Explore Jack Poole's board "Brazil" on See more ideas about slums, brazil, rio de janeiroIn Brazil, we are currently present in six states with projects that aim to improve the lives of slum dwellers in Rio de Janeiro, São Paolo and smaller cities – ranging from building new homes, to repairs and improvements, water access and securing land tenure Key facts and figures Capital Brasilia;Rio de Janeiro is infamous for their favelas, which are more commonly known as slums The first favelas appeared in the late 19th century and were built by soldiers who had nowhere to live Today, favelas are disorganised and illegally occupied selfconstructed buildings, usually made of cardboards, pieces of tin, brick and mortar
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