Overview
Our Disaster Assistance Response Team is delivering critical relief supplies to the devastated region.
Samaritan’s Purse has deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Porto Alegre, Brazil, in response to critical needs in the flood-devastated area. At least 100 people were killed and over 160,000 more were displaced in the wake of flash floods and landslides following days of heavy rains in the region.
We are supporting local churches in Brazil as they shelter those whose homes are underwater in the country’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Three Australians are amongst the Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Response Team (DART) responding to the crisis in Brazil:
– Nahil from Brisbane: Specialist Water Technician
– Matthew from Brisbane: Logistics
– Allie from Port Macquarie: Distribution
Four Samaritan’s Purse cargo flights (two each by our DC-8 and 757 cargo planes) have delivered 10 community water filtration systems and thousands of hygiene kits, solar lights, shelter tarps and blankets to Brazil.
Please pray for these suffering Brazilian families and for our teams as we deliver relief and the hope of Jesus Christ to hurting communities.
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