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PHOTO CAPTION: Scientology Volunteer Ministers of Quito, Ecuador, respond to the devastating February landslide.<\/em><\/p>\n
The worst downpour in nearly two decades unleashed a landslide on Quito\u2019s La Gasca and La Comuna neighborhoods January 31 to February 1. A torrent of water, mud, rock and debris crashed down the slopes of Pichincha Volcano, toppling houses and\u00a0killing 24. Waves of mud lifted motorcycles and cars and swept them away.<\/p>\n
Scientology Volunteer Ministers coordinated with officials, disaster response specialists Los Topos Azteca, and other emergency personnel who are working to help those affected by the disaster.<\/p>\n
With the whole area engulfed in mud, Volunteer Ministers in their bright yellow T-shirts grabbed shovels and worked with cleanup crews to clear the roads.<\/p>\n
They distributed clothing donated by a local factory to families who lost their possessions in the disaster. They brought donated food and supplies to victims and rescue crews.<\/p>\n
The Volunteer Ministers of Ecuador headquarters is the Church of Scientology Mission of Quito<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Church of Scientology\u00a0Volunteer Ministers program<\/a>\u00a0is a religious social service created in the mid-1970s by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard.<\/p>\n A Volunteer Minister\u2019s mandate is to be \u201ca person who helps his fellow man on a volunteer basis by restoring truth and spiritual values to the lives of others.\u201d Their creed: \u201cA Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Their motto is, no matter the circumstances, \u201cSomething\u00a0can\u00a0be done about it.\u201d<\/p>\n RELATED LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.quito.scientologymissions.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0208-s2p-cosquake-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nCaption: Scientology Volunteer Ministers of Quito, Ecuador, respond to the devastating February landslide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 8, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Scientology Volunteer Ministers from Ecuador are working with rescue workers and cleanup crews to help the city recover. The worst downpour in nearly two decades unleashed a landslide on Quito’s La Gasca and La Comuna neighborhoods January 31 to February 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":78813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[596,12804,10,187,608],"tags":[17669,16300,17668],"class_list":["post-78814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-aid-news","category-ap","category-california-news","category-los-angeles-news","category-religion-news","tag-los-topos-azteca","tag-scientology-volunteer-ministers","tag-volunteer-ministers-of-ecuador","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4302,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78814","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=78814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0208-s2p-cosquake-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}