Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised Monday that his government would take all measures to help the victims of the recent huge floods and mudslides in Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil.
The natural disasters in late November killed at least 136, and left six missing and 33,000 others homeless.
The government started on Monday to pay a financial aid of one minimum wage -- 415 reais (172 U.S. dollars) -- to those who lost their homes in the disasters.
The resources came from donations by the Brazilian people, according to the state government's website.
Lula said the federal government would keep on working with state and local governments to help the victims get back on their feet.
"We must work even more to recover Santa Catarina and other states, which suffered from the floods," Lula said.
He said Brazilians should do more work to help the disaster zones next year, adding Brazil would mainly depend on the capacity of its government and people.
Source:Xinhua
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