Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Rocinha

Rocinha is located in Rio De Janeiro’s south zone between the districts Sᾶo Conrado and Gᾴvea.

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Brazil

Rocinha’s history

• Rocinha is suggested to have started to develop just after world war two when Portuguese, French and Italian farmers who stayed on small farms on top of hills.

• http://soulbrasileiro.com/main/rio-de-janeiro/favelas/rocinha/rocinha/

The opportunities in Rocinha

• You could become a tour guide showing the tourists the sites of Rocinha.

• Because Rocinha is so small you would become friends with the people living there.

• You will become very good at building since you can’t afford for other people to do it

The challenges of living in Rocinha

• The favela is extremely over crowded. • They have open sewers and Brazil is a very hot

country.• Diseases are spread easily because the favela

is densely populated

The effects of the World Cup in brazil

• Residents rented their homes to tourists.

• Government promised to clean the favela.

• Small businesses had an increase in sales because of all of the tourists coming after the world cup.