The 4th Santa Cruz Book Fair kicked off today under the theme ‘We are made of stories’ is once again the chosen stage to host six days of programming around books reading and the many ways of telling stories authors and the public in activities designed for all ages and taking place continuously between 9:30 am and 9:30 pm Thanks to Ulla Stein for these photos of the setting up of the Fair This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email by vice-president Élia Ascensão and councilor Dúlio Freitas “The singer’s visit to the local authority’s Great Hall served as an opportunity for Élia Ascensão to express her pleasure in hosting João Pedro Pais’ project at the Santo Amaro Festival and took advantage of the moment to invite everyone to join us tonight for the concert that will take place at 10:30 pm and which will be followed by a fireworks display set up on the three piers of Praia das Palmeiras” said the local authority in a statement issued to the press the singer and composer said it was a pleasure to return to Madeira renewing the invitation for tonight’s concert Sound tests are currently taking place on the stage located in Praça Padre Patrocínio Alves and tomorrow night is the religious parade Wednesday is a bank holiday in all of Santa Cruz Portuguese-Brazilian swimmer Mayra Santos completed the swim between Madeira and Desertas (and back) the first time such a feat has been achieved arriving there around 8:50 pm this Tuesday There were many people who did not want to miss this moment showing support for Mayra Santos and congratulating her on her achievement From Diário Notícias the pedagogue Elizabeth Camasmie Zogbi has dedicated most of her life to Mão Branca a charity organization that assists the elderly and was founded by women of Arab origins She and group of volunteers have brought leisure in the life of the elderly and have created centers in São Paulo districts Read more of what Elizabeth told ANBA about her personal journey and her work at Mão Branca My grandparents were from Syria and Lebanon and came to Brazil at the time of the First World War My grandfather Badra went to Santa Cruz das Palmeiras but since he couldn’t speak Portuguese when he arrived in Brazil he opened a small-articles store at March 25th Street My father’s family spoke a lot of Arabic at home but due to the war they didn’t want to pass it along to the children But the Arab cuisine is very much present in our home My mom was a Catholic from the Melkite Church (Melkite Greek Catholic Church) but she used to attend the Catholic Church (Roman Catholic Church) with a specialization in Psychology at the Sedes Sapientiae Institute I only concluded my studies when my children were raised I returned to school and finished my course at the Catholic Pontifical University (PUC) I majored in Pedagogy with a focus on School Management which gave me a strong basis for my work at Mão Branca Mão Branca was founded at the social hall of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in São Paulo A group of women gathered and distributed food medicine and cared for the less fortunate elderly Until one day an elderly man didn’t show up for the food a property of ten thousand square meters in Santo Amaro was bought and the headquarters was built with donations from the local community where it’s located today All the pavilions were donated and carry the name of the donor families I began to work as a volunteer at Mão Branca The group that joined in with me changed the overall features of the organization a great deal The elderly were always very well-cared for at Mão Branca My mom was Catholic from the Melkite Church (Melkite Greek Catholic Church) but we have other four centers: Jardim Ângela Many people that were dispirited at home began to live again with this moment of leisure We have over 400 elderly people in these centers in the suburbs We also visit the elderly that are confined to their bed At Mão Branca we have the ILPI (Long-term Institution) which is the services offered to the residents in which the elderly spend their days at Mão Branca and go home to sleep with the family And we have these living centers that offer leisure time handmade of costume jewelry and other activities it’s hard to make people and companies aware of how important their donations are since living expenses almost doubles when one gets old Mão Branca welcomes everyone with excellence since I had studied Egyptian history and really wanted to know it personally It was emotional to get to know the place in which my grandparents were born I don’t know exactly (…) but I think it was the generosity A journalist with a degree from Unisinos and experience in economy and finance she has been responsible for international coverages and amassed eight journalism prizes The Gulf country has deposited its instrument of acceptance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies which is aimed at curbing harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing and promoting the sustainable management of global marine resources The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) is the news website of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Its goal is to promote communication between Brazilians and Arabs The population of Santa Cruz woke up this Wednesday to the sound of the audible alarm from the Santa Cruz Sapadores Fire Station which was previously used in catastrophe situations or to call firefighters who were not on duty where a wave of ten meters is expected in the bay of Santa Cruz – from Praia das Pedras Gordas to Praia das Palmeiras – 80 extras will be evacuated by local firefighters who will also test the new command and communications vehicle in the Region equipped with advanced communication systems and various equipment to support decision-making direction and command of relief operations Following the supposed tsunami there will be six victims The GNR will test its rescue teams at a wide angle in a scenario where there will be searches in the basement of a car park and SANAS Madeira will carry out searches by sea Santa Cruz Secondary School will be the concentration and support area for the population From Diário Notícias