Recife - Sugar mill owners and business leaders in the states of Paraiba and Pernambuco have donated five tons of hard brown sugar bars (a favorite Brazilian candy) and 124,000 liters of mineral water to Haiti. The goods will be distributed by Brazilian soldiers there who are part of the UN Transition Mission.

The candy and mineral water is being shipped together with donated clothing and a group of Brazilian marines on a ship, the Matoso Maia, which should dock in the capital of Haiti, Port-au- Prince, in eight days.

Agência Brasil
Reporter: Márcia Wonghon
Translator: Allen Bennett
11/24/2004