Listen to Food for the Poor's president and CEO, Ed Rehn, whom we reached driving to see shipments to Venezuela.

As organizations that, you know, especially driven by our faith and sort of the love thy neighbor message, you know, you cannot walk past the, the, the person in need.

There's tens of thousands of people that are not accounted for.

So the misery in the country is, is gonna be huge.

Uh, I think what is a little different here is that we are going through, you know, with the State Department, uh, and, you know, you can put the politics aside because this is about aid that's gonna get through to trusted partners, uh, and help those that, uh, truly cannot help themselves right now.

Listen to Food for the Poor's president and CEO, Ed Rayne, whom we reached while he was driving to oversee shipments to Venezuela.

As organizations that, you know, especially driven by our faith and, and sort of the love thy neighbor message, you know, you cannot walk past the, the, the person in need.

There's tens of thousands of people that are not accounted for, so the misery in the country is, is gonna be huge.

Ed, for those who have only seen the headlines or a few images on social media, help us understand the magnitude of what's happened in Venezuela.

Well, I think first thing is I'm not sure that we know the full magnitude yet.

This is definitely a developing situation.

So as of this morning, the official counts have more than 1,900 people have lost their lives.

We're seeing estimates that range dramatically from 10,000 to maybe 60,000 people who are unaccounted for.

But it's also really clear that the number of buildings that have been severely damaged or destroyed are almost unimaginable.

as many as 60,000 buildings.

Ed, for someone who is listening and wonders whether a donation can truly make a difference, what would you say?