Sara Ferreira travelled
with UPG Portugal to Chokwé as a volunteer. Just landed on the 21st of
January for almost 3 months, she intended to help the organization with After
School study centres and Income Generation Programs at CPRE, SLM and SVP. But a
few days after her arrival, she was thrown into the dramatic violence of the
January flood crisis. She was tireless and brave helping the refugee population
in the CRPE Orphan Centre, and in the middle of the chaotic floods she become a
nurse, a mentor and a friendly shoulder.
"The greatest
difficulties were felt during the two first weeks, because there was no
adjustment period. The options were “to do, or to do” - there was no option other
than trying to the best we could to help the population.
After Brother
Licínio’s arrival it was difficult to find the most needed ones who were hiding
in the Centre surrounding areas.
“I was asked if I loved it...one cannot love calamity... suffering, pain and
wounds … but I loved the experience, the people, and the country
because even in the hardest moments I always had a smile like this one, here and
there... Thank you Mozambique... I have to thank you too, despite all the
initial confusion I always felt at home, I was welcomed as a daughter, I took
care of you like my own, I overcame the hardest moments and keep the good ones
in my heart … I did not arrive in the “worst” time, I arrived in the right time
for you, and everything happens for a reason … I came back with an
overflowing heart.
Tá tá! Sister Sara”
THANK YOU ALG VOLUNTEERS, AT HEADQUARTERS
IN LONDON, IN UPG LISBON, REMOTELY AND IN OUR MOZAMBIQUE OPERATIONS, HELPING US
TO PROVIDE A GREAT HELP!
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