"We saw houses with their roofs completely torn off, a pole wrapped around an aeroplane, steel structures taken down," one of the volunteers from the Church of Scientology of Johannesburg said, describing his first day, travelling through Mozambique en route to the town of Vilankulo. "Electricity is off — the hurricane ripped down the electrical cables — some people have generators at work but few have them in their homes."
 | | South African Scientology Volunteer Ministers witnessed the destruction caused by Tropical Cyclone Favio all along their route to Vilankulo in the Mozambique. |
This was the effect of Tropical Cyclone Favio that hit the country last week, destroying property and forcing over 140,000 from their homes.
While the members of the Scientology Disaster Relief Team work alongside other relief agencies, distributing food and making people comfortable, they are also using the Scientology Handbook to provide trauma relief.
Scientology assists, described in the Handbook are procedures developed by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion, that help people who are ill, distraught or injured, by addressing the emotional and spiritual side of the trauma. And with so many in need of help, the Scientologists are concentrating on training other relief workers in these techniques so they can provide as much help as possible.
 | | Working alongside other relief agencies, the Scientology Disaster Relief Team are also providing Scientology assists, developed by L. Ron Hubbard, to help people who are ill, distraught or injured by addressing the emotional and spiritual side of the trauma. |
Mozambique President Guebuza, in visiting the area, praised the citizens of Vilankulo for their ability "to face difficult situations," saying "The nature of our people is not to despair." And the Scientology Volunteer Ministers, with their motto, "Something CAN be done about it," are working with their new friends to help them cope with the upheaval of the past week and get on them back on their feet again.
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