Challenges

• Life expectancy in west Rio is 45 years
• 50% of kids drop out of school before the age of 14 in Rocinha
• 12% of the population have no access to clean water
• 37% of water is lost through leaky pipes
• Over 20% of people in favelas are unemployed
• There has been a 40% increase in car ownership causing 5000 deaths per year
• 90% decline in fishing over 20 years