GEM 2024  Mission

Brazil Floods

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NBC Miami
How to help victims of Brazil's catastrophic flooding
NBC Miami
How to help victims of Brazil's catastrophic flooding
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Help Brazil flooding victims
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Help Brazil flooding victims

Phase 1: Immediate Response

The GEM LATAM team was on the ground in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil responding to the extreme flooding in May 2024. Over 1 million homes were without access to water, tens of thousands of people had been evacuated and placed in shelters, and countless more were affected. We held large-scale aid distributions in Novo Hamburgo, Lomba Grande, Estrela, Campo Bom, Lajeado, São Leopoldo, and Porto Alegre of food, water, blankets, and hygiene supplies. Additionally, our team also assisted displaced residents with finding access to shelters.

In the first two weeks on the ground we were able to support over 5,000 families with over 100 tons of critical supplies.

Recent Missions

Floods
2024
Spain
GEM Europe, in partnership with Goya Spain, is responding to the deadly flooding in Valencia, Spain. The floods have claimed the lives of dozens and caused severe destruction around the region. Already recorded as Spain’s worst disaster in the last 3 decades.
Floods
2024
Poland
Storm Boris has caused significant flooding across Europe in the past few days. In regions such as Czechia & Poland, this has been the worst disaster in decades. The storm has already taken many lives and has forced thousands of people from their houses.
Hurricanes
2024
United States
On September 11th, Hurricane Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana as a category 2 hurricane. New Orleans was hit with a month’s worth of rain in just one day, causing significant flooding. The hurricane intensified rapidly before making landfall.