The tour of the favela at Rocinha was fascinating but afterwards I was left with mixed emotions.
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| The remains of 14 buildings that collapsed in a domino effect |
The people we’d met were lovely and
it was a testament to human ingenuity that 75,000 people can live there, pretty
much all with water and electricity (and most with satellite TV) clinging to
the side of a mountain.
But then it also made me sad, 75,000 people living in a place with open drains and where TB can be a problem and dengue fever significantly more than that in season and where drug gangs recruit children.
You could say I feel conflicted.
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