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The 11-year-old Brazilian boy teaching his mother to read
By Renata Moura
BBC Brasil, Natal
4 March 2017
RENATA MOURA
Damiao has taught his mother Sandra to read
It has only been a year since Sandra Maria de Andrade woke up to the wondrous world of reading.
One afternoon after work, the rubbish picker from north-eastern Brazil was lying exhausted in a hammock when her youngest son, Damiao Sandriano, invited her to take a look at a book.
"Mum, would you like to read with me?" he asked. "It's a story, and it has pictures."
At the time, the 42-year old was unable to write her own name.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39114599
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