Essay On Favela Life

Favela Fracas Favela life is a challenge many are lucky they do not have to brave. People that live in the favelas have multiple issues one of which is starvation. Another is the tainted water supply. The most leading concern though is healthcare; there are very few doctors in favelas. All of this is illustrated in Gordon Parks’s article titled “Flavio’s Home”. In most parts of the world life is relatively simple. Most areas have a nice amount of both food and water. For people in the favelas however, this is completely different, in their lives they learn to be as conservative as possible. For example, Flavio and his family are extremely strict with their rice, they do all that they can to effectively share all of it. This is also the same concept with the water that the rice is placed in. With their water they will start out fixing their rice in it, then they will further its use by using it as bath water, then finally they finish it off by using it to clean their floor. My past statement leads to the next example, Flavio’s living conditions in his house were kind of harsh as well---------------- People from the favelas find a way to survive
Most of us can go thirty minutes to an hour down the road and take care of an illness or any issue with ourselves. In the favela healthcare is a completely new challenge. Diseases and infections ravage the area and with only a few doctors it is hard to tend to everyone. Flavio himself did not receive healthcare until it was almost too late for him. In these areas there needs to be an immense increase in the amount of healthcare attention. If they could receive just twenty-five percent of the care we receive it would make their lives that much easier. If the simply had maybe another healthcare building or a few more doctors it would substantially increase the ease of access of