Squatter Settlements - Favelas

Question 1

How many squatter settlements does Rio de Janeiro have?

Answer 1

600 and houses more than a fifth of the city’s population

Question 2

When did the favela - Bairro project start?

Answer 2

1995

Question 3

How many people does the project involve?

Answer 3

253000 across 73 favelas

Question 4

Where did the funding come from?

Answer 4

40% of $300 million dollar funding came from local authority and the rest from an international organisation called the Inter-American Development Bank

Question 5

What self help improvements were put in place?

Answer 5

Painting homes to improve appearance 
Tiling roofs 
Building second storey to homes 
Rebuilding houses with breeze blocks 
Water tanks put on roof tops to collect rainwater that can connect to household water supply

Question 6

What local authority improvements were made?

Answer 6

Added electricity, mains sewage and piped water
Road access throughout allies rubbish collection and easier to get to city for jobs
Beginning to build schools, health care and community centres
2011 police and military send in to patrol streets and crack down on drugs and crime