Angola

More than 40 years of civil war in Angola came to an end in April 2002 with the historic signing of a peace agreement. Soon after, an urgent request to The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles was made to help strengthen the peace by sending humanitarian assistance to the country. Immediately The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles world-wide began sending large amounts of pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, food, clothing and more to Angola.

In November 2002, Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles in Great Britain sent their first container to feed the Children in Angola. It contained dried food, clothes, pharmaceuticals, toys and stationery. For some of the children it was the first time they had played with toys.

Many thousands of children's gift bags prepared by hundreds of schools in Europe, America, New Zealand and Australia. These gift packages contained school supplies, personal hygiene items and toys, as well as messages and drawings from the schoolchildren in the other countries.

One Brazilian member of The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles—Ashirvad Zaiantchick—spent several weeks in Angola helping to get our containers released and assisting with their distribution.

One of the most touching moments for him was when some of the toys were given out to the children in small villages. Most of these children had never seen even one toy before! They formed big circles around each different toy, trying to guess how to play with them. Even the teenagers were totally absorbed by the toys.

Large quantities of crutches and wheelchairs were sent from 13 countries for the many landmine victims of Angola

130,000 packages of protein powder, weighing 2.3 tons, from Australia

20 tons of new clothing from Japan

"Your letters are so enormously encouraging. It is, through this encouragement that I find the strength to continue with the fight against landmines, which is so vitally important to me..."
Princess Diana
Letter to Sri Chinmoy, August 7th, 1997

"I will never forget and the people of Angola will forever appreciate the enormous humanitarian assistance which you and your organisation provided Angola during the country's hour of need."
Senior United Nations offical