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Photo Caption: Scientology Volunteer Ministers continue to work with and support disaster response agencies coping with unprecedented destruction in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.<\/em><\/p>\n
The Church of Scientology Mission of S\u00e3o Paulo is coordinating Volunteer Minister activities in the region. In partnership with the Boy Scouts and civil firefighters, who have trained in Volunteer Minister technology, they are organizing and distributing supplies and providing Scientology assists <\/em>to those devastated by the crisis. Assists are techniques developed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard to provide relief from the mental and spiritual factors of trauma and stress, making it possible for victims of disaster to come to terms with their circumstances and take effective action to deal with them.<\/p>\n Scientology Volunteer Ministers international headquarters in Los Angeles flew a team of the legendary Los Topos disaster response specialists from Mexico to Brazil. Los Topos, who have partnered with the Volunteer Ministers<\/a> on numerous disasters since 2010, is working with Brazilian military and civil defense to search for and rescue victims trapped in their homes and provide needed first aid.<\/p>\n In Mathias Velho, one of the hardest-hit areas, Volunteer Ministers are working alongside local firefighters, organizing donated supplies, food and water, and delivering them by boat to those stranded in flooded areas.<\/p>\n Scoutmaster Marcos Antonio Correia Santos<\/a>, who is working with the Volunteer Ministers team, describes the region as \u201ca war zone. People don\u2019t know what to do,\u201d he says. \u201cThey are afraid \u2014 you can see<\/em> the fear on their faces.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe suffering and pain is immense,\u201d says a Volunteer Minister who flew in from Guatemala to join the disaster response team. \u201cThey are going to need a lot of help.\u201d<\/p>\n Anyone wishing to donate time, supplies or equipment or to help those suffering from this crisis is urged to contact the Scientology S\u00e3o Paulo Mission. It is located at Rua Serra De Botucatu 1208 in S\u00e3o Paulo and can be reached at 011 2094-4214.<\/p>\n The Scientology Volunteer Ministers program is a religious social service, developed by Mr. Hubbard in the mid-1970s. In an essay announcing the program, he wrote: \u201cIf one does not like the crime, cruelty, injustice and violence of this society, he can <\/em>do something about it. He can become a Volunteer Minister and help civilize it, bring it conscience and kindness and love and freedom from travail by instilling into it trust, decency, honesty and tolerance.\u201d<\/p>\n Their motto is no matter the circumstances, \u201cSomething can<\/em> be done about it.\u201d<\/p>\n With the events of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige<\/a> called on Scientologists to redouble their efforts to aid their fellow man. He issued a directive entitled \u201cThe Wake-Up Call,\u201d which has inspired exponential growth within the Volunteer Minister program.<\/p>\n Operation: Do Something About It<\/em><\/a> is a feature-length film produced by Scientology Media Productions that documents the Volunteer Ministers\u2019 international response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is available in 17 languages on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and streams at Scientology.tv<\/a>, on mobile apps<\/a> and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.<\/p>\n LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientologynews.org\/press-releases\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.volunteerministers.org<\/a><\/p>\n MULTIMEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.volunteerministers.org\/training\/<\/a><\/p>\n VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/documentaries\/operation-do-something-about-it.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/Su1NKhyhIp8?si=LnIsxvJD8A47C7QI<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/24-0523-s2p-cosbrazil-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto Caption: Scientology Volunteer Ministers continue to work with and support disaster response agencies coping with unprecedented destruction in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.<\/p>\nTAGS: #ScientologyVolunteerMinisters #Flood #RioGrandedoSul #Environment #ScientologyNetwork #ScientolgyTV #OperationDoSomethingAboutIt #ChurchofScientology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Brazil, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Nearly a month since torrential rains triggered flooding, submerging much of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Scientology Volunteer Ministers continue to help disaster response agencies cope with the unprecedented destruction. While media are reporting 150 people have perished from the flood, those on the ground report the casualty rate is far higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":118578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,12804,142],"tags":[16300],"class_list":["post-118579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-news","category-ap","category-world-news","tag-scientology-volunteer-ministers","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":2816,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/24-0523-s2p-cosbrazil-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}