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HOMELESS PEOPLE IN
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The first Favela or shantytown appeared on the outskirts
of Rio de Janeiro over 100 years ago.
Today there are over 600 Favelas which homeless people have built them
selves out of any materials they could find.
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| Here is a picture of a shanty town shelter like what you would
see in a favela in Brazil |
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A recent campaign is threatening the existence of the Favelas which
are home to 1.1 million poor Brazilians.Some wealthy people living nearby
are not happy.
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There are many problems with living in a favela. To begin with there
iis often no electricity or plumbing in a favela. The local government
has
tried
to
help but the
police have killed a lot of children because they
thought they were a waste of space .
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Amnesty International have found out some of the views of people who
live in the favelas, "Poor people don’t call the police, they’re
afraid...They beat you, beat you, beat you then apologise and say it wasn’t
you.” On the night of 31 March 2005 a group of men who may have
been linked to the police drove through one of brazil's favelas shooting
anyone
they could find. By 11 pm 29 people were dead. People say this was the
worst massacre in Rio de Janeiro's history.
What help has been given by
the government?
If you were a rich person would you like homeless people living close
by in the favelas?
What do you think people living in Favelas eat for breakfast, supper
and dinner?
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| Absar, Shuaib & Ajmol |
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