Metro Atlanta’s Venezuelan community is pulling together to support those impacted by the two devastating earthquakes that struck the country back-to-back last week.
The Atlanta metro is home to one of the largest populations of Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S., according to the Migration Policy Institute. Most have fled here within the last decade and settled in Gwinnett, Fulton, Cobb and DeKalb counties. That means Atlanta has become one major hub for relief efforts — mostly organized by small businesses and community leaders.
The Venezuelan Store in Alpharetta is just one that’s collecting emergency supplies to send for the coming weeks and months. As of Thursday, the corner-store-sized bodega and deli that’s normally stocked with Venezuelan cooking essentials had already shipped out close to 100 boxes. Volunteers there have spent the last week doing the backbreaking work of organizing and boxing up supplies to aid in the recovery process.
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