Christmas has different meanings for each person. The essence is the celebration of the birth of Jesus, but it is also a time to reunite the family, to be grateful for the year that has passed, and to exercise empathy and solidarity. And for AIRE residents, Brazilian Christmas is even more special. For those who …
Sama arrived in Brazil at the end of 2022. She is Palestinian and came with her husband and two daughters looking for a place to build a future for their family. They arrived here without knowing our culture, our language and without having any idea what the next few months would be like in a …
The city of Manaus has a special place in my heart. After leaving Venezuela in 2019 with the hope of building a better future for my family, it was my first home. Manaus is one of the cities with the highest concentration of Venezuelan immigrants in Brazil, and, therefore, one of the cities that is …
Abel and Melissa’s family is from Maturín, Venezuela. They had a small business and worked in the food sector. However, with the crisis in the country and the difficult economic situation they were facing, they decided to come to Brazil with the hope of building a better future for their two sons, Miguel and Aaron. …
Mrs Shafiqa is married and the mother of four daughters and two sons. She is Afghan and has a very simple background, she came from the province of Herat in Afghanistan and barely knows how to read and write. She had to leave her country when her family began to suffer threats and persecution after …
Mr Ghulam comes from Herat, a province in Afghanistan. He is married and has four daughters and two sons. He lived a simple and quiet life, working as a bricklayer while his wife worked as a seamstress. But everything changed with the Taliban taking power. He started to be persecuted because of his religious choice …
Alfredo and Angela came from Venezuela, where he worked as a music producer and she was a kindergarten teacher and dancer. When the situation started to get difficult there, they decided to leave and restart their lives in Brazil, where they have been for 7 years. They crossed the border, arrived in Manaus and were …
Ezatullah is an 18 year old boy who was born in a village in Afghanistan. He came from a humble family, managed to study until elementary school and then had to drop out of school to help his family. He grew up surrounded by family as is the custom in his country, but when he …
Visconde de Itaboraí School is located in São Bernardo do Campo, a city neighboring Diadema where AIRE is located, and both are part of Greater São Paulo. During the 2023 school year the school is organizing a project with 5th grade students about non profit organization in which each class chooses an NGO to help throughout the …
“My name is Y. I’m 24 years old and I was born in Puerto La Cruz, in the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela. Before the economic crisis, I had a normal life: I lived with my mother and sister, there was no shortage of food and I studied surgical instrumentation at a private college. My mom …
