# Brazilian missionary rescues four hungry children found cooking slugs in rural Mozambique · Mercy Herald

> Volunteers with Missions Ministry provided food supplies and cooked meals after discovering siblings alone at home.

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Atualizado em: 2026-11-15

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A team of volunteers led by Brazilian missionary Rafaela Chaves found four young boys cooking slugs in a pot over an improvised fire to relieve hunger in Mozambique. The group from Missions Ministry carried out the emergency relief on Thursday, 12, outside a thatched-roof house in the African country, where the children live with their grandmother.

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## Children found without food in thatched-roof home

Upon arriving at the house, the team found one of the boys lying on the ground, crying from hunger. and provided immediate relief by offering water and washing the boys' faces. When speaking with the volunteers, the children explained that they have no parents and rely entirely on their grandmother.

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