After raising R$4.8 million in action with support from Janja, Felipe Neto shows FAB taking donations to RS

Amid the crisis that Rio Grande do Sul is experiencing due to heavy rains, Felipe Neto managed to raise R$4.8 million and bring water purifiers to homeless people in the state. The influencer, who had Janja’s support in the action, showed the Brazilian Air Force taking the devices to regions where trucks and cars cannot reach.

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“Brazilian Air Force taking 220 purifiers to RS”, wrote Felipe on his social networks. Last Monday, the influencer made an appeal to his followers, asking for help to buy purifiers, which will transform muddy water into liquid suitable for consumption by homeless people in Rio Grande do Sul.

“Right now there is a huge number of people experiencing thirst and these people are in areas that are extremely difficult to access. At the same time that we are mobilizing to take water to where it is possible to access it, we have found a solution to bring drinking water to people in areas where it cannot be accessed. arrive, only by air”, said Felipe. (See the full video below).

The influencer said that he has the support of the first lady of Brazil to bring water purifiers to the region, but that each one costs around R$22,000 and there are only around 200 across the country. Felipe said he spoke with Janja, who got the Brazilian Air Force to be responsible for collecting the filters and taking them to areas of Rio Grande do Sul that cannot yet be accessed by road.

Felipe emphasized that it is necessary to buy all the purifiers in the country in record time and at once, as he will not be able to send the air force to the region twice.

State of Rio Grande do Sul

With no new deaths recorded until this Wednesday morning (8), the number of fatalities due to rain in Rio Grande do Sul remains at 95, according to the latest bulletin from the state’s Civil Defense. There are still 128 missing people and it is estimated that the storm has affected at least 1.4 million people so far.

In a press conference last Tuesday, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite, stated that there are 414 municipalities affected by the rains, a number four times higher than in the last catastrophe, in September 2023. In total, there are 66,434 people in shelters, 158,992 displaced, and 372 injured people rescued.

The National Institute of Meteorology has issued four rain warnings for Rio Grande do Sul. The “Great Danger” warning is for storms in the southwest and southeast of the state. During the early hours and morning of this Wednesday, the rains are concentrated in the southern part of the state. The two “Danger” ones are from the south to the center of Rio Grande do Sul, with isolated storms and hail forecast.