MSF provides mental healthcare to victims of urban and domestic violence. In collaboration with the local organisation Fe y Alegría, we offer comprehensive care for victims of sexual violence.
In 2017, MSF expanded its activities in the capital, Caracas, providing mental healthcare to victims of urban violence and sexual violence. In collaboration with other local organisations and public institutions, such as Fe y Alegría, we offer comprehensive care for victims, combining medical and psychological care with the help of social workers.
The project, which started in two of the city’s most dangerous neighbourhoods, Petare and La Vega, now operates from one of the main public hospitals in the city, and receives referrals from the surrounding region. MSF advocates considering sexual violence a medical emergency and treating it in a comprehensive way to help protect victims from further suffering.