The live in Favelas

Do you know what it's like living a Favela? No? Perhaps you should be more open-minded to other cultures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favela,
 http://livewire.amnesty.org/2013/08/06/living-without-security-in-rios-largest-favela/, http://org.elon.edu/brazilmagazine/2005/article1.htm).

Favela means a residential area and is another word for ashanty town. The term Favela derives from the Portuguese language and is coined by a climbing plant. Those areas are important to think about because they should remind us of the poor living conditions and prospects of their inhabitants, even nowadays, and therefore shouldn't sink into oblivion.

The first Favela were founded in the late 19th century and were built by soldiers who had nowhere to live. People, who settled there, at the suburb of a town, were mainly slaves with no work. By the same token, Favelas will be associated with extremely poverty and unemployment. Only criminal circumstances rein the population. Illegal activities, such as drug dealing, especially cocaine, or weapon treat, lead to enormous mortality rates, and these affect mainly brazil, the central point of Favelas. 

In Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, is one of the numerous so-called slums. There, boys especially, have to participate in dealing with drugs or handling with weapons very early to survive. A big problem is, that the police is such a minority that they can't do something against crime and prevent children from harm. They have to accept the circumstances in Favelas and some of the officers even dealing with people there.

Besides a high criminal rate, bad living conditions make the survival hard. The population is very poor, without education possibilities and future chances. Owing to the fact that it's a very dangerous area, you should realize that the population there won't reach a high age. Most of the inhabitants reach a middle-age of only 34 years and being in a criminal band, reduces a live even more!

Concluding, we should keep in mind that there are existing suburbs behind our imagine and that we should be aware of cultures surrounding our petty innocent lives.

Here is a link for better understanding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXjNCGiEVw