Kriegerin des Lichts

Yvonne Bezerra de Mello is an internationally acclaimed human rights activist, sculptor and writer who is politically committed to children's rights. Through the worldwide media echo of the execution of 8 street children by police officers in front of the Candelaria Church in Rio in 1993, Yvonne's commitment to the outcast children and young people became known beyond the borders of Brazil. However, it brought her into conflict with the upper class of her country, as she herself belongs to the elite. Her fearless work for the street children led to the establishment of the organization "Projeto"Uerê" (U-Erê = "Children of Light") in the slum of Maré in the north of Rio. There, some of the poorest children in the city learn to break out of the vicious circle of violence, drugs and disease.