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I'm embarking on the 140 mile Coast to Coast bike ride to raise some much needed funds for a very worthy cause:
Happy Child works in Brazil to rescue street and ‘at risk’ children in the large Southern city of Belo Horizonte and the North Eastern city of Recife. It has a 24 hour emergency reception centre, eight safe homes and a farm community that all provide a secure base for the children’s rehabilitation and re-integration back into family and community.
Their biggest issue today is the increase in ‘sex tourism’ to the North East of Brazil and they are working towards opening a girls house in Recife. Here girls of all ages will be able to get away from the pimps and drug pushers and re-build their lives.
- Brazil has 25 million deprived children living in desperate poverty
- Over three million children of all ages live on the streets
- 450 000 are orphaned or abandoned
- 35% of street children die before they are 18 years old
- 500 000 children are involved in the sex trade
Source UNICEF
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