A rescue team in La Guaira has successfully pulled a three-year-old boy alive from beneath the rubble, six days after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.

The dramatic rescue took place in the country’s hardest-hit northern region, where tens of thousands of residents remain displaced following the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that occurred less than a minute apart on June 24.

Authorities have confirmed about 2,000 d3aths, while approximately 6,400 people have been rescued since the disaster.

Several United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners are working alongside local authorities in the worst-affected communities, providing emergency shelter, healthcare, protection, and other essential support to affected families.

“Every life matters,” the UN humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, stated on Wednesday, as national and international search-and-rescue teams continued operations in La Guaira.

UN Disaster Assessment Coordination (UNDAC) teams are also assessing the affected areas to determine where humanitarian assistance is most urgently needed.

According to Veronique Durroux, UNDAC’s public information officer, the teams are working to identify “where and for whom humanitarian assistance is required.”

The earthquakes reportedly damaged or destroyed around 1,000 buildings, including hospitals, as well as about 400 schools and key water infrastructure.

As part of the humanitarian response, the United Nations Children’s Fund delivered its first 47-tonne shipment of emergency relief supplies to Venezuela on Tuesday.

The delivery follows additional regional aid that arrived from Panama on June 28, with assistance expected to reach more than 100,000 children and their families over the next three months.

“UNICEF is on the ground, working tirelessly to assist as many children and families as possible. The first flights bearing water, medication, and other supplies have arrived in the country, and we are grateful for the solidarity. And we ask for donations to UNICEF because more money allows us to save more lives, reach more children, and help as many families as possible. UNICEF’s Gabriel Vockel spoke in La Guaira.