Health and Environment


firstly, this is a picture of the farvelaes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. for a close up of this pic, go to this site..

http://www.ephphata.net/images/favela-bresil2.JPG

as we can see, the farvelaes are all squashed and cramped together in a very limited space. So naturally, the environment there would be very dirty and filthy. With this type of environment, once again, it would definitely be natural for health problems and diseasese to surface.

Most of the people who live in the farvelaes came from the rurals areas in Brazil. And due to the large numbers of Urbanization, the city is unable to keep up with its pace thus resulting in numersous problems like inadequate housing and insufficient availability of jobs.

Without a home, many would either built themselves a home(farvelaes) or to go and rent a unit. However, with such limited jobs and low pay, the majority would have to chose to built themselves a home with whatever materials they can find.

Also, with little money due to the low pay or unavailabitlity of jobs, many would suffer from malnutrition thus affecting their health. Adding on to the dirty environment they are living in, diseases do occur which may result in death.

Environment and Health Expert
Denise Lim

11:00 PM