We are just beginning to receive news from Santa Catarina. Last weekend, November 22, the situation became critical after very heavy rains fell on already saturated ground due to constant rains the last three months. Preliminary reports are that there are at least 30 dead, hundreds missing, and over 100,000 homeless. Once again Frei Damião was hard hit. The CADI became “home” to approximately 60 families, providing mattresses, blankets, food, and basic medication to those in need. The area near Blumenau was hard hit not only by an overflowing river, but by multiple mudslides that literally destroyed dozens of houses and took the lives of many.
The streets of Jardim Eldorado
The streets of Jardim Eldorado
Flooded streets
Homes and cars buried in the mud
The CADI once again became “home” to many families in Frei Damião
The CADI once again became “home” to many families in Frei Damião
Trying to clean up the mud inside
Rescuing those isolated by the flood
The CADI staff responding quickly to the needs
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