Brazil

	Chief Abner Ferreira de Carvalho invites our Association members to the firefighter’s headquarter and presents them with souvenirs. (love18-1.jpg)

Through Master's grace and the help of our Brazil Center, Association members recently formed a relief team to provide aid to flood victims in Santa Quitéria and São João do Caru in the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. The relief team was greeted at the airport by local TV reporters who interviewed members about the work of our Association.

From May 23 to 25, the relief team delivered almost seven tons of food aid along with SOS flyers to the affected people in Santa Quitéria where they were provided with canoe transport. On May 27 the relief team went to the municipality of São João do Caru, where 4,800 affected citizens had not yet received help from the Civil Defense of Maranhão State. They received assistance from the Mayor and his wife, and the Secretary of Administration of City Hall, Sr. Everaldo Artur Franveischetto, who provided them with food, a place to sleep and transportation to the affected areas. Three tons of food aid along with SOS flyers were distributed and members of the relief team were requested to give a talk on global warming to the Department of Education in São João do Caru.

The flood victims in northern and northeastern Brazil expressed their gratitude and thanks for the great concern shown to them by Supreme Master Ching Hai. The relief team members are grateful for God’s protection, which allowed them to reach the needy people despite the strong current of the flood. May God bless all those affected by the floods with a swift recovery.

Expenditures by the Supreme Master Ching Hai
International Association for Flood Relief Work in Brazil

* Throughout the relief operation, the team members paid for their own transportation, accommodation and food expenses.

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