Jonathan Sims

Jonathan Sims

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YOU from Real Life is brazilian!

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everyone please read this and share if you can.

Brazil is going through one of the worst climatic crisis ever seen.

i live in the southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul. we have been suffering from extreme, nonstop rainstorms for a week now. the rivers are flooding, reaching 4-6 meters above their natural level. people are being rescued by helicopters, neighborhoods are being evacuated. entire cities are slowly but surely becoming submerged in water. 60 people missing and counting. 32 deaths and counting.

and this is not new. last november also had a flood like this one. 50 dead, many material losses. it happened again this january, with thousands being left without power or water for days.

three catastrophical disasters within less than a year. three disasters only a few months apart.

this is not natural.

unsustainable agricultural practices and politics led to this. a complete disregard for nature led to this. greed led to this. always greed.

when it comes to the climate crisis, i cannot stress this enough: we need to act now if we still want to live. disasters like this are going to happen more often and they're going to be much, much worse. this flood is being considered the worst climatic catastrophe in the history of my state. i don't know how long it will take for another bigger one to happen and take its place. i just know it will be sooner than it should.

links to donate (if you can't donate, sharing already helps a lot):

link for non-brazilians (paybox)

link for brazilians

pix assufrgs

will update more links later. in the meantime, pray for us.

Hello everyone,

Brazil is underwater, and we come here asking you for your help.

As some of you may know, the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) has been getting torrential rains since last Monday (29/04/24).

In four days, it has rained 436,2 millimeters (17,2 inches), which’s triple the normal amount in a month, which is 140 millimeters (5,5 inches) 

More than two great rivers in our region had their volume duplicated, or sometimes, triplicated in size.

This means all the cities that are close to these rivers ended up completely underwater

There were more than 110 towns flooded and the estimate is that more than half a million people have been affected by this climate disaster. There are also thousands of people who are arriving in my city (the state capital, Porto Alegre) as climate refugees, coming from communities displaced by the floods.

Through this unprecedented tragedy we have been really happy to see entire communities mobilizing to help others. Still, there are people who have lost everything, especially those in marginalized communities living in precarious, unsafe and unsanitary housing.

That’s where you come in. We need money. Money to buy food, clothes, medicine, basic hygiene products, mattresses so that refugees have a place to sleep, basically everything.

Right now, the biggest demand is drinkable water: my city is almost completely out of water, because the water treatment stations have been flooded. 

We understand that you may be able to give very little, but also what is little to you means A Lot more to us. Just a dollar is enough to buy 5 liters of fresh water. 

Here are the links for international donations: 

SOS Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

SOS Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil está fazendo Climate Assistence na APOIA.se

Aid climate refugees in one of Brazil's worst disaster.

gofundme.com

Donate to Help Flood Catastrophe Victims in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, organized by Marlon Mora

We are creating a go fund me campaign to help raise mone… Marlon Mora needs your support for Help Flood Catastrophe Victims in Rio Gra

(these donations are managed by people I know and trust. if you can, donate to them and not the government, but I’ll include that below as well. we don't trust the government to do anything right now, basically) 

This is another option:

Ação da Cidadania Contra a Fome a Miséria e Pela Vida: Doe Agora

Ação da Cidadania Contra a Fome a Miséria e Pela Vida: Doe Agora

Site da Ação da Cidadania, fundada pelo sociólogo Herbert de Souza, o Betinho em 1993, e a maior entidade de combater à fome do Brasil. Saib

Government donations:

And here is some international news coverage of what’s happening:

nytimes.com

Torrential Rains Leave at Least 29 Dead and More Missing in Brazil

Four days of pounding rain have inundated many parts of a southern state, cutting off towns and leaving people trapped as they await rescue

the Guardian

Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil

This part of South America is no stranger to major rainfall, but last week’s storms were particularly devastating

bbc.com

Brazil: Landslides and flooding kill 60 in Rio Grande do Sul

Officials say another 67 people are missing in Rio Grande do Sul, with more rain forecast.

PLEASE share and donate anything you can. Everything is greatly appreciated.