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Prose: non-fiction, Christian life & practice, Christian mission & evangelism, Housing & homelessness, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents
Updated edition of the international bestseller.
Through a series of remarkable events, Sarah de Carvalho left her glittering career in film promotion and TV production to join a missionary organisation in Brazil. There she met children from the age of seven living on the streets, taking drugs, stealing to survive and vulnerable to prostitution and gang warfare.This is the remarkable true story of a life transformed. It tells of the incredible work that Sarah founded in the Happy Child Mission. It is a story of immense faith, suffering and love. The children whose stories are revealed in this exceptional book will change the heart of every reader. This new fully updated edition of THE STREET CHILDREN OF BRAZIL brings the story up to date. Fifteen years on, Sarah celebrates the anniversary of the founding of Happy Child, revisits some of the first children she worked with, and reflects on all that God has done.
More books by Sarah De Carvalho
Praise for The Street Children of Brazil: One Woman's Remarkable Story
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Poor and desperate lives transformed by the power of love shown in deed and truth. Sarah has lived what Jesus preached. - Jackie Pullinger
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Poor and desperate lives transformed by the power of love shown in deed and truth. Sarah has lived what Jesus preached. - Jackie Pullinger
Sarah De Carvalho
In 1991 Sarah de Carvalho left her well-paid media career in London to live and work among the street children in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Sarah went on to found Happy Child Mission which is dedicated to providing physical, educational and spiritual care for street children. Today, Happy Child runs nine homes in two major cities in Brazil and has rescued, rehabilitated and reintegrated over 8500 children. She is also part of 180 Alliance - united global action with street children - which was founded in 2005. She is married with three children and lives in Surrey.
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