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Fight for Peace academy

Much of the Complexo da Mare, a teeming neighborhood of 140,000 people near Rio’s international airport, is controlled by drug gangs despite efforts in recent years to break their grip on the city’s poor districts ahead of August’s Olympic Games. For many young residents the Luta Pela Paz (Fight For Peace) academy that has over 1,000 students offers a glimpse of an alternative: a chance to build discipline and self-esteem through boxing and martial arts.

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Fight for Peace academy

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  1. Battle for Peace academy

  2. A blend of photos shows youngsters posturing for a photo at an enclosing school the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 2. For some youthful inhabitants the foundation which has more than 1,000 understudies offers a look at an option: an opportunity to construct order and self-regard through boxing and combative technique. (Nacho Doce/Reuters )

  3. Wanderson Araujo (left) works on amid his instructional course at a boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  4. Teacher Alan (left) prepares kids amid an activity session at the boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  5. A young lady takes a gander at other kids honing on a boxing ring amid an activity session on June 2. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  6. A young lady grasps a punching sack amid an activity session at a boxing school, in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  7. Teacher Alan (left) prepares youngsters on a boxing ring amid an activity session. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  8. A young lady bounced on a rope amid an activity session at the boxing school on June 2. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  9. A young lady puts on boxing gloves amid an activity session at the school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  10. A young lady hones with a punching sack amid an activity session. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  11. Children work on amid an activity session at the boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  12. A young lady looks on as youngsters talk amid an activity session at a boxing school, in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  13. Children work on amid an activity session at the boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  14. Children hone beside educators at the boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  15. Wanderson Araujo lifts a stacked barbell as a tyke takes a gander at him amid his instructional meeting at the boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  16. Wanderson Araujo (right) prepares as youngsters take a gander at him amid his instructional course at the passage of a boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  17. Children talk amid an activity session at a boxing school, in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  18. A educator puts a head protector on a tyke amid an activity session at the boxing school on June 2. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  19. A instructor trains youngsters on a boxing ring amid an activity session at the boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

  20. A youngster watches other kids honing on a boxing ring amid an activity session at the boxing school. (Nacho Doce/Reuters)

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