Favela Blogs

Today I set up a few Google Alerts (favela, Rio de Janeiro, pacification, homeless) to be sent to my inbox. I did this so I can keep up to date on all things favela, which I am hoping will be beneficial to my thesis. While I was setting up my alerts I came across these two really great blogs about favela life.

Check them out:

• Homeless in Brazil: By Daphnie Carter who spends her months between California and Brazil. She blogs about the issues facing the street children in Rio de Janeiro, writing that, "Their situation (along with homeless kids everywhere) is clearly unjust, and an umbrella-range of irresponsible adults, from all levels of society, are to blame for the cruel lifestyle that these children are "living" in such conditions on the streets." This blog also has some good video and outside links.
• Life in Rocinha: A guy who lives in Rocinha (I believe he is a favela tour operator). Basically reading an insiders perspective, a nice supplement to my own outsider perspective.