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Living in a Favela. What is a Favela?. Favela is a term commonly used in Brazil to describe areas such as shanty towns or slums. The term favela comes from the Morro de Favela hillside in Rio de Janeiro, where freed slaves first established a community of squatters in the 1890s. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Living in a Favela
What is a Favela?
Favela is a term commonly used in Brazil to describe areas such as shanty towns or slums.
The term favela comes from the Morro de Favela hillside in Rio de Janeiro, where freed slaves first established a community of squatters in the 1890s.
Favelas surround every major city in Brazil Many people have no electricity or running water They are often right next to wealthy neighbourhoods
In Rio around 1 in3 people live in one of it’s 763 favelas
Crime in the favelas is high
Many of the favelas lack adequate provisions
“The architecture of survival”…
Some are better than others…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18518353
For the extension task you are going to be put in a group each representing a Brazilian political party. Each party must
decide what they will do to try and improve life for people living in favelas.
You may wish to consider:1. Poverty2. Gangs
3. Gun Use
