📋 Tender Overview
This project improves access to essential services in vulnerable communities in Venezuela, while also helping people prepare for the future by strengthening resilience and social cohesion. It supports local organizations so they can respond to humanitarian needs, prevent future crises, and continue their work sustainably despite the challenging environment for civil society.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Venezuela
Conflict & fragility
Emergency Relief and Protection
Agriculture & food security
Governance
Conflict prevention
Humanitarian efficiency
Agricultural development
Material relief assistance
Advanced professional training
Public sector policy
Protection, access & security
Human rights (incl. Women's rights)
15.10.2025 - 31.10.2027
CHF 3’225’000
The project in brief
Background Venezuela is facing a prolonged humanitarian crisis marked by institutional collapse, hyperinflation, and widespread displacement. As of 2025, 7.9 million people inside the country require urgent assistance, while 7.7 million Venezuelans have migrated abroad. Critical needs in health, nutrition, water, education, and protection disproportionately affect vulnerable groups such as children, women, elderly, and indigenous communities. At the same time, civic space continues to shrink. Civil society organizations operate under increasing legal, financial, and political pressure, with regulatory measures adopted by the government since 2020. In 2023, almost half of the organizations claimed to have been subject to harassment or persecution (PRODEMEHUM). In the same year, 524 attacks and incidents against members of civil society and human rights defenders perpetrated by public officers have been reported (Center for Advocates and Justice). The reduction of international funding has further weakened their ability to respond effectively to the needs of people. In 2025, for example, the protection cluster members reported reaching less than half the number of people served the previous year due to funding cuts. In this challenging context, reinforcing local capacities and ensuring sustained support are essential to not only deliver timely and effective humanitarian assistance, but also prevent future needs and build long lasting community resilience.
Objectives Strengthen vulnerable communities and local organizations in Venezuela by addressing urgent needs, preventing future crises, and building long-term resilience through locally led and sustainable solutions.
Target groups Direct beneficiaries:
• Approx. 172’000 (105’500f, 66’500m) people from prioritized Venezuelan communities. • 88 local and national non-governmental organizations. • 4 governmental public services institutions. • At least 1’380 people from staff of local and national governmental and non-governmental organizations. Indirect beneficiaries:
People from vulnerable communities of the border states: Táchira, Zulia, Amazonas, and Apure. The indirect
