The Groups of the Network-of-Light NorthEast of Brazil organized on January 15 thru 17, in the city of Aracaju, state of Sergipe, Brazil, a meeting with the theme: thinking about humanitarian actions with street dwellers.
The meeting took place in the Saint Joseph Ranch, a space near the city of Aracaju, that has been offered to the group as a place of service and lodging. Twelve people, coming from the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Bahia, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Sergipe, participated in the meeting during an entire week-end.
The first activity of the meeting was a gathering of updating of the group. Then everyone participated in a walk to collect herbs at the ranch, to be used in the making of creams. In the Saint Joseph Ranch, there is a laboratory of preparation of some herbal medicines used in the service of humanitarian help. The idea of producing medicines arose after the experiences of the groups of North and NorthEast of Brazil Network in the Community of Nova Terra. To maintain this task, an agreement among all the groups in the region is being made.
The medicine chosen to be produced during the event was a cream to treat mange (scabies), detected in many street dwellers in the city of Aracaju. For this, the participants in the meeting helped in the preparation of the herbs, organization, cleaning and sterilization of flasks, lids and different containers.
Between one task and another, the group also participated in moments of syntony, such as the Way of the Cross, following the path of the trees in the Ranch. During the entire meeting people shared the reality of each region and evaluated how they could help. Many basic monthly food amounts, destined to the people that the Group of Aracaju accompanies, were assembled.
At the end of the meeting everyone participated in the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
The groups of North and NorthEast of Brazil uses to organize meetings in the Community of Nova Terra and participates in the Missionary of Peace Workshops in the Brazilian hinterlands.
“We are strengthening the bonds between the people and the groups, in a process of broadening of the consciousness of unity”, said Celina Santos, regional coordinator of the Network-of-Light NorthEast of Brazil.
