{"id":16900,"date":"2026-11-01T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T13:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/?p=16900"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T13:22:34","slug":"centro-esperanza-honored-for-earthquake-response-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/centro-esperanza-honored-for-earthquake-response-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognized for Solidarity: Centro Esperanza Honored for Earthquake Response in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adapted from text provided by <\/span><\/i><\/strong>Alex V\u00e1squez Ocampo, Communications Officer for the Province of Colombia\u2013Venezuela and GSIF Latin America<\/i><\/p>\n

When the ground shook beneath Caracas on June 24, 2026, Sr. Daisy \u00c1lvarez<\/b> y el Centro Esperanza<\/b> team didn’t hesitate. Within hours, they opened their doors as an emergency shelter, rallied their community, and turned a center built for formation and support into a lifeline for the most vulnerable people around them.<\/p>\n

That response<\/a> has now earned Centro Esperanza\u2014a ministry of the Congregation\u2019s Fundaci\u00f3n El Buen Pastor<\/a> and part of the Venezuelan Conference of Religious (CONVER)\u2014special recognition at the 2026 AVESSOC St. Jos\u00e9 Gregorio Hern\u00e1ndez Awards<\/b> on October 30, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Sr. Daisy \u00c1lvarez, the center\u2019s coordinator, accepted the honor on behalf of the entire Centro Esperanza family: the sisters, the partners-in-mission, and the volunteers who showed up day after day to distribute food, water, and hygiene kits<\/b>; to sit with women and families in group therapy; and to offer a listening ear when words alone couldn’t ease the pain.<\/p>\n

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Sr. Daisy distributes food and drink to those in need following the earthquakes in Venezuela.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Organized by the Venezuelan Association of Christian-Oriented Health Services (AVESSOC), the awards marked the first anniversary of the canonization of St. Jos\u00e9 Gregorio Hern\u00e1ndez. They honored people and institutions whose service contributes to community health and well-being. This year\u2019s special recognition acknowledged solidarity with people affected by the earthquakes.<\/p>\n

Members of the team were themselves affected. Four volunteer partners-in-mission suffered significant damage to their apartments, and the community house provided temporary accommodation for those who did not feel able to return home. The response grew from a community experiencing the same uncertainty as the people it accompanied.<\/p>\n

\"\"This award recognizes the tireless dedication of the sisters and partners-in-mission<\/b> who, faithful to the charism of the Good Shepherd, prepared food, welcomed families, and remained available to people whose recovery involved both material and emotional needs.<\/p>\n

In sharing the news, the community reaffirmed its commitment to accompanying people facing hardship, recalling the words of St. Mary Euphrasia: \u201cLove never says, \u2018I have done enough<\/i>'.\"<\/p>\n

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Discover more about the Good Shepherd mission in Colombia and Venezuela aqui<\/a> and more about Fundacion El Buen Pastor aqui<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adapted from text provided by Alex V\u00e1squez Ocampo, Communications Officer for the Province of Colombia\u2013Venezuela and GSIF Latin America When the ground shook beneath Caracas on June 24, 2026, Sr. Daisy \u00c1lvarez and the Centro Esperanza team didn’t hesitate. Within hours, they opened their doors as an emergency shelter, rallied their community, and turned a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[124,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gsif-latin-america","category-venezuela"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/3.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16900"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16911,"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16900\/revisions\/16911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}