🎀Squatter Settlements- Rochina Sao Paulo Brazil

Question 1

Where is Rochina?

Answer 1

São Paulo in Brazil

Question 2

Conditions in Rochina favels before improvements.

Answer 2

Landslides
No access to basic services
Houses made of scrap materials
Houses only have 1-2 rooms
Limited access to public services for example schools

Question 3

What self help improvements were done in Rochina?

Answer 3

Rebuilding homes with breeze blocks

Painting homes to improve appearance

Second storey to some homes

Water tanks on top of roofs to collect water which is connected to households water supply

Tiling roofs

Question 4

What local authority improvements were done in Rochina?

Answer 4

2011 police and military sent to patrol streets and crack down crime

Paving steeper streets and added lights

Road access throughout - bin men and bus networks

Added electricity, sewage and water

Starting to build schools, health centre and community centres.

Small scale improvements - jobs

Question 5

Reasons for Rochina being a slum of hope?

Answer 5

Many improvements such as:
A safe , crime free place

Residents have a higher standard of living

Access to schools and health care

Business have been improved and built- provide people with money