Its umbrella organization, the Democratic Coordinator, organized six big marches across Caracas, the capital, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators declaring that the president's days were numbered.
To fill the new position of education and outreach coordinator, the organization hired David Normoyle, a former fellow at the U.S.G.A. Foundation in Colorado Springs with extensive experience in dealing with young people in the junior golf program.
But others in the Democratic Coordinator, an umbrella organization of anti-Chávez groups, said privately that organizers were considering continuing the strike through Wednesday.
Dennis Thurman, the Jets' defensive coordinator, said the organization had not lost faith in Milliner's ability.
But of the 43 associations that united under an umbrella group a decade ago, only about 17 remain active, said Carolle Certulien, coordinator of the organization, the Federation of Regional Associations of Haitians Abroad.
She is a senior grant coordinator for the organization's Bronx Youth Center, which provides classes for young adults seeking a G.E.D.
"I do not think we have reached the peak of this epidemic," said Claire-Lise Chaignat, coordinator of the organization's global task force on cholera control.
Melissa Winkler, a communications coordinator for the organization, said she hoped the garden would help make fresh, healthy produce more available to the whole neighborhood.
The disease has spread unusually fast, even for Africa, where cholera epidemics are common and often hard to control, said Stephan Goetghebuer, an operational coordinator for the organization.
Patricia Jackson, who works as an outreach coordinator for an organization called the Bronx Health Link, described the garden as being like a family.
