Author: Lorena Maranho

Brazil Outreaches Prevention Videos

Brazil Highlights

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“Christmas in their Hands, Heaven in their Hearts” Annual Christmas Outreach For the past 18 years, we have been bringing "Christmas in their Hands, Heaven in their Hearts" to thousands and thousands of children! First, it started in Thailand and Burma, and since launching in Brazil, we've been able to share with the children there [...]
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Myanmar Outreaches Thailand Uncategorized

Rescued Sisters

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Rescued Sisters These two precious girls are some of the bravest young survivors we have ever met!  Since being born to an alcoholic mother and father, Wan* (13) and Su* (11) have lived through abuse for as long as their young minds can remember. The girls’ parents would violently fight and hit each other until [...]
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Brazil Outreaches Updates

Fun Day in Ceara

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During a recent school break, our LI Brazil team in Ceara planned several special activities for the children in our prevention projects.  They held a personal hygiene class in one of our locations where the children were taught how important it is for each person to have and use their own towel when showering, and [...]
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Brazil Prevention

First Soccer Tournament

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Recently, our team in Rio hosted our first-ever Life Impact Brasil Soccer Tournament for kids in one of our prevention project communities! One of our team's goals is to not only impact at-risk children and teens, but to truly reach and bring about lasting change within their communities. With that, we held our first official [...]
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Brazil Outreaches Prevention

Why the Amazon?

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“Children freely sell themselves for rice and beans, or for whatever they are able to. This is so different than anything I’ve ever seen in Thailand or Myanmar, where children are forced to sell their bodies. But in Brazil, I saw girls 9 to 12-years-old freely sell their bodies. It was right there, in front [...]
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