How the Million Pix Turned Mother's Day Into an Action of R$ 2 Million for Brazilian Families

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In Recife, Joelma works as a manicure. She is 39 years old, modeled at 13 years old and abandoned her career by getting pregnant very early. She has been carrying a silent promise made to Grandma Deolinda, who has already died: having her own home. She is a private pact, of which many Brazilian women know, inherited from grandmother to granddaughter, from mother to daughter, passing through generations who have not always been able to make it. J…