Venezuelans try new food strategies to combat hunger, malnutrition

Even Caritas workers are hit by the crisis. “Our people leave the country or have to struggle to get food for themselves,” Marquez told Catholic News Service. Community kitchens are one answer to the food crisis. La Vega, a neighborhood of 120,000 people, lies on the hills surrounding Caracas. The open-air community kitchen has a spectacular view of the city below, but the children sitting around the long table recently paid no attention to the panorama. Their eyes were on the soup that Judith Arcia, 57, was pouring into their plastic cups. More…