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Bear Fire survivors get help from global non-profit and local camp fire survivors

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Bear Fire survivors get help from global non-profit and local camp fire survivors
Bear Fire survivors get help from global non-profit and local camp fire survivors

A global humanitarian group who helped during the Camp Fire, came back to Butte County to help survivors of the Bear Fire.

Action News Now spoke to the President of Global Empowerment Mission, Michael Capponi, to see who they paired up with locally to help survivors.

Humanitarian group who helped during the camp fire..

Came back to butte county to help survivors of the bear fire.

Action news now reporter amy lanski spoke to the president of the non-profit to see how they stepped up..

With daily daily necessities..

### michael capponi: "today it is 37 families directly effected, every single person lost everything.

Homes burnt to ashes, we are giving them some financial assitance."

Michael capponi is the president of global empowerment mission.

He says the specific amount... 13-thousand, 500- dollars..

Came from a grant... "the sue hostetler and beau wrigley family foundation gave us a grant and with this grant we are distributing these funds locally."

Gem paired up with e&j's mobile food truck and the paradise gleaners.

Richard mosell- paradise gleaners "we were all burned out of there in the camp fire, and we all got together and said this is our chance, this is our chance to come together and help people from north complex."

Elizabeth jernberg- e&j's mobile kitchen "when this fire happened, with the wind the way it happened when you see their facebook stories it just hit home."

Richard mosell and elizabeth jernberg have been working with survivors to give them hot meals on weekends and provide them with their weekly grocery needs..

Everyone shows up at this warehouse in oroville..

And there's no plan to close it..

Anytime soon..

"we have a short term goal of six months, because we know the first six months are the hardest.

We have a long term goal of one year, because we know that first year is trying to find that stability."

One survivor said it was hard to accept the help.

"i am usually used to helping people out, this is the last thing i thought i would ever be able to accept."

But today..

It was about victims..

Helping victims..

In oroville.

Amy lanski.

Action news now... coverage you can count on.

Capponi says they also are partnered 'bethenny frankel's 'b- strong...'

Gift cards were also handed out..

And they have trucks with more supplies on the way.

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