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