The hillock's silence

The hillock's silence

In Brazil, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), more than 30 million Brazilians live in precarious housings. Approximately 6'6 million families do not even have where to live and a third of the households are not connected to the sanitary sewer network. Given the considerable difficulties of the Brazilian population to accede to a worthy housing, the Government launched in 2009 "My House, My Life", a program that set a goal of building 2 million houses for 2014. The incentive program to the poorest families has been accompanied by restoration plans of the most precarious neighborhoods. In Rio de Janeiro, where more than 500.000 persons reside in agglomerates suburban clusters- known as favelas -urban development actions have been undertaken to clean up the image of the city before the sports world appointments. The Brazilian Government and the rest of countries faced the challenge of guaranteeing to all the persons a ceiling where to live. This is the only hope that the inhabitants of the favelas guard to go day after day with a smile.


Location: Complexo do Alemão, Morro da Babilônia and Morro Dona Marta, RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil)
Date: 18th to 23rd July, 2012
Equipment: Canon 400D, Tamron lens 18x200mm.