Children take part in a boxing training at a dirt football pitch in Capao Redondo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 21, 2021. Picture taken September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When 13-year-old Mariangela Pereira da Silva was accosted by a strange man near her home earlier this year she was frightened.
She felt she had to do something and a bar of chocolate helped her reach a decision. A local NGO was offering chocolate to anyone who wanted to try out boxing and Da Silva went along.
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