Gisele Bündchen raises more than R$4.5 million for Rio Grande do Sul

Brazilian top model Gisele Bündchen, 43, managed to raise more than R$4.5 million after making an appeal on social media and asking for help due to the rains in the south.

With this, the woman from Rio Grande do Sul managed to get more than 16 thousand people to make cash donations. She also showed the projects where all the contributions go.

Last week, Gisele used social media to ask the state for international help. The model, who had already been showing the destruction of cities in Rio Grande do Sul in recent days due to the floods that hit the southern region of Brazil, said: “My home state, Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil, had its worst tragedy ever. story,” she began in English in the video.

She continued the report: “Heavy rains have flooded entire cities in most of the state. It’s not one or two cities, there are more than 350 cities affected. They are isolated, roads and bridges are destroyed, people don’t have electricity, there is no clean water to drink. Many were separated from their loved ones”, lamented Gisele.

The model became emotional when talking about the lives lost and asked for help and donations: “Many lives have been lost. It’s painful and it’s heartbreaking. Please join me in trying to help. Donate and help in whatever way you can. can. Thank you very much.”