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Boxing and martial arts to prevent violence in Rio's favelas

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Rio de Janeiro, Oct 29 (EFE).- (Camera: Janaina Quinet) The war against violence in Brazil can be beaten and kicked, a premise that hundreds of children and young people from favelas in Rio de Janeiro apply with "Abraço Campeão", the initiative that seeks to keep them away from drug trafficking and crime with boxing and martial arts classes.FOOTAGE OF ABRAÇO CAMPEAO.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:ALAN DUARTE, FOUNDER OG ABRAÇO CAMPEAO: "I DECIDED TO FOUND ABRAÇO CAMPEÃO IN 2014 AFTER WITNESSING THE MURDER OF MY BROTHER. THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON MY MOTHER WAS VERY CHALLENGING AND IT WAS THEN WHEN I REFLECTED ON THE WORLD AND WHAT I WAS DOING IN IT. WHEN I ANALYZED MY LIFE I REALIZED THAT NO MAN IN MY FAMILY HAD DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. EVERYONE WAS KILLED WITH FIREARMS. I LOST FRIENDS LIKE THIS. WHEN I SAW MYSELF IN THAT CONTEXT, FIGHTING, VISITING OTHER COUNTRIES, GETTING TO KNOW BRAZIL, WORKING IN WHAT I LOVED (...) I WONDERED WHY THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS DID NOT EXIST IN THE DO ALEMAO COMPLEX "."I GOT THREE PAIRS OF OLD GLOVES AND TWO RIPPED BOXING BAGS AND I HUNG THEM ON THE FOOTBALL COURT THAT IS HERE FRONT"."IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT THE WORLD IS THINKING ABOUT COLONIZING MARS AND WE HAVE PEOPLE IN FAVELAS WITHOUT BASIC SANITATION, WITHOUT EDUCATION. I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT REALITY AND ALL THE ENERGY AND EFFORT OF THESE UNITS GOES INTO CHANGING WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE FAVELAS OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRAZIL ".GUILIAN LIMA, TEACHER: "I WAS LIKE THEM. I NOW KNOW WHAT IT IS TO ARRIVE AT A PLACE AND FEEL WELCOME, TO BE TREATED WELL AND TO BE ADDRESSED PROPERLY BY THE TEACHERS AND THE TEAM, AND TODAY AS A COACH, I TRY TO DO THE SAME".

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