A quick note, this episode contains descriptions of malnutrition that may be upsetting for some listeners.

On May 17th, the New York Times published a story about the economic crisis in Venezuela.

The story included a shocking photo of a two-year-old girl suffering from severe malnutrition.

Fabiola Molero is a nurse in Venezuela and she'll never forget the day she saw that photo.

I have been experiencing this for 17 years, as a nurse, for 6 years as a specialist in intensive care.

Three years ago, I started to work with social work.

Fabiola works as a nurse at Caritas Maracaibo, a Catholic Social Service Organization.

They work with some of Venezuela's most vulnerable communities near the country's border or frontera with Colombia.

Sometimes, we have to work without electricity, without water, without gasoline.

The United Nations and Red Cross, say Venezuela is going through one of the deepest humanitarian crises in the world.

Less than half of the population eats three meals a day and millions have fled the country.

Many suffer from malnutrition or this nutrition.

Each week, we go to the border with Colombia to help people who decide to migrate from Venezuela to the crisis.

We also diagnostic and treat children less than 5 years with the lack of nutrition.

In her work, Fabiola is used to seeing extreme hardship, but the photo on May 17 was shocking even to her.

When we saw the photo of a Venezuelan girl, she was truly of the New York Times, I felt an unimaginable pain.

In that moment, Caritas Maracaibo decided that she had to do something for her.

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