Above is a man with his nephew from Macega. Macega is an area of Rocinha very high up close to the mountain. It is one of the poorest areas of the favela. The area has a lot of rubbish and is an area at risk to landslide. The residents are being told to leave their houses for government housing far away from where they have grown up, where they work, and their families live. Since the Pacification there has been talk of building a cable car in this area for tourists. The residents say their houses are not at risk and so maybe the government just want to move the poverty stricken out of the area in order to prepare for more tourism. If that is true then are just robbing the poor in this area of the only possesions they do have.

The residents in this area live a long walk from the entrance to the favela. The views from here are spectacular of the whole of Rocinha yet the standard of living is low. I am working with some friends to help these areas with food bags and hopefully some monthly barbeques and activities if you would like to donate money to help with these events please contact me by email before the 11th of January. My email is gillott.alex@gmail.com. If you are in Rio and would like to get involved there is more information at http://cariocafreeculturerj.wordpress.com/