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MAIQUETIA, Venezuela (AP) \u2014 Thousands of people affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela last month are increasingly facing challenges accessing clean water as well as sanitation and hygiene services.<\/p>\n

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Families in the hardest-hit state, La Guaira, have taken to the beach to shower and relieve themselves, with excrement now dotting parts of the once-crowded Caribbean beaches. Others are using the little water that did not spill from their home storage tanks to do dishes and clean themselves. Many are living in temporary shelters or outdoors after 190 buildings collapsed and 856 others were damaged, according to Venezuelan officials, in the back-to-back earthquakes on June 24 that killed 3,811 people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always have water in the tank \u2014 water reserved \u2014 but with the earthquake, most of the tanks in the houses broke,\u201d Juliani Herrera, 20, said of the large blue plastic tanks that many Venezuelan families use to store water on days when the state-owned utility services the areas. \u201cNow, we have to wait to see if a tanker comes and fills buckets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the affected communities only had potable water service once every month or two even before the earthquakes. In Maiquet\u00eda, known for being home to the country\u2019s main airport, people lined up Wednesday to receive a box bearing the United States flag containing food, water and a hygiene kit that included a soap, toothbrush and body cleansing towelettes.<\/p>\n

Herrera received one of the boxes that were handed out at a tent camp adjacent to the beach. She carried it for several blocks, her chin, upper arm and hands covered with iodine-stained scratches that she got when she fell from a motorcycle as the ground shook violently when the quakes hit.<\/p>\n

The government of acting President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez has estimated that the earthquakes left about 18,000 people without a home. The displaced are now living in schools, sidewalks, parks, plazas and other public spaces. <\/p>\n

Beatriz Ochoa, regional head of advocacy for Latin America at the Norwegian Refugee Council, said in a statement that improved conditions are necessary to prevent spread of diseases as people are living in densely populated settings under high temperatures and seasonal rains and with limited privacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have seen families doing everything they can to maintain dignity in extremely difficult conditions,\u201d she said. \u201cIn one temporary shelter, I saw families organizing themselves to keep common spaces clean, including through makeshift toilets and basic waste management arrangements. Their determination is remarkable, but families should not have to shoulder this burden alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rodr\u00edguez on Wednesday announced that her government was already working with experts to identify appropriate areas to \u201cbuild new earthquake-resistant homes and cities.\u201d She added that local and international companies had also been called up \u201cfor the rapid and aggressive construction of housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez also said she had \u201cdecided to send a letter, among others, to the King of England\u201d to request the release of Venezuelan gold reserves frozen at the Bank of England due to economic sanctions. <\/p>\n

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has estimated direct physical damage to housing and infrastructure around $37 billion.<\/p>\n

The U.N. relief chief Tom Fletcher met with Rodr\u00edguez and earthquake survivors on Wednesday, when the organization\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs issued an appeal for roughly $300 million to assist 1.3 million Venezuelans in urgent need of aid.<\/p>\n

As people like Herrera lined up steps away from the sea and waited for a box of aid under a bright sky, a shared emotional landscape dominated by exhaustion and disbelief hung over the camp. Among the tents, a hand-painted cardboard sign read \u201cCiudad Bendita,\u201d or Blessed City.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe worry is always when people are silent because you can really then see the trauma that they\u2019re going through,\u201d he said. \u201cAt many of the sites we visited today we saw people not speaking, in complete hopeless despair, but elsewhere you did also see kids playing football, getting a good meal, and so you can see the humanitarian response also having its impact.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Follow AP\u2019s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america<\/p>\n

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