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Surfing is a sport usually pursued by wealthier Brazilians but thanks to the Favela Surf Club everyone can have a go. The Favela Surf Club is an organization that provides free surf boards and lessons for young children from the favela. It offers an alternative to the crime that tempts some young people in the favela, and encourages its members to ‘ride the wave of hope’.The clubhouse and Favela Surf Club headquarters are up in the favela of Cantagalo. This is a 15-minute walk from Ipanema beach. On average the club teaches 30 children at a time. The children must attend school to join the club. One of the instructors is Jefferson Cardoso da Silva, from Cantagalo, who joined the Favela Surf Club as a child. He used to come down to the beach and go surfing in order to escape the bad things that happened in the favela. Now aged 21, he is studying at university and the money that he earns from giving surf lessons to tourists helps fund his studies. But his real passion is teaching the children from his neighbourhood to surf.‘The difference between rich and poor in Ipanema is evident in every part of life. But out in the water the children from the favela and the children from Ipanema are the same, their interaction is very good,’ he says.So can surfing really change lives? Jefferson says that he is living proof of it. ‘Many of my friends are dead or are living in prison. Surfing without a doubt helped me.’

Surf club gives hope to children from the favela