Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray Doakan Pemadam Kebakaran di Australia

Jakarta - Sama halnya seperti Indonesia beberapa bulan lalu, benua tetangga kita, Australia juga masih harus berjuang menghadapi kebakaran hutan sejak bulan September 2019.

Menurut laporan The New York Times, lebih dari 5 juta hektar lahan di Australia terbakar sampai awal tahun ini. Al Jazeera menyebutkan ada lebih dari 1.000 rumah hancur.

Korban jiwa pun tidak terelakkan, NY Times melaporkan 23 orang meninggal. Tak hanya manusia, koala, kangguru dan hewan endemik Australia pun menjadi korban dalam kebakaran hutan ini.

Ada sekitar 8.000 dari 28.000 koala diperkirakan mati dengan terbakarnya 30 persen habitat mereka.

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Foto-foto memilukan dari bencana ini pun beredar di media sosial. Netizen berusaha mengangkat isu ini supaya semua orang di dunia melihat apa yang terjadi di Australia sekarang.

Salah satunya adalah Miss Universe 2018 asal Filipina Catriona Gray yang meminta followers-nya untuk mendoakan para pemadam kebakaran dan sukarelawan yang sedang berjuang memadamkan api.

“Prayer warriors, please join me in praying for Australia. ? Father God, I pray for Australia. I pray for the volunteers, the firefighters, the servicemen who are putting their lives at risk every day,” doa model yang berbasis di Australia ini mendoakan sukrelawan.

Ia juga mengajak untuk berdonasi yang nantinya diberikan kepada pemadam kebakaran.

“We are experiencing a national crisis, and it is only going to get worse. Right now we need a miracle to stop these fires. Our firefighters are VOLUNTEERS, taking time off from their paying jobs to put their lives on the line for us. Please help & donate to these charities (LINK IN BIO) & if you can’t donate, please share this,” tulis Catriona di captionnya.(*)

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Prayer warriors, please join me in praying for Australia. ? Father God, I pray for Australia. I pray for rains that would come and dispel the fires that are raging. I pray for your protection over the land, all of its people, their families and wildlife. I pray for the volunteers, the firefighters, the servicemen who are putting their lives at risk every day. We ask for a mighty miracle Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ. AMEN. ? Australia is in a state of emergency! For two months, we have seen unprecedented heat and catastrophic bushfires sweep across the nation, with today’s forecast to be the worst so far, and the fire season is only just beginning... The damage caused so far devastates me to my core: ⁣ ⁣ - 14.5 million acres of land has been lost. That’s six times more than the Amazon fires in 2019. ⁣ - Half a billion animals have been burnt alive, with fears some species of animals and natives have been wiped out completely. ⁣ - 20 people have died, more are missing and the death toll is estimated to rise. ⁣ - 8,000 koalas have died and are now declared “functionally extinct”.⁣ - 1,500 homes have been lost, with tens of thousands of people being evacuated and entire towns fleeing for shelter on the beach or boats.⁣⁣ - Canberra experienced the worst air quality in the world partly from a cloud of smoke as large as Europe.⁣ ⁣ We are experiencing a national crisis, and it is only going to get worse. Right now we need a miracle to stop these fires. Our firefighters are VOLUNTEERS, taking time off from their paying jobs to put their lives on the line for us. Please help & donate to these charities (LINK IN BIO) & if you can’t donate, please share this:⁣ ⁣ - @NSWRFS: to help the volunteer firefighters battling on the frontline. ⁣ - @WIRESWILDLIFERESCUE: to help the wildlife victims. ⁣ - @SALVOSAU: to help families & communities affected by the fires with food, resources, etc. ⁣

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