It was tough on me, but I enjoyed
every piece of it.
Rio de Janeiro was a second home
for me during the last month of the
year and the first place where I pro-
vided support to an association.
With the help of two members of
the organisation Terr’Ativa we bought
US$1,000 worth of school materials;
backpacks, books, pens, scissors,
paper, notebooks, rubber, glue,
everything they would need to start a
new year of classes. We then pre-
pared a Christmas party with many
kids from the Favela. Unfortunately,
many of those kids miss school be-
cause of the lack of materials. It was
important for me to be there and help
as much as I could. The smile on all
those faces when we distributed all
the gear was one of the best memo-
ries so far and I will never forget it.
After only a few days in town, it was
time for me to keep going, my visa
was about to expire.
Two thousand five hundred kilo-
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