As i consider it quite hard for some of you who have never been in Rio's favelas, to imagine how it looks like and how people live there, i thought i will blog some videos i found about it. You will see how many "houses" are built up very close to each other, mostly they are up the hills outside the center.
The following video shows "la communidade" (the community) Rocinha, maybe the biggst favela in South America. The bus I am taking to get to Gardênia Azul stopps at Rocinha, too. Amazing how big this community is.
If you listen carefully, you can even hear the light version of the noise coming out of the favela....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmBLKTEbOC0
The next video gives a lot of information about the problems between the police and the gangs from the favelas. Everyday relatives from both sides attend funerals .....and everyday innocent persons get shot, too. In the end of the film they show a dancing project, which is actually the idea behind the Non Profit Organisation Salamaleque I am working in. An exciting and sometimes dangerous trip filmed for this video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2123143195237706973&q=favela+rio+de+janeiro
Some general information about Rio de Janeiro- Urban Studies about Favelas; history about why shantytowns came into being...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1338477346854557787&q=favela+rio+de+janeiro
For my brothers: Surfing Favela ( maybe you might consider opening a surf school here in Rio de Janeiro..?;-) I know they need some dentists too....;-)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7600937637187418191&q=favela+rio+de+janeiro
Unreported World-Brazil-Slum Warfare-Film (24 min)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2311857047701523130
About Me
- Amelie
- Rio de Janeiro, Gardênia Azul, Brazil
- At present I am completing an internship within my studies of “Non Profit, Social and Health Care Management” at the MCI, Austria. Therefore I am currently maintaining my domicile in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where I am working with the NGO Salamaleque. Salamaleque provides professional dance classes for children to keep them occupied in their spare time. Some of them attend school, some don’t, but what they have in common is the lack of space to creatively let off steam and enjoy a social network where they learn discipline and experience self esteem. War between drug lords, the militia and the police in the favelas, and the drugs and weapons children are confronted with, are the reason why children can’t play on the streets.My part is supporting the NGO with the management. Before leaving to Brazil I was agonizing about my decision. The flute of violence was augmenting from day to day. But I had taken my decision months before that; I had done a project for this organization before and I was eager to carry out my internship in Brazil. To let you informed about the incidents I am writing here, hoping for some feedback and comments from all of you. Muitos Beijos! Amelie
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