Brazil and the Favela

• In Rio de Janeiro there are over 600 favelas – sprawling shanty-towns often without water, electricity or sewage disposal
  
• People move to the city in search of work and with no-where to live build a shelter with whatever materials they can get their hands on – tin, wood or bricks
  
• The largest favela in Rio de Janeiro is Rocinha, home to at least 150,000 people
  
• Rival drug gangs control many of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil
urban population: 83%
population living on less than US$2 a day: 22.4%
population without access to drinkable water: 11%