"Exchange smiles for a job": A homeless man is noticed by a businessman and he then offers him a job

Economic crises are particularly hard to deal with, especially for those people who are considered "invisible" by today's society; we are talking about the poor, the homeless, those who have suddenly found themselves out of work and who are trying at all costs to stay afloat and make ends meet. Many of these less fortunate people than us just want a second chance and someone who believes in their abilities. The exciting story we want to tell you today speaks of second chances and very happy endings...

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The protagonist of this story is called Alex, he is 33 years old and was born in Minas Gerais, in Brazil; this boy was abandoned by his mother when he was still very young, and until the age of 4 he lived alone with his father in Rio de Janeiro, but the latter passed away not long after. A childhood lived under the banner of the lack of parental figures and poverty. Due to the recent economic crisis that had hit the South American state hard, Alex found himself without a job and looking for another one despite the very difficult situation.

For this reason, Alex was not discouraged and looked for work in the most unlikely way: he created a sign with the phrase "Exchange smiles for a new job"; someone sooner or later would have noticed ...

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And in fact, it was the Rio de Janeiro entrepreneur Fábio da Silva Baptista, who was particularly impressed by these words, who invited him to his office and had a real "interview" with him: "I had a direct conversation with him about his past. He's skinny because he just doesn't eat. We went through his file and found a clean criminal record, he had never done anything wrong in the past. He has no valid documents, but my team is already working to get him new ones, but he knew his social security number and other personal data, all in his head. "

Now Alex has 6 months of rent paid by a colleague of Fabio, a job in his company and all the time to work hard and then be able to finally afford to live a dignified life.

Good luck, Alex!