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Terms of use Portugal is set to return for Junior Eurovision 2024 The country is placing its hopes in Victoria Nicole who will sing “Esperança.” She is poised to captivate the audience with this touching ballad is originally from Venezuela but now lives in Portugal with her parents Her talent for music and television is well-recognised especially after winning The Voice Kids Portugal with a standout being her cover of “Voilà” by Barbara Pravi Victoria began training her voice at the age of five attending a music academy with the clear dream of becoming a singer She has performed extensively in both Venezuela and Portugal and has ventured into the theatrical world she studied piano for five years and ukulele for two “Esperança,” marks her debut single signaling the start of an exciting journey in her music career When it comes to Eurovision and its legendary acts the iconic band that won Eurovision for Sweden in 1974 The English title of Victoria’s song is “Hope,” and this theme lies at the heart of the song The lyrics are a blend of Portuguese and Spanish paying tribute to both Victoria’s Venezuelan roots and the host country of this year’s Junior Eurovision The song’s message emphasises the importance of hope in fuelling dreams and the belief in brighter days the song serves as a reminder to take pride in personal progress and to appreciate each day as a gift: “Every day is an achievement/ That at the end of the day/ Fills my heart.” The chorus underscores Victoria’s unwavering belief in her dreams and her determination to fight each day to make them a reality such as ignoring those who try to bring you down and persevering when all doors seem closed: “Several doors closed when I tried to enter/ Almost no one trusted me but I did it.” As Victoria notes in the lyrics she isn’t just singing a song — she’s sharing the story of her life Necesito esperanzaPor un día mejorUna vida mejorPor todos mis sueños Cada dia mais uma montanhaQue a minha alma apanhaSem pensar no amanhãCada dia uma conquistaQue no final do diaEnche o meu coração Eu acredito no meu sonhoE vou lutarPara um dia o concretizar Várias portas se fecharam quando tentei entrarQuase ninguém confiava mas cheguei a acreditarDizem que a vida às vezes não é como se querEu aprendi isso e não foi com os outros sequer com os meus sonhos e ambiçõesE um desses sonhos é chegar aos coraçõesPorque tudo o que é música não são só cançõesÉ a minha história que canto com muito amor Sempre haverá muralhasMas se tensEsperançaAs superarásPorque afinal Se queremosConcretizar um sonhoTemos de lutar por eleMesmo que sejam noites sem sonoConfía en tiSi tienes un sueño dale tiempo y verás Lucha por élSueña por élTienes que creerSolo lucha y lucha por él I need hopeFor a better dayA better lifeFor all my dreams Every day another mountainThat my soul takes onWithout thinking about tomorrowEvery day is an achievementThat at the end of the dayFills my heart I believe in my dreamAnd I will fightTo make it happen one day My heartBelievesIt’s my dreamLet it be Several doors closed when I tried to enterAlmost no one trusted me but I did itThey say that life is sometimes not how you want itI learned that and it wasn’t even from others with my dreams and ambitionsAnd one of those dreams is to reach heartsBecause music is not just songsIt’s my story that I sing with lots of love There will always be wallsBut if you haveHopeYou will overcome themBecause after all If we want toMake a dream come trueWe have to fight for itEven if there are sleepless nightsTrust yourselfIf you have a dream Fight for itDream for itYou hаve to believeJuѕt fight What do you think of “Esperança” by Victoria Nicole Is this one of your favourites in this year’s contest i’ve already listened thousand times to this winner song now Victoria Nicole is a amazing singer and the song is very beautiful Overview Meet the team Press Write for us Input your search keywords and press Enter and coming into tonight with an 8-1 record competing on the African and Middle Eastern regional scene Esperança is a striking specialist who won regional welterweight gold in his fifth pro fight scoring a first-round submission of Lionel Padilla This isn’t Tyler Hill’s first rodeo with the PFL as he competed in a Showcase bout back in 2021 has competed for a number of notable promotions and is a former regional welterweight champion as well most recently getting submitted by Handesson Ferreira in May Who will help start the night of strong in the capital of the U.S. The two meet in the center of the SmartCage A big three-pinch combination from Esperança early Esperança is just letting loose and he is pounding away at Hill against the fence but Esperança takes him down almost immediately Esperança ends up letting go and just getting into side control We’re less than 90 seconds into this fight and had that much action and Esperança is pounding away with the right hand The ref has seen enough! 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Criança Esperança celebrates its 40th anniversary as a social mobilization project that contributes to transforming the lives of thousands of people in Brazil The project is the result of a visionary initiative by the private company Globo It has helped the country achieve social change in the agenda of children's rights through an innovative approach that has united a communications giant The event that kicked off the celebration of the project's four decades brought together individuals who are models of action related to the rights of children and adolescents The meeting evoked memories of struggle and progress renewing Criança Esperança's commitment to the social agenda in Brazil.  It is a great joy to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Criança Esperança the United Nations has recognized it as the most significant social mobilization initiative globally It summons the willpower of those who want to participate and contribute to changing Brazil's social reality one of the world's largest communications companies so that Criança Esperança can consolidate its legacy of building paths towards an inclusive and equitable society The Director and Representative of UNESCO to Brazil participated in a meeting to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Criança Esperança project at the auditorium of Estúdios Globo in Rio de Janeiro UNESCO/Wagner MeierThe event 40 Years of Criança Esperança: Rights and leaders in actions related to childhood and adolescence in Brazil The participants recalled the important trajectory and evolution of the project during the three panels of the event: Changing the Paradigm of Child Protection in Brazil The Contribution of Criança Esperança to Childhood and Youth Policies in Brazil and Inspiring Speeches: The Voice of Civil Society Organizations The first panel included Paulo Afonso Garrido a public prosecutor for the Public Prosecutor's Office of São Paulo state (MPSP) a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and a member of the drafting group of the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA); Patrícia Saboya an ombudsman for the Court of Auditors of Ceará state (TCE-CE) and coordinator of the Parliamentary Front in Defence of the Rights of Children and Adolescents from 2003 to 2011; Benedito Rodrigues dos Santos a professor and researcher at the Advanced Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies at the University of Brasília (CEAM/UnB) director of the Institute for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (INDICA) protection networks and the rights of children and adolescents; and Jussara de Goiás a specialist in the rights of children and adolescents and the rights of minorities and coordinator of the National Movement of Street Boys and Girls (MNMMR) Moderated by journalist Flávia Oliveira from GloboNews and O Globo newspaper "Changing the Paradigm of Child Protection in Brazil," highlighted the pioneering role of Criança Esperança emphasizing the advances made not only in the country's legislation but also in raising awareness about children's rights in society "It is a privilege to be here today with colleagues with whom I have shared many struggles uncovering mysteries and violence to which boys and girls were subjected," said Patrícia Saboya "Criança Esperança consolidated the understanding that children are subjects of rights Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Criança Esperança is a moment for reflection It is time to continue rolling up our sleeves," added the former senator Criança Esperança gave visibility to the challenges faced by children and adolescents in vulnerable situations and played a crucial role in mobilizing civil society to include Article 227 in the 1988 Federal Constitution which addresses the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents This project was also a relevant ally in enacting the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) in 1990 Brazilian legislation was governed by the former Juvenile Code a conservative law based on a tutelary and repressive vision.  “The Child and Adolescent Statute is an expression of a much longer movement to change the status of children in Brazilian society Children have earned the right to have rights and Criança Esperança has participated in this,” said Benedito Rodrigues dos Santos it is because it had popular participation in its elaboration The jurist recalled that the terminology used by the Criança Esperança project was crucial for the Movement in defence of childhood as it replaced the term "minor" (meaning underage which carried a negative bias) with the term "child" thereby reinforcing children's dignity.  Jussara de Goiás recalled that the MNMMR played a central role in changing governmental and non-governmental policies concerning children and adolescents this Movement achieved essential achievements in the Brazilian legislature The Criança Esperança project plays a prominent role in advancing the rights of children adolescents and youth in Brazil by supporting and giving visibility to innovative experiences of social inclusion developed by CSOs throughout the country initiatives capable of inspiring public policies that guarantee the exercise of rights the empowerment of people and the development of capacities “A fundamental aspect of the project – and the reason for it to be so interesting – is the relevance of work that happens daily looking to the future to the interest of the nation,” stated the President of Grupo Globo In the second panel of the event entitled The Contribution of Criança Esperança to Childhood and Youth Policies in Brazil the project’s achievements were deeply discussed by the Director and Representative of UNESCO to Brazil Director of Social Value at Globo; and by Reinaldo Bugarelli educator and consultant in​​human rights and sustainable development Journalist and presenter Sandra Annenberg from Globo mediated this panel Marlova Noleto emphasized the significance of CSOs' work in developing and implementing projects alongside the most vulnerable populations in various parts of Brazil "This project builds new possibilities every day with these wonderful people who support us committed to transforming the world into a more just and inclusive place for all," she said Criança Esperança has already supported over 6,000 social projects Cristovam Ferrara recalled that the project also helped to build a culture of donation in Brazil "Criança Esperança has this mission to shed light on a cause that Brazilians can embrace with beautiful and very moving stories," he said The transformations that the project helped build – whether in consolidating children's rights and informing the formulation of public policies – was emphasized by all the panellists during the event a role recognized in the project's design and throughout the development of Criança Esperança "I believe we can call Criança Esperança a 'movement' But it is something much bigger that involves the whole of society," said Reinaldo Bulgarelli "We can say that Criança Esperança has been a project it is a movement that mobilizes society," said Reinaldo Bulgarelli Inspiring Speeches: The Voice of Civil Society Organizations gave the floor to representatives of organizations supported by Criança Esperança CEO of Favela Holding and founder of Central Única das Favelas (CUFA); Dora Andrade founder of Escola de Desenvolvimento e Integração Social (EDISCA); musician Carlinhos Brown founder of Associação Pracatum Ação Social (APAS); and Kátia Ferreira The panel was moderated by Ronald Pessanha from Globo's Brand and Social Values ​​area Each panellist shared their organization's experience highlighting the impact of Criança Esperança in strengthening their projects and supporting initiatives that transform the lives of children and adolescents in different regions of the country Although Brazil currently has one of the most advanced legislation for protecting children and adolescents the daily lives of many children and a large part of youth are still severely marked by social vulnerability which makes it impossible for this segment of the population to access fundamental rights the Criança Esperança project has supported social initiatives that advance the fundamental rights agenda for children with the supportive participation of millions of people and companies that form a network committed to building a fair and sustainable society A tightly contested TotalEnergies CAF Champions League North African duel between Pyramids FC and Esperance concluded with the Egyptians taking the three points following a hard-fought 2-1 win over last season's runners-up With the tie going into the break goalless the visitors opened the scoring in the 56th minute courtesy of Mohamed Belaili’s strike With a win well in sight for the Tunisians’ late drama unfolded as Mostafa Fathi found the equaliser in the 90thminute a late goal that spurred the hosts further to find a dramatic winner in the referee’s additional time thanks to Ibrahim Adel’s late winner Pyramids’ dramatic win sees them tied on seven points with the table leaders Esperance Sagrada Esperança edged Djoliba 1-0 to gain ground with a much-needed victory The two results see Esperance and Pyramids tied at the top while Sagrada follows on 5 points ahead of Djoliba who remain on 2 points and in danger of missing out of a place in the knockout stages Watch today's top stories and most popular videos which provide you with features like past/future radar and customizable layers Trust us to help you plan the best day possible with the most accurate weather forecast available We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good We may use or share your data with our data vendors The Weather Channel is the world's most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview, 2017-2022, commissioned by The Weather Company. Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are Espérance 0 win(s) 18 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT?Espérance won 4–1 over Sagrada Esperanca on Sat 18 Jan 2025 19:00:00 GMT.About the matchEspérance is playing home against Sagrada Esperanca at Stade olympique Hammadi-Agrebi on Sat Portugal’s Junior Eurovision entrant Victoria Nicole released her entry for the 2024 contest The song has lyrics in both Spanish and Portuguese Victoria herself is credited as the writer of both the music and lyrics and the music direction and production is credited to Nininho Vaz Maia Some of these names may look familiar if you’ve been following the Portuguese music scene: Vaz Maia was Victoria’s coach on The Voice Kids but you might recognise her name from her participations in Festival da Canção Victoria will be performing 15th on the night of the contest between Ukraine’s Artem Kotenko and Ireland’s Enya Cox Dempsey This will be Portugal’s 9th appearance at Junior Eurovision since 2006 with their best result so far being achieved in 2022 by Nicolas Alves with the song “Anos 70” What do #YOU think about Portugal’s JESC entry? Let us know on our social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Discord – or on our forum page DISCLAIMER: All the opinions stated in this post represent the views of the person quoted … Eurovoix the Portuguese entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 “Esperança” (Hope) was written by Nininho Vaz Maia Nininho Vaz Maia was Victoria Nicole’s coach on The Voice Kids Portugal Bárbara Tinoco is also a coach on the show Bárbara has also tried to represent Portugal at Eurovision twice having finished 2nd in Festival da Canção 2020 and 4th in Festival da Canção 2023 “Esperança” is sung in Spanish and Portuguese This is the first time that Portuguese Eurovision entry contains lyrics in Spanish Victoria is 13 years old and was born in Venezuela She moved to Portugal when she was 8 years old and currently lives in Ílhavo in the central part of the country she won the fifth season of The Voice Kids Portugal earning the right to represent Portugal at Junior Eurovision 2024 Portugal debuted at the 2006 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Bucharest The country placed second-last that year and the year later They did not return until 2017 where they were represented by Mariana Venâncio they were represented by Nicolas Alves with the song “Anos 70” Neil is from Ireland but has lived in several countries around Europe He has has been an editor for Eurovoix since May 2017 He has been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2005 and attended every contest as press since 2019 such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which he has watched since the very first edition in 2003 The away point did take the four-time African champions to the top of Group D with four points who play Malian outfit Djoliba in Bamako on Sunday Sagrada secured their first point having been hammered 5-1 by Pyramids in Cairo last month -- a result that led to coach Roque Sapiri being fired with Antonio Lebo-Lebo taking over Having scored 12 times against Somali side Dekedaha in a two-leg qualifier and four against Djoliba in matchday one 10 days ago Esperance wasted several second-half chances to find the net The miss of the match came from Algerian Youcef Belaili the leading Champions League scorer this season with five goals who displayed superb ball control only to blaze wide from close range Raed Bouchniba and Brazilian Rodrigo Rodrigues also squandered chances to break the deadlock at the national stadium in the Angolan capital There are five matches on Saturday with the Group C clash of Orlando Pirates of South Africa and defending champions Al Ahly of Egypt in Soweto the highlight 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: USMAN NURMAGOMEDOV VS PAUL HUGHES 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: VADIM NEMKOV VS TIM JOHNSON 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: AKHMED MAGOMEDOV VS NATHAN KELLY 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: IBRAGIM IBRAGIMOV VS KENNY MOKHONOANA 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: RENAT KHAVALOV VS CLEIVER FERNANDES 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: TAREK SULEIMAN VS AHMED SAMY 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: MIRAFZAL AKHTAMOV VS MIKE THOMPSON 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: HADI OMAR AL HUSSAINI VS RUEL PANALES 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: JOHN MITCHELL VS SOUHIL TAIRI 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: MOSTAFA NADA VS HAIDER KHAN 2025 CHAMPIONS SERIES: SAEED AL HOSANI VS TALAL AL QALLAF 2024 PFL CHAMPIONSHIP: Loughnane vs Khizriev foi reconhecida como a primeira advogada piauiense pela OAB-PI - Reprodução/OAB-PI Living in the 21st century, it is difficult to measure the extent of the courage, fighting spirit and resistance that led a young enslaved Black woman to rise up against her masters in the state of Piauí in the 1770s She wrote a letter to the governor of Piauí at the time – then known as a “capitania” instead of a state – denouncing the mistreatment that she other Black women and children were suffering at the Algodões Farm The letter was discovered in 1979 in the Piauí Public Archives by Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott a retired professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA Experts consider the document to be a habeas corpus petition It is most likely that she learned to write from Jesuit priests who catechized Black and Indigenous people in the region At the request of the Black movements in Piauí the date on which Esperança wrote the letter became the State Day of Black Consciousness in Piauí Following a request from the Truth Commission on Black Slavery in Piauí the local branch of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-PI) recognized Esperança as the first female lawyer in the state Garcia was nationally recognized by Brazil’s equivalent of the American Bar Association as the country’s first female lawyer Brasil de Fato Pernambuco interviewed lawyer Mariana Moura a professor at the State University of Piauí (UESPI Moura was part of the commission that drafted the request for Esperança to be recognized as a lawyer Watch the conversation on the Trilhas do Nordeste show (in Portuguese) the 18th-century letter deals with the reality of enslaved women on the Algodões farm “I am a female married slave of Your Lordship from the administration of Captain Antônio Vieira do Couto Ever since the captain came to run the estate There is a storm of aggressions against a child of mine which have caused blood to flow from his mouth I can't explain the fact that I'm a mattress of blows so much so that I once fell down a flight of stairs I and my partners have been unconfessed for three years And a child of mine and two others have yet to be baptized I mean tell the procurator to send me to the farm where he took me from so that I can live with my husband and baptize my daughter.” In September 2024, the second edition of the Dossiê Esperança Garcia: símbolo de resistência na luta pelo Direito (Dossier Esperança Garcia: a symbol of resistance in the fight for the Law an initiative of the Africanities and Afro-descendants Research Center (AFARADÁ in Portuguese) at the Federal University of Piauí The book lays the foundations for Esperança's recognition as Brazil's first female lawyer All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced provided it is not altered and proper credit is given All original content produced and editorially authored by Brasil de Fato may be reproduced SearchJunior Eurovision 2024 Portugal profile: 'Esperança' by Victoria NicoleDale RobertsNov 10, 20242 min readThis year Victoria Nicole will represent Portugal at Junior Eurovision 2024 with Esperança and the history of Portugal at Junior Eurovision below Victoria Nicole is a Venezuelan-born singer-songwriter representing Portugal in Junior Eurovision 2024 Victoria quickly immersed herself in music mastering instruments like the piano and ukulele She first got into music when she was 5 years old listening to ABBA and memorising the songs to sing herself Her passion for music saw her compete in The Voice Kids Portugal which she won This earned her a place at Junior Eurovision for Portugal Victoria Nicole is a passionate songwriter and wrote the song Esperança herself with music production and direction by Nininho Vaz Maia Many Eurovision fans will know Bárbara Tinoco for her participation in Festival da Canção In 2020 she finished runner-up with Passe-Partout and then took fourth place in 2023 with Goodnight Esperança translates as "Hope" and features lyrics in both Portuguese and Spanish Victoria told Junior Eurovision about the meaning behind the song "It's about all the dreams of all the children in the world," she said "We need a world to make our dreams come true." Portugal debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 After finishing 14th and 16th in their first two years with their best result being 8th in 2022 with Nicolas Alves's rock entry Anos 70 For continued updates on all the Eurovision Song Contest news follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. All links at: https://linktr.ee/aussievisionnet Made for Eurovision fans, by Eurovision fans. “Esperança”, the Portuguese entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024, will be released on October 8. RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, has revealed that “Esperança”, the song that Victoria Nicole will sing for Portugal at Junior Eurovision 2024, will be released on October 8. The song will be released on all digital platforms and the official music video will also be released. Ahead of its official release, RTP have released a short teaser of the song and the official video. A post shared by Festival da Canção (@festivaldacancao.rtp) Nininho Vaz Maia was Victoria Nicole’s coach on The Voice Kids Portugal Bárbara has also tried to represent Portugal at Eurovision twice having finished 2nd in Festival da Canção 2020 and 4th in Festival da Canção 2023 she won the fifth season of The Voice Kids Portugal The action in Group D of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League heats up this weekend as Esperance Tunis visit Sagrada Esperança in Angola on Friday while Pyramids FC head to Mali to face Djoliba on Sunday Both matches promise to shape the trajectory of the group stage Esperance seek to extend momentum in AngolaTunisian side Esperance buoyed by their dominant 4-0 victory over Djoliba in the opening match Led by Romanian coach Laurențiu Reghecampf Esperance enter the clash unbeaten in their last six matches across all competitions Sagrada Esperança will pose a formidable challenge at the Estádio 11 de Novembro Despite a heavy 5-1 defeat to Pyramids in their opener the Angolan side boasts an impressive eight-match unbeaten home streak but we’re prepared to deliver another strong performance,” said Reghecampf who all found the back of the net in their opener while Cachí will lead Sagrada’s attack as their top scorer Pyramids eye back-to-back wins in MaliPyramids FC sit atop the group alongside Esperance with three points Their emphatic 5-1 win over Sagrada showcased their attacking depth but they now face a Djoliba side hungry to bounce back “Playing in Mali presents unique challenges but we trust in the experience and quality of our players to hold their own against Djoliba,” Jurcic remarked Djoliba will lean on their home advantage and passionate crowd to upset the Egyptian giants Pyramids’ firepower and seasoned squad make no pushovers With all four teams vying for crucial points Friday 06/12/2024: Sagrada Esperança v Esperance Tunis (1600 GMT) Sunday 08/12/2024: Djoliba v Pyramids (1600 GMT) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Esperanca Almeida was awarded a special trophy for coming out to participate in sports for the first time And she bagged second place in Goa Para Table Tennis Championship 2025 and she experienced the joy of winning and being appreciated for her skills but every challenge has only made me stronger.” Esperanca’s challenge began when she was less than a year old Her parents narrated the incident of her getting burnt by hot ash They told me that I got accidentally burnt when I was just nine-months-old I accidently put my hands in the hot ash in the liquor bhatti My parents took me to the hospital and the doctor admitted me one of the nurses began to cut my burnt skin and in the process my small veins and nerves got cut My little finger was also cut off without my parent’s permission my wrist got bent and there was lack of growth in my left hand which remained short and the remaining four fingers became crooked there were five surgeries done on my hand but all in vain In those days there was not much awareness about plastic surgery,” explains Esperanca Esperanca’s parents decided not to do any operation on the hand in Goa “When I was eight I spoke to my parents about the surgery we approached a surgeon from a private hospital in Mumbai The doctor told that the surgery would cost around Rs 40 lakh The doctors tried to straighten my wrist and bent fingers They tried to make it look like a hand,” recalls Esperanca who now uses her left hand 40 per cent for computer typing as little Esperanca could not hold anything in her left hand Holding a school bag was a struggle and she managed to do it with great difficulty Children teased her seeing her crooked hand Doing everything with one hand was a challenge for the little girl and decided to do some job and earn to support the family But who would give a job to a person with only one working hand “My struggles began when my husband and I were asked to leave our home we had no choice but to move into a rented house my husband’s earnings were not enough to cover our rent and daily expenses but my husband refused to stay with my family and instead went to live with his sister When her daughter started going to first standard “My career started at Hotel Oberoi at Bogmalo in the laundry department for six years Later I tried working at an industry in Verna I refused to give up,” asserts Esperanca who took a daily wage job on a temporary basis for six months at the Indian Navy and faces no difficulties at her workplace “My family has always supported me in difficult times I have a few close friends – two from my school days and one at my workplace – who have also been part of my journey,” she quips Teachers played a crucial role in shaping Esperanca’s life and she takes pride to admit that Nandani teacher and Shashank sir guided me Oscar Gonsalves was my biggest support during my secondary school years People should always encourage and support those with disabilities but with determination and the right support This is my story – a journey of resilience and success,” concludes this 51-year-old single mother whose daughter works for a Dubai-based five-star hotel and who recently sponsored her pleasure trip to Dubai and both enjoyed a dinner at Burj Khalifa The requested URL was not found on this server Vous utilisez un vieux navigateur, qui n'est plus maintenu. Nous vous recommandons vivement la mise à jour de votre navigateur afin de profiter de toutes les fonctionnalités de notre site E-Media dedicated to Espérance de Tunis — Since 1999 Espérance de Tunis will take on Angolan side GD Sagrada Esperança at the 11 November stadium for the second day of the group stage of the 2024-2025 CAF Champions League The starting lineup for the Blood and Gold has been announced as follows: Memmiche Please note that this match will be broadcast live on BeIN Sports HD1 from 5:00 p.m local time About   —   Terms and Conditions   —   F.A.Q.   —   Contact Us     © 1999–2024   E-S-Tunis.com   —   All Rights Reserved Kazeem Ogunleye scored the only goal as Nigerian champions Rangers defeated Angola’s Sagrada Esperanca 1-0 in the first leg of their CAF Champions League second preliminary round tie in Uyo on Friday Ogunleye scored the winning goal 12 minutes from time Fidelis Ilechukwu’s side once again struggled in front of goal like they did in their first round 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Menu.page-157342940{--colorD:#f9ce60;--colorJ:#f9ce60;--gradientTransparentJ:#f9ce6000;--colorDC:#f9ce60;--colorDA:#f9ce60;--colorDF:#f9ce60;--colorJD:#f9ce60;--colorDJ:#f9ce60;--colorJF:#f9ce60;--colorJG:#f9ce60;--colorDDC:#f9ce60;--colorDTransparent:#f9ce60;--colorJTransparent:#f9ce60}"Hope"Overwatch 2 devs reveal the "Swiss cheese" inspiration behind the Esperança mapIt feels just like home The lead environment artist even used his own vacation photos as inspiration for Esperança During a recent press preview for Overwatch 2 Art Director Dion Rogers explained that the team’s lead environment artist is from Portugal so it lends a robust air of authenticity to the design — especially when they used the artist’s own vacation photos as references for certain parts of the map A number of Portuguese dev team members also helped to define “what’s great about the culture” so they could pinpoint “the right things to build architecture-wise.” As is the case with most maps in the game Rogers says they purposefully explore within the dev team to draw real-life inspiration from the cultures represented “We always want Overwatch to feel like this globe-trotting adventure that goes to somewhat unexpected places,” Rogers said “We’ve found some of our best maps come from when we have a person from the team that’s actually from the location It feels like we capture the immersion a little bit better than when we don’t have a person from the area.” The Overwatch team even sent a sound team to Portugal to capture ambient noise they also captured various visual references including architecture “I was surprised when I heard the Portuguese language from one of the rooms,” said Hero Designer Piero Herrera it just made me feel that integration with the environment just because of the language.” Esperança may look like a picturesque vacation spot with its bright blues and whites and various mosaic patterns — but it’s also a battlefield Esperança is one of several new maps that helps introduce the “Push” game mode along with New Queen Street (Toronto) and Colosseo (Rome) Push is a sort of double-sided variation of the classic Escort game mode one attacking team must deliver a payload to the defending team’s base attack and defense swap in the second round — whoever accomplishes their goal fastest wins both teams fight for control of a robot that literally pushes a payload back and forth across the map’s central passageways Rogers notes that Esperança has a “neat gradual incline” with plenty of opportunities for “flanking and sniper action.” The Overwatch team prioritizes balance with its designs Starting points are similar to Control maps where neither teams have a firm advantage over the other given the distance from the robot He also emphasizes the need for multiple avenues to return to the robot “The map is a little bit more ‘Swiss cheese-like,’” says Rogers “You have to have a lot of openings for players to return to the robot as quickly as possible.” In the original tests where there were fewer openings the team found players died more easily because they needed to run on open ground for 30 seconds to reach the robot “We needed to come up with a way to design the map that there are lots of ways to return to the robot,” says Rogers There’s a lot of cover and ways for players to mitigate any overly flanking heroes.” The Overwatch development team purposefully designed Esperança as a cultural marvel and a fair fight Whether or not it’s a paradise for you depends on if you master the new Push mode Nigerian champions Rangers were eliminated from the CAF Champions League by Angola’s Sagrada Esperanca on Sunday Rangers lost the second preliminary round reverse tie 3-1 The Flying Antelopes exited the competition 3-2 on aggregate The country’s other representative in the competition Nigerian clubs have failed to reach the lucrative group stage of the competition in recent years Enyimba is currently the only Nigerian club left on the continent EPL: Michael Owen reacts to Trossard’s red card in Arsenal clash against Man City The Óscar Ribas Institute and Teacher’s Training College – Garcia Neto – were not just brick and mortar for the Angolan Paralympic vision impaired athlete Esperança Gicasso - it’s ‘the world’ for her It was at Óscar Ribas that the 28-year-old began and completed her primary and secondary school was introduced to Para athletics by the school principal and is now working as a full-time teacher for eight and nine-year olds but her hopes of completing secondary education looked as far from becoming a reality as her burgeoning sports career When Esperança signed the Paralympics sponsorship agreement with bp Angola in 2011 little did she know that this would transform her life for ever Esperança was 19 years old and had just joined grade 11 at the Teacher’s Training Institute in Luanda one of Angola's leading inclusion education establishments “Coming from a humble background and a society that normally pays scant attention to people with a disability meant that I needed to fight harder to realise my dreams,” said Esperança at the signing ceremony 10 years ago Her determination to win was greater than the partial blindness that overshadowed her dreams of becoming a Paralympic athlete and a successful teacher; but signing that contract has brought remarkable successes on and off the track It was thanks to Paralympic International Partner bp that Esperança could afford completing her degree in Pedagogy at the Metropolitan Polytechnic Institute of Angola I am passing on knowledge to the students and I really like my job; it prepares students for life," she said Gicasso teaches several subjects; from Portuguese to mathematics passing through geography and natural sciences Until the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent quarantine Gicasso used to walk the 800m that separates her home from the Óscar Ribas Institute for students with vision impairment; working in the same classrooms where she used to be a student Technology has played a big part in her development as a teacher “Now everything is much easier,” she explained “Braille is no longer used in universities But we continue to teach it (Braille) to children from the age of six because then they will have to use it in the street eight silvers and five bronze across multiple competitions Looking back on the events in which she has taken part she singles out the 2017 World Championships in London as the most special “I so vividly remember that day when I won a silver and a bronze medal," she said "I’m still not sure how I managed to achieve that having taken part both in Rio 2016 and London 2012 Her laurels have been drawing a lot of media attention and with that my students know that Professor Esperança is an athlete because one day they saw me on TV and they said ‘Professor Esperança and they know their teacher runs too,” she said confident that Para sport can have the same positive impact on her students as it had on her I was able to meet people from other countries and have a great intellectual development I also acquired many skills and lost preconceptions I had about myself I used to be very insecure and thanks to Para sports I am a more confident person.” As classes were interrupted due to the pandemic Esperança spends her time training at home reading the Bible and listening to love songs from Angolan artist Anselmo Ralph is concerned with the environment and wants to inspire others through her success in sport “Becoming a bp Paralympic Athlete Ambassador has paved the way for my success in so many avenues," she admitted "I have been able to compete in world level championships thereby coming into contact with different cultures and at the same time completing my degree in education I believe this sponsorship will also support my further integration to wider societal affairs.” NPFL champions Enugu Rangers will now have to go past Sagrada Esperance of Angola to reach the money-spinning group stage of the CAF Champions League Rangers scraped past US Zilimadjou from Comoros 2-1 on aggregate in the first preliminary round while Esperanca saw off St Louis Sun United of Seychelles 4-0 on aggregate while the return leg will be a week later in Angola The overall winners will march on to the group stage of the annual competition and website in this browser for the next time I comment We bring you the best in Football reporting.MUSA YAHAYA ENEJI - Account OfficerNOTE: WE DO NOT OFFER REFUNDPUBLISHERS: MARKSTALL VENTURES © 2021 Score Nigeria All Rights reserved © 2021 Score Nigeria All Rights reserved Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker