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Susana Raffalli: humanitarian response should avoid prolonged assistance

Susana Raffalli, a humanitarian response advisor for Cáritas Venezuela, warned against self-organized shelters for earthquake victims, emphasizing the need for specialized protocols and state-led facilities with UN support.

Raffalli advises against community-run shelters due to lack of technical preparation and risks to vulnerable populations.

Safe shelters are those enabled by the state with UN accompaniment or religious institutions with prior experience.

Official shelters must meet standards: food, water, health services, vaccination, recreation, privacy, and ID replacement.

Children need identification bracelets, supervision, and protection from trafficking, especially orphans.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-13 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.