The Ref\u00fagio centre helps many children and their families – including during the pandemic.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow operating from its own building and using a range of innovative strategies, Ref\u00fagio focuses on programmes for children and adolescents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Ref\u00fagio means everything to me’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Ref\u00fagio interns Lucas and Vitor described how the centre had been a lifeline for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucas explained: \u201cAt night we couldn\u2019t go out of our homes because of the fights and the shooting. So if Ref\u00fagio was not here, I wouldn\u2019t be here doing this interview. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would probably be trafficking, or in jail, or dead. So Ref\u00fagio means everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before the pandemic, Ref\u00fagio provided free activity classes – such as dance and karate – for over 250 children, with over a hundred on the waiting list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children have hope now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Conrado Scheller, the local Mayor, said that the children who attend the centre “have hope now”. \u201cWhen they come to Ref\u00fagio, they can now see a future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marcio is just one of SATS\u2019 graduates \u2013 there are many, many more. These include: Henrique Camargo, who founded Eco Ministries, providing classes and counselling for 180 students and their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And fellow SATS graduate Sergio Brant, started a ministry caring for cancer patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
SATS was founded by just one Langham Scholar. And so far, more than 250 Langham Scholars have returned to the Majority World to serve. So imagine what God is doing \u2013 through your support – to transform societies across the Majority World!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nHit hard by Covid<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\nDuring Covid, many of the activities were suspended. But, the centre raised money in order to distribute food baskets and toys to hundreds of vulnerable families in the region.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe pandemic has hit Brazil hard: more than half a million people have died, the second highest death toll worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What is the impact of just one leader in Brazil gaining a PhD through your support of Langham? You may be surprised by the answer! In the late 80s, Antonio Barro studied for a PhD at Fuller Theological Seminary as a Langham Scholar.\u00a0 During this time, he conceived the idea of a seminary in Brazil that would…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[224,27,24,225,226],"class_list":["post-6179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scholars","tag-antonio-barra","tag-brazil","tag-langham-scholars","tag-south-america","tag-south-american-theological-seminary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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