Saludos Connection

07/04/2026

🙏 Please do two things today:
👉 *Give* — every dollar goes straight to the teams on the ground.
🔁 *Share* — forward this to your family, friends, and colleagues. One more person can become the next life reached.
Many companies have donation matching programs, ask.

💛 *Ways to give to Saludos Connection:*
• Zelle: [email protected]

• Wire (JPMorgan Chase):
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• Stripe: https://donate.stripe.com/aFadRadYC8f02CE8Nz1VK0S

Thank you for being there with us. Together we reach more of those still waiting.

07/02/2026

While there is still time
Right now, as you read this, a rescue team on the La Guaira coast is working by hand in the dark, listening for a voice under the concrete. Whether they reach it in time can come down to something as basic as a generator — light to see by, power for the tools.

Two earthquakes, the strongest in over a century, hit a country already in a decade-long humanitarian emergency. The response didn’t wait for institutions: it came from neighbors, doctors, and young volunteers who organized within hours — many of them people we already know and trust. We’ve been moving funds straight into their hands ever since.

So far, donors have helped us fund more than 20 kits — each a power generator, tools, and a Starlink antenna — now in the hands of teams still pulling people out alive. We’re also adding mini Starlinks so the mobile medical teams can stay connected as they move from site to site. The requests keep coming, and nearly every team says the same thing: more power, now.

The response is also moving into its next phase. With families out in the open and heavy rain, we’re funding shelter — sleeping mats and tents — and supplying relief centers with food and with bins to keep donated supplies dry. Every gift becomes something specific on the ground: the next generator running, the next signal back up, a dry place to sleep for a family with nowhere to go.

When you give to Saludos Connection, we move your gift fast, into their hands, and we tell you where it went.

Please give today — and send this to one person who would want to help. In an emergency, the most powerful thing you can do is also the simplest: fund the people already on their way.

Donate here → https://donate.stripe.com/aFadRadYC8f02CE8Nz1VK0S

Saludos Connection · 501(c)(3) · EIN 82-0678031 · saludosconnection.org

06/28/2026

🚨 *Venezuela needs your help: rescuers are still pulling people out alive — and they need power!*

🔌 A generator keeps each rescue point running: the tools, the night lights, and the Starlinks that help us find people all depend on it.

Your gifts already funded *14 kits* powering the search — thank you! — and now we need to get them more!

🙏 Every gift = the next life reached.

Your donations literally save lives 🇻🇪🙏🏼

👉 Donate here: https://donate.stripe.com/aFadRadYC8f02CE8Nz1VK0S

📲 Zelle: [email protected]

💻 Updates on our website: saludosconnection.org

06/25/2026

On June 24th, 2026, massive double earthquakes added more tragedy to the already Complex Humanitarian Emergency in Venezuela, stretching for the past 10 years.

Our mission started in response to the emergency, and now has been intensified to assist in the response to this new disaster.

Reaching the neighbors who cannot wait — beginning with Venezuela’s older adults who are alone, whose family has left the country and who are extremely vulnerable today.

An invitation. Relief multiplies when it is shared. A gift today — reaches an elder who is alone and waiting right now.

Give. Match. Tell someone. That is how a greeting “Saludos” becomes a hand held in Caracas.

11/20/2024

10/27/2024

¡Vuelve nuestro tradicional Bazaar!

Te invitamos a pasar una tarde deliciosa, donde compartiremos tradiciones.

Habrá comida venezolana divina, además del festival de hallacas y sorpresas para disfrutar en familia.

Música, baile, rifas, y más.
¡Ven con toda la familia!

09/05/2024

El próximo jueves 12 de septiembre estaremos presentando en colaboración con el libro Vías Alternas, Antología de cuentos americanos.

Fecha: jueves 12 de septiembre de 2024
Hora: 6:30 pm
Dirección: 3743 Garnet Street

Este libro es el resultado del primer concurso literario de Saludos Connection y Literal Publishing, apoyando a la escritura en español desde Houston.

La publicación de este libro es posible gracias al aporte de

Los autores y cuentos seleccionados:

Julieta Aguilar, Plumas Blancas
Consuelo Cabrera, Te miro, me miras
Juliana Camargo, El sonido del umbral
Mariana Cano, La réplica del alma perdida
Lorena Castillo, Vueltas y vueltas
Lucía Charry, Yo tenía un plan B
David Dorantes, El último estertor del invierno
Abigaíl Duarte, El tiempo cuesta
Ana Escalona, Los zombis
Leslie M. Gauna, Tres gotitas
Lourdes González, Fábula pendiente
María Eugenia González, El caminar de las nubes
Alex Guerra, El trueque
Lissette Juárez, ¿Tú quién eres bella máscara?
María Cristina Manrique de Henning, Cucha o Vivi
Elisa Peralta, La misma canción
Amarilis Vega, Iniciación

¡Te esperamos!

11/29/2022

Did you enjoy the Thanksgiving holidays? We hope you did. We enjoyed our families, staying in motion with post-bazaar, and preparing the feast.

Today is Giving Tuesday, and it's an opportunity for you to help us reach the $40,000 goal we set for our bazaar.

With your Giving Tuesday gift, we can keep our humanitarian work in Venezuela running one more year.

And your gift helps us increase the impact of our work with the community in Houston.

We hope we can count on you.

 
Thank you for supporting our weekend events on Nov. 19th and 20th, and for doing everything you do to help. With your generosity, this Giving Tuesday will be incredible.

10/07/2022

We have 2 big announcements!
 
💥 First of all:

The Bazaar Vendors are here!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We are excited for you to check out their beautiful products and try their delicious food!

Get a sneak peek!

And, our newest addition,
we're kicking off the 1st ever

Saludos Hallaca Festival!

What is an Hallaca?
(If you haven’t seen it, comes wrapped in a banana leaf)

The hallaca is an iconic, traditional Venezuelan Christmas dish. At the Bazaar this year, you will be able to explore the history and legacy of the hallaca, and try some for yourself! 
 
The Hallaca Flight

4 different hallacas, each representing different regions/recipes.
We will be serving an Hallaca Flight, which will consist of a 1/4 piece of each hallaca, so you can try them all! 
 
Everybody knows the best hallaca is the one your mom makes, but you will be voting on which of these 4 hallacas was your favorite. And we will find the winner!

Buy Your Hallaca Flight
and taste this delicious Venezuelan legacy.

There is a limited quantity of Hallaca Flights, so order yours now to take part in the festival. (Check the link on our buy to pre-order your Hallaca Flight today)

For each purchase of an Hallaca Flight, you will have a chance to voy and you will get a ticket entered for a chance to win an hallaca themed prize!

We’ll see you at the Holiday Saludos Bazaar!