The indigenous Indian villages of Yanimami and Yekuanas in the highlands of Orinocco, especially Koshirowateri, Platanal, Mavaca and Esmeralda, received Supreme Master Ching Hai's radiant, boundless love. Nine million Bolivares (about twenty thousand US dollars) was given food, daily necessities and medicine. Under Master's instructions fellow practitioners from Costa Rica and Panama delivered the disaster-relief materials, in a difficult six-day trip through the virgin Amazon rainforest into the hands of the native Indians. It was a 2500 kilometers trip from the state capital Puerto Ayacucho.

With the help of Yekuana's mayoress, representatives from Yanomami, and some enthusiastic people from Esmeralda, the mission was smoothly accomplished.

The disaster-relief materials were transported to the disaster sites by wooden boat. They were then distributed to the victims by speedboats. The foodstuff was loaded onto the speedboats from the wooden boat and then brought to each and every village. The medicine was unloaded at the Ocamo Medical Center and then redistributed to the various medical stops. The foodstuff were distributed to each family in proportion to the number of family members by the local village leaders.

The condition in the flooded areas were very serious. Many women, elderly and children had no clothing or blankets to cover for warmth. They were malnourished and had skin diseases (because of mosquito bites). Some victims used the remaining standing walls of ruins as a makeshift home by placing some coconut leaves over themselves. Medical and health care was also a big problem. In the whole Orinocco area, there were only four medical centers, which were staffed by house officers and student nurses. They also had no medical supplies. In such a difficult situation, it was no wonder that Master had compassionately heard their agonizing prayers and immediately instructed emergency assistance to be given.

Upon arriving at every village, the Quan Yin messenger and fellow practitioners also distributed the spiritual food - Master's sample booklets - to the victims. Through translation by the native people, they explained Master's teachings and some basic hygiene tips. According to the response of the Yanomami Indians thought that Master is a great enlightened person, because She had heard the cry of the wise Shaman of their tribe and immediately sent them warmth. When the flooding first started, the Shaman had already started to call and beg for mercy from God. He had been on a retreat and ate very little food each day. Up till now, only the help from Supreme Master Ching Hai had arrived. They believed that without Master's assistance, many of their people would have died because of the lack of nutrition and the effects of malaria.

After the disaster-relief work, the Supreme Master Ching Hai Rescue Team had appealed to the Venezuelan people via National Radio of Venezuela, and an accompanying local photographer to ask for more assistance and moral support for these victimized indigenous people, so that more basic necessities and medical supplies could be bought. These requests were also to be reported in the El Nacional, Ultimas Noticias and Radio Caracas and the Venezuelan De Televicion.

We believed that the love of God would move more people to lend a helping hand, then the living condition of these indigenous people would become better and better in the near future.