Churches serving as shelters as over 500K displaced, at least 136 dead; Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Blessing send aid

(Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post).

Local churches across southern Brazil have opened their doors to provide shelter and aid to residents in areas of the country that have been devastated by catastrophic floods that have claimed the lives of at least 136 people and left around 537,000 displaced. 

Working with their partners on the ground, U.S.-based Evangelical humanitarian groups Samaritan’s Purse and Operation Blessing’s International Disaster Relief Team have also initiated relief operations.

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