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Rio Grande do Sul Floods
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Emergency Response | 2024
What damage did the 2024 Brazil floods cause?
In May 2024, torrential rains triggered catastrophic flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. A series of floods wiped out vital infrastructure including roads, bridges, water, and electricity. Clay-colored water rushed into homes, buildings, and businesses, impacting over 2 million people and leaving nearly 600,000 displaced. Locals with access to small boats or kayaks carried out desperate rescues alongside state agencies to save stranded neighbors, pets, and livestock.
The impacts of climate change are once again affecting the most vulnerable communities in southern Brazil – as in so many places around the world. This devastating storm is the fourth major environmental disaster to hit the region in the last year, leaving residents exhausted and with limited time and resources to sufficiently rebuild and recover.
How has CORE helped support those impacted by the 2024 Brazil floods?
Having delivered humanitarian programs to support marginalized communities in Brazil following major floods in 2022, CORE quickly mobilized to support the local government and enhance the efforts of the many community leaders, volunteers, and organizations that led the initial emergency response. Our team supported impacted communities surrounding the state’s capital, Porto Alegre. In close coordination with local partners, we distributed cleaning, hygiene and food kits; baby supplies and menstrual pads; and helped with home clean-up assistance to help families who had lost everything.
Throughout the summer, CORE continued to work with local organizations to identify and address urgent needs of BIPOC and lower income communities. We provided cash vouchers to families to buy mattresses and other vital resources like food and hygiene items and have extended the cash distribution to support Haitian migrants living in the community. Through all our efforts, CORE has reached over 5,600 people who had been devastated by the climate disaster.
Meet Semara.
Semara, a resident and community leader in Canoas, graciously offered up her home as a base for relief supply distributions in the immediate aftermath of the floods. CORE was lucky to connect with her and help reinforce her efforts. Together in her home, we assembled and distributed hygiene and cleaning kits to impacted families.
Read more about the community members that helped Brazilians recover from the floods.
“Every day I am thankful because I thought I was going to do good for one, two, three families, and today, for sure, we have already helped more than 500 families…And with each passing day, thanks to God…there are angels, like the people from CORE, who come here to help us.”
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Since the beginning, CORE has been responding to some of the world’s worst climate disasters. As climate change continues to increase the catastrophic effects of extreme weather, marginalized and low-income communities are disproportionately impacted. CORE understands that climate equity begins by addressing the intersection of disaster and social justice head on by leading climate mitigation initiatives around the world. Learn more below:
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