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Anonymous ID: ce1935 Aug. 15, 2018, 7:20 a.m. No.2610112   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>0134 >>0137 >>0200

Brotherhood Boxing Club posted a story in their news section about Luta sportswear launching in NYC.

-Luta founded by Luke Downey MBE

  • Luke studied social anthropology for his MA

  • 1997 hecame back from Brazil and was invited to work as a volunteer for Rio de Janerio based NGO Viva Rio

  • By 2000, he had opened Luta pela Paz (Fight for Peace) as a project of Viva Rio, with the aim of providing an alternative to the armed violence and drug trafficking that often formed part of life for the young residents of Complexo da MarĂ©, a complex of 17 favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

  • NGO Viva Rio is a non-gov org in Rio founded in dec 1993

  • The 2000 Prince Claus Awards, with the theme "Urban Heroes", gave one of three top Principal Awards to the Viva Rio organization. The Principal Award of €100,000 was presented during a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.

  • In 2004, Viva Rio became a consultant to the United Nations Development Program’s Peacekeeping operation in Haiti.[9] The United Nations has been present in Haiti since the 1991 coup.[10] When the internal conflict re-escalated in February 2004 and turned towards street violence, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1542 establishing a new peacekeeping operation in Haiti.[11] Under these conditions Viva Rio has established itself in the capital city of Port-au-Prince and has engaged local residents through various social programs. Between 2004 and 2010 Viva Rio has coordinated, with the help of the local population, various social projects. These projects include the following: the purification and distribution of potable water;[12] providing basic sanitation by installing latrines and waste management systems;[13] and the establishment of a sports campaign aimed at keeping kids from gang violence.[14] The January 2010 earthquake temporarily halted such projects. As a result, Viva Rio focused its efforts on mobilizing disaster relief. Throughout Brazil, charity events, such as Benex Festival in Rio de Janeiro, which gathered 13 tons of nonperishable goods in 2 days,[15] have provided Haitians with basic necessities.

 

Ok, so this is my 1st ever dig and yes some of that was from wiki. my 1st post here. So is this is a link to Haiti?