Rebuilding Lives in Brazil

Javier Muñoz Mata hardly notices the sharp tang of sawdust that hangs in the air of a small workshop in downtown São Paulo, Brazil.  As he fits a metal hinge to the cabinet he has just constructed, drilling it in place with the deftness of an experienced woodworker, he glances at the long to-do list taped to the wall beside him.  The stacks of partially-completed cabinets reach almost to the ceiling; the piles of glinting hinges hint at busy workdays ahead.