Editing Telethon (section)

====Brazil====
The marathon broadcast under the name ''Teleton'' by [[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]] was conceived by Décio Goldfarb, Clovis Scripilliti and [[Hebe Camargo]] who asked the owner of SBT, [[Silvio Santos]], to broadcast the program. The collections are passed on to "Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente" (AACD) – [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for Association for Assistance to Disabled Children.

The first edition was held between 17 and 18 May 1998, and since then, 14 rehabilitation centers, a home school and a hospital for rehabilitation operations and exams are created. Another rehabilitation center was in construction but the same was canceled due to the financial crisis Brazil had been suffering since 2015, also two rehabilitation centers have closed and another three were municipalized, making the total of centers down to nine.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

The edition of 2019 was held on 25 and 26 October. It had a goal of R$30 million, and raised R$32 450 054 (US$8,106,231) after almost 26 hours of broadcast, making a new record total. In 2018, AACD helped over 8,000 people with physical disabilities.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}