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Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve, the largest unfenced nature reserve in the UAE, is offering those with disabilities free equestrian therapy sessions. Improved posture isn’t the only benefit disabled riders experience – there are mental benefits too.
Lima, 29 abr (EFE) (Camera: Mikhail Huacàn).- Surfer Diego Villarán is a neighbor who promoted the Alto Peru Project fifteen years ago, an initiative that, with sport as a vehicle for empowerment and discipline, seeks to keep children and adolescents away from gangs, drug addiction and alcoholism in the neighborhood.FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS OF LIMA AND YOUNG PEOPLE LEARNING TO SURF
Thousands of illegal gold miners are accused of destroying the lives of the indigenous Yanomami people, who have lived for centuries in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil. Miners have flooded into the area, poisoning rivers, attacking people and even raping women and girls. Under Brazil's new government, the issue is now coming under the spotlight, as federal police have opened an investigation into possible genocide. In Perspective, we spoke to Fiona Watson, Director of Research and Advocacy at Survival International.
The Brazilian government boosted security around its buildings in the capital Wednesday ahead of another planned protest by followers of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the presidency, Congress and Supreme Court over the weekend. For more on the fallout of the Brazil riots, FRANCE 24 is joined by Anya Prusa, Senior Director at Albright Stonebridge Group's Americas Practice and Head of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Despite having lost his sight when he was very young, Matt Formston has spent his life taming the ocean. The 44-year-old Australian is among the best disabled surfers in the world, and has competed at Pismo Beach last week in the World Para Surfing Championship.