are people still dealing with what happened on June 24. Families lost relatives, homes and businesses. Communities were left with damaged water systems, schools and health facilities. Some survivors have faced months of temporary housing and disrupted basic services while relief groups move from emergency assistance into the much slower process of reconstruction.
That is the Venezuela Robbins put back before his millions of followers this week. "This is what the 100 Billion Meals Challenge is all about," he wrote, describing the effort as "showing up when people need us most and bringing together extraordinary organizations and people who can turn compassion into real action."
Robbins said Stellar Crypto Network is matching donations to the Venezuela effort up to $100,000. "Whether it's $5, $50, or $500, it matters," he wrote. "It becomes part of the food, water, shelter, and support reaching a family who needs to know they haven't been forgotten."
Three months after the earthquakes, Venezuela's recovery has become bigger than any single celebrity, foundation or telethon.
It is Alejandra Oraa recording the voices of survivors. The Montaners rallying the entertainment industry. Rawayana carrying the cause around the world. I Love Venezuela converting the power of the diaspora into aid. Humanitarian organizations still working inside damaged communities. And another national telethon preparing to ask Venezuelans at home and abroad to help again.
Robbins summed up the common purpose in one line: "Let's show the people of Venezuela that they are not alone."
