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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Diarlei Rodrigues and Elonore Hughes

A group of Brazilian women battling cancer find new hope thanks to Va'a canoeing

Brazil Canoeing - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

When breast cancer turned her life upside down, Anna Lucia Amorim, a 63-year-old Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro state, fell into a deep depression sometimes struggling to get out of bed.

But everything changed, she said, after she started practicing Va'a canoeing in Niteroi, a city facing Rio across Guanabara Bay, with other women who have battled cancer or were undergoing treatment.

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