Rocinha is a favela located in Rio de Janeiro between the neighborhoods of Gávea and São Conrado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro about 1 km from the beach. It developed after World War 2 with the arrival of European immigrants and became a supplier of vegetables for Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s. More immigrants arrived in the 1950s from other parts of Brazil. There are very few jobs available in Rocinha despite it being an opportunity for employment, and one of the main challenges is the lack of work for many residents. The World Cup had mixed effects for Rocinha with some job creation but also lost workdays and less business activity during the event.

1. Where is rocinha by Lewis
Rocinha is located in Rio de Janeiro's
South Zone and is built on a steep hillside
overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located
about one kilometre from a nearby
beach. Rocinha is located in the South
Zone of Rio de Janeiro, between the
neighborhoods of Gávea and São
Conrado.6% of Brazils population live in
shanty towns.

2. What is the history of the settlement?
• History tells us that Rocinha developed after
the Second World War, with the arrival of
Portuguese, French and Italian farmers who
settled in small farms on the hillside. Around
1930, it became a supply center of vegetables
for the city’s Zona Sul. At the end of the
1950s, more immigrants came, this time from
other parts of Brazil, like the agricultural
regions in Minas and the Northeast.

3. What are the opportunities of living
there?
• An opportunity of living here is jobs. For
example; barbers,tour guides, market traiders
and police comanders. However, there is very
few jobs in Rocinha.

4. What are the challenges of living
there?
• The challenges of living in Rocinha is harldly
any jobs. There is so many residents and
people looking for work and harldy any jobs.
Also, with all the drains in the favelas, it must
be hard coping with the awful stench.

5. What effect did the world cup have
on rocinha?
• Lost workdays and less business activity
during the Cup will offset job creation,
tourism growth and added spending.

6. World map of Brazil

7. I got the pictures from…
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rocin
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