Many Brazilian couples have applied to the Sri Lankan embassy for adopting children who lost their parents in the tsunami that hit Asia last month, a Sri Lankan diplomat said in Rio De Janeiro Thursday.
Sohaku Bastos, Sri Lankan consul in Rio de Janeiro, told reporters that most requests are from this city, and these applicants have already donated goods or money to tsunami victims.
He said that thousands of Sri Lankan orphans are housed in governmental facilities, while the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund is making a provisional registry of their identities.
Five hundred tons of aid materials donated by Brazilians are ready to be shipped to Sri Lanka, Bastos said.
The consul warned that the terrible situation of the one million homeless people in his country could worsen in the coming monsoon season, which is characterized with strong winds and torrential rains.