HRH Dom Duarte Pio
II, Duke of Braganza, as President of the King Manuel II Foundation, is
sponsoring a fundraising campaign to support the flood victims in Brazil. The
purpose is to show the solidarity of the Portuguese people with the flood
victims in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Approximately a month ago,
torrents of mud and water set off by heavy rains left a trail of destruction
through the mountainous Serrana region near the city of Rio de Janeiro, toppling
houses, buckling roads and burying entire families as they slept. The mudslides
swept away the homes of rich and poor alike in and around Teresopolis and other
towns, likely causing billions of dollars in damage. But the brunt of the
disaster was borne by poorer rural residents in houses built in risky areas
without formal planning permission. The death toll from Brazil's devastating
flooding has topped 800, with hundreds more missing, in the country's deadliest
natural disaster on record.
The King Manuel II
Foundation has opened an account (via Caritas Brazil) in order to transfer funds
directly to the people in the affected areas in Brazil.
HRH Dom Duarte Pio
has in fact stated that "500 years of friendship between Portugal and Brazil
cannot leave us indifferent to this tragedy that has stricken our Brazilian
brothers and sisters."
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