Gregory rescues children from the dangerous streets of São Paulo, providing shelter and educational opportunities.
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JOHN DREXEL 1998 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Maria Helen Drexel Association Brazil John Drexel has spent decades working on behalf of the 600,000 children living in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1973, he founded the Maria Helen Drexel Association, a non-profit organization that addresses the problems of abandoned children. The association places abandoned children in…
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FANI LERNER 2003 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Municipal Provopar Brazil Fani Lerner’s first major initiative on behalf of children began in 1980 when she organized a network of 400 volunteers called the Municipal Provopar to perform social work in the state of Parana, Brazil. The program drastically changed the face of social work in Parana and became…
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CRISTIANO FEDRIGO 2005 YOUTH AWARD Share a Bike Brazil Seventeen-year-old Cristiano Fedrigo lives among the impoverished quarry workers and their families in the hamlet of Morro da Pedra (Mountain of Stone) near Taquara, Brazil. Cristiano has chosen to rise above the limitations of poverty by creating helpful solutions for himself and other young people in…
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