We often feel under siege, overwhelmed by the unmet need surrounding us. The demand for our services is enormous across the full range of reproductive years from teenagers to women approaching menopause and concerned about becoming pregnant again.
             What can we do? We just keep doing everything we can. 

We are doing everything we can to confront this crisis, in fact we have never been busier. The demand is relentless as women are simply desperate not to have another child in an impossible situation. We receive countless thank yous for making these services available, a stream of testimonials to lives positively changed for the better amidst all the difficulty here. We are grateful for this opportunity to make a difference.  We truly need all the help we can get!  

specifically describes in Section B.18 the harsh consequences of
the lack of access to family planning services.
Other articles paint an equally disturbing panorama:
More than one in five Venezuelans are undernourished
‘If I Had Stayed in Venezuela, We Would Have Starved’
Venezuela’s Collapse Is the Worst Outside of War in Decades, Economists Say
Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis Is Now a Regional Emergency, New Analysis Finds
We can sadly testify to the accuracy of much of this journalism.

In this environment, day-to-day ambient stress levels are high, but we have nonetheless started some gratifying new activities like operating on small children with painful and sometimes dangerous hernias, whose parents are grateful beyond words. Our experience has shown that supporting women in family planning should ideally include support for their overall reproductive health, pre and postnatal care, and even some pediatric care for their children. This is often not economically feasible, but given the collapse of public health here in Venezuela, we always try to do what we can.