Favelas
Yesterday the BBC reported plans to ring two favelas (slums) in Rio de Janeiro with a three-metre (10-foot) wall in an effort to control unlimited expansion and drug-trafficking.
Viva Favela: news by and for favela communities, em portuguese.
Favela Tour: “Beneficial to the Community. Informative and Surprising. Not voyeuristic at all.”
Favela Faces: “a bilingual web site that uses photographs and short video interviews to tell the stories behind the faces of four people living in or around the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.”
Favela Rocinha Tour: “Your visit will help a local school as well as create work opportunities within the community … Be assured this is an absolutely safe tour as the locals welcome tourists and visitors alike.”
Favela Chic: “L’idee maitresse du projet etant de creer un lien entre la plus pure tradition et l’avant garde de ce que nous considerons comme le meilleur de la musique bresilienne, faisant en sorte de reproduire de facon sonore l’aspect chaotique, eclate, mais neanmoins harmonieux de l’architecture des favelas.”
The United Nations Global Report on Human Settlements 2003 - The Challenge of Slums.