{"id":358705,"date":"2023-08-07T19:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/brazilian-led-nonprofit-aids-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:55:43","slug":"brazilian-led-nonprofit-aids-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-led-nonprofit-aids-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian-led nonprofit aids Syrian refugees in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Established four years ago by Brazil\u2019s Helder Roger, the nonprofit Winners Play for Life <\/strong>helps 1,500 Syrian refugees living in Majdal Anjar in the region of the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Of the assisted people, 300 are children who are given access to educational activities like English classes and sports, particularly football. They also receive psychological help and social assistance.<\/p>\n

According to Winners board member Helder Cavalcanti, who is son of minister Helder Roger, the nonprofit came from his father\u2019s desire to establish a \u201cmeaningful\u201d organization. \u201cHe wanted to fill his work with meaning. He retired, then he moved to Lebanon and started working with refugees. He moved to the country that welcomes the highest number of refugees compared to its population. And when they showcase Brazil, when they put up our flag there in the nonprofit, things just flow,\u201d says Cavalcanti.<\/p>\n

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Winners workers were welcomed by the Arab Brazilian Chamber officials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to figures given by Cavalcanti, who visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> last Friday (4), 70% of the 2.5 million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon are children under 13. \u201cWe aid adults, too, but children are the focus of our project,\u201d he says. The nonprofit has 15 volunteers and is supported by donations of food, gear for the classes like football jerseys, and sponsorship.<\/p>\n

ABCC Communication & Marketing vice president Silvia Antibas welcomed Cavalcanti, Winners board member Celia Grace and founder & CEO Roger Helder alongside ABCC president Osmar Chohfi in the headquarters of the Chamber in S\u00e3o Paulo. She pointed out how much refuge \u201cimpacts people,\u201d as Helder isn\u2019t Arab and got involved in a cause in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very interesting to see an initiative by someone who isn\u2019t Arab. He went to Lebanon to live there, liked and decided to establish the nonprofit. It\u2019s massively impactful that someone that has no ties to Lebanon gets involved and see that this expat problem affects everyone. One way for us to help is to spread information about their work,\u201d says Antibas.<\/p>\n

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Quick facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winnners Play for Life
\nInstagram\u00a0here<\/a>
\nEmail: contato@winnerplayforlife.org
\nWebsite here<\/a><\/p>\n

Translation by Guilherme Miranda <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hudson Cavalcanti<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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