The feeling that permeated the gathering that was held to welcome the first-ever Light the World Giving Machines in Chile on Nov. 26 was unifying, said one giving machine volunteer as she recounted her experience to the Deseret News.

At the machines’ launch in Santiago, Chile, “one could feel that unity (and) that nothing else mattered,” said the 21-year-old volunteer, Francisca Arias.

“We were all united for one cause and that was the machines,” she explained. “We were all waiting to see how they would be, how they would work. (And) we were all hoping to see everything work out, so that ultimately, the most amount of donations can be raised to help those in need.”

The launch of these Giving Machines in Chile marked the first time these big red vending machines for charity entered South

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