Rochina is one of the largest favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, home to around 100,000 people. It suffers from overcrowding, lack of sanitation, and open sewage drains which spread disease. Jobs are scarce in Rochina due to the large population, and poverty is widespread as most residents are unemployed. Preparations for the World Cup increased gang violence and reduced police presence in the favela.

1. Where is Rochina?
Rochina is in Brazil, it is one of the largest
favela in Rio Di Janeiro. About 100,000
people live there.
About 6% of Brazil's population live in
favelas or shanty-towns - around 11.25
million people across the country.
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2. What is the history of the settlement?
• Overcrowding is a major problem in Rio's
favelas. On average, the population density is
about 37,000 people per square kilometre.
Because of the lack of toilets and poor
sanitation, sewage often runs in open drains.
This causes diseases which spread rapidly.
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3. What are the opportunities of living in
Rochina?
• There are few jobs in Rochina as it is a poor
favela. Some jobs are: tour guides showing
people around the favela, also barbers and
local shop workers.
• Most people don’t have jobs, this means they
do not get paid so that’s why they are really
poor.
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4. What are the challenges of living
there?
• Jobs are rare here in Rochina as there are 100,000
people who live there so there is a competition for
jobs.
• The drains in the favelas are open and kids walk
through it, this makes it unhygienic. The residents
who live there get ill very easily because of this.
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5. What is the effect, if any, did the world
cup have on Rochina?
• There where gang fights before the
preparations for the world cup, leading people
to die. This ment extra police had to guard the
stadium and other crimes where more likely
to get out of hand as there was less police.
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