tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80665524632669396632024-02-07T13:42:59.994-08:00Life in Favela of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilMy life living in the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro. I want to help educate people about the realities of life here. There is much misinformation about favelas and we who live here.lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-20989278694737201732018-07-18T22:18:00.002-07:002018-07-26T11:06:01.862-07:00Volunteers, Donations & Transparency<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Donations through individuals or <a href="http://www.packforapurpose.org/">Pack for a Purpose</a> is a big part of our work.</i><br />
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There will always be people who are critical of others they don't know. I have been involved in community activities here in Rocinha for about 11 years. My belief has always been, that in my work, there needs to be the service or voluntary aspect. I have no problems showing the work I do. I understand there are ethical questions that people may ask about how can tourism help a community like Rocinha. I am not the only one confronted with this legitimate question.<br />
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Anyone that works in this community deals with the question, "How can tourism here benefit the favela"? Read <a href="http://lifeinrocinha.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-favela-tourism-can-benefit-community.html">this blog post</a> for more details.<br />
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I have always had this idea of tourism where everyone benefits a little, like sharing the wealth. I started the tourism initiative in 2007 out of a request of many here who thought I would be a good representative of this community. It was not easy at first to do this kind of work with those people who thought that this was exploitation. It is understandable, I get it.<br />
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<i>This was a chart I wrote showing guests how we work here in Rocinha.</i><br />
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I started doing this kind of work for 3 reasons. I got tired of people outside of Rocinha always asking me, "How can you live there?" or "Isn't it an ugly and dangerous place?" The second reason was because I would hear guides who are not from here tell lies about the community. This does a great disservice to this place. It's bad enough with the media, but now outsiders repeating this same stuff? And on top of it, these outsiders making money off of the favela with their negative attitudes and not contributing any money back into the community. The last was, I thought that this place needed accurate representation, not only by me but by others involved in this kind of work. There are many guides and community activists working to bring visibility to favelas like Rocinha.<br />
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A woman once said to me, "You know Ze, I like the work you do because you give us (the favela) value." Powerful words that I felt I need to fill big shoes of expectations.<br />
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With tourism can open up other opportunities. The first was donations. People started asking me about donations and how they could help. In the beginning back in 2007, I would collect donations for Tio Lino's Art school "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/rocinhamundodaarte/">Rocinha Mundo da Arte</a>". During my tours, I would bring people by his school and they could donate directly to his project. I remember when <a href="https://www.facebook.com/freddy.marketing">Freddy Gomes</a> from Holland contacted me a years ago and wanted to donate to Tio's school. He came and he brought a suitcase full of supplies for the kids.<br />
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Tio passed away a few years ago but he was someone I looked up to in his more than 30 years of voluntary work with kids, after working as a life guard on Sao Conrado Beach. He had a heart of gold and I still miss him to this day. He left me with lasting impressions about service to others and I learned a lot from him.<br />
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After Tio's school starting receiving outside support and they reconstructed his building through fundraising, I stepped aside to find other projects to help. I moved on to buying and receiving donations of school supplies. We have many independent study groups called "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Espa%C3%A7o-Refor%C3%A7o-Escolar-1690118981259788/">Reforca Escolar</a>", and I started donating to those projects. Many kids need, pens, paper, notebooks etc. for school.<br />
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In 2011 I finally opened my dream project which is "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SpinRocinhaEscolaDeDJs/">Spin Rocinha</a>" Dj school.<br />
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After being a dj for over 16 years, this was the ideal project for me. I focused more on that because the buying of Dj equipment was very expensive. I still would sometimes receive school supplies and would distribute them to the contacts I had here. With the Dj School, I spent over 50,000 reais over a period of 4 years to complete the Dj school.<br />
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After working with <a href="http://heapsmag.com/spin-rocinha-rio-favela-dj-school-with-cats">Spin Rocinha</a>, we started to get a lot <a href="https://www.citylab.com/life/2015/01/in-this-rio-favela-dj-skills-come-free/384318/">media attention</a> about the project, people would contact me about wanting to give workshops to our students. The Dj school is still running but with a different format due to the transient nature of life in the favela. Students come and go depending on school, work or they move away. Our classes are now active on the weekends so I can manage the other projects that I am involved with.<br />
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In 2014, I met Luciana who owns and runs a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/refugioefortaleza1/">daycare</a> out of her house. We started supporting her with buying school supplies, food and diapers for the babies.<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/berit.ollestad">Berit</a> has been a donor of clothing, toys and art supplies when she visits Rio. </i><br />
<i>She donates 5-7 suitcases of much needed supplies to many projects in Rocinha.</i><br />
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<i>Igor, one of Luciana's sons holding diapers that were donated to her project. He came to pick them up at our Dj School. </i><br />
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Last year I met with a woman (Ruth), who I have known for a while in seeing her almost everyday. She mentioned back in 2016 that she had many animals and needed help. I wanted to see how I could contribute. She would contact me about once a month in need of food for her animals. So, I would buy her cat or dog food. On my tours I would talk about her project and then people began donating money for the purchase of food. I would contact her, we would meet at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocinha-Pet-Shop/766409420220762">Rocinha Pet Shop</a> and I would buy the food for her. I would take a photo of her with the food and the receipt showing the date of purchase and I would email it to the person who donated. She understands why I do this and she is benefitting from the promotion of her animal shelter which she started construction in mid 2017. The more people can see her need, the more potential to receive help. We also were able to get another person to help her. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/charmainebuters">Charmaine</a> in Copacabana helps buy food too when she can.<br />
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<i>From the outside the Animal Shelter is simple but serves its purpose to house 60 cats and 8 dogs that Ruth cares for by feeding, castrating and making sure the animals get vet treatment and vaccinations.</i><br />
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The next thing was that people who came to visit Rocinha would ask me how they could help the community. I gave them some ideas and referred them to honest organizations here that I trust. Eventually people would ask me about volunteering. I told them that I am NOT a volunteer type agency. What I can do is connect them to projects that they have interest in. So, for a while I did this as well, just connecting people, but not much else.<br />
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I started to get more interest in people wanting not only to volunteer but to also stay in the community with a family or rent a place. When it got to the point where I felt there was a big time investment, I started thinking about this like a job. With people not from Brazil and who don't speak Portuguese, it can be a lot of work. They have many questions, especially when it comes to staying or working in a favela. You can't just have a foreigner come here and expect them to automatically know their way around or know how things work here.<br />
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From the first email, it's about finding out what people not only want to do, but what they can do. A volunteer should come here with a plan and for example, if they want to teach English, they should have some experience with this. I also advise that they should at least learn some basic Portuguese if they are going to stay in the community. If you can speak some of the language, your experience will be that much more enriching for you.<br />
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There has always been this question of should a person "pay" to be a volunteer?<br />
I have never agreed that people should pay to be volunteer. If people come here on their own and want to volunteer, I can connect them with projects. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mary.a.overby.9">Mary Overby</a> is one person who taught English here at our new school called "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716508458428993/">Rocinha in English</a>". <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tijl.vandamme.3">Tijl</a> from Belgium, is another who came to volunteer at Barbara's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/garagemdasletras/">Garagem das Letras</a> and train <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/rocinha-jiu-jitsu-rjj/256526437820428">jiu jitsu</a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phoebe.beckett.18">Phoebe</a> from the UK, came here for 2 months and taught children at a dance school. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Danahcienfuegos">Dana Hernandez</a> from Argentina has visited Rocinha about 4 times in the past 2 years and she always volunteers at the daycare that we partner with.<br />
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All these people came, stayed in Rocinha and volunteered with projects that I connected them to, and <b>never</b> had to pay anything. It can be done if you have the right contacts and you do your research.<br />
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<i>Dana Hernandez from Argentina always volunteers at the same daycare. It is like a second home to her and the project loves when she comes to visit. She plans to move to Rio some day. </i><br />
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You cannot just come here and expect everything will be free. You will need to pay the host family you stay with and your food, transportation etc. I don't know of any volunteer agencies even where you don't pay, other than the Peace Corps. But private volunteer companies will charge you and charge you a lot of money.<br />
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The problem is you don't know where that money goes. If these companies were more clear on the percentages of the payment fee and what they cover, it would cause less confusion. Unless they are 100% transparent and show you, you will never really know especially if only one person is control of their books.<br />
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I knew people who volunteered with <a href="https://www.ikoporan.org/">Iko Poran</a> in Rocinha in 2013 and although they were promised Portuguese language classes, they never received them. Also the projects they worked at were not organized properly to receive volunteers. At times the volunteers were confused to what their responsibilities were when they arrived at the project. These people were from the UK where it's popular after high school to take a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_year#United_Kingdom">gap year</a>" and volunteer somewhere in the world. I met them in a restaurant here in Rocinha and they told me their stories.<br />
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Now that I have started working with volunteers, I sometimes charge a service fee. This fee depends on what exactly I have to do for the volunteer that is coming here. How much time do I need to invest in the volunteer coming here. I am partnered with over 30 different (art, music, health, sports, children, environmental) projects that are open to receiving volunteers. I am known in the community and have a good reputation. These partners want me to attract volunteers to help their projects.<br />
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Things I consider regarding the service charge. Do I have to set up everything for them (organize the volunteers work schedule and what they will be doing)? Do I need to bring them to the projects and introductions/translations? Do I need to meet them when they arrive in Rio and bring them to where they are staying? Do I need to show them around or give them a complete tour of the community? Do I need to be available at anytime to help them with whatever they need? E-mails, skype calls? What I earn as a service charge depends on exactly what I need to do and how much time I need to take off of my other job. I only get paid as a tour guide <b>when</b> I work. So, if I am not making a tour, I don't earn anything. Yet, I still need to pay rent, pay bills, food etc. Work has value and everyone has the right to earn a just salary.<br />
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Not every volunteer do I charge this service fee. It's not necessary as <b>most</b> of the volunteers I have helped usually have a place to stay, speak some Portuguese and are independent enough that once I give them the contact of the project, they can do the rest. As a said, I'm not a volunteer company. Volunteers do give value to the projects and the community appreciates the help.<br />
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For volunteers, first objective for the volunteer is to feel they are contributing to a worthwhile project. They want to feel their work has value. The second is to make sure they are in a safe environment. These are the MOST important things for people who come here. Connecting with the right people can help volunteers do this. I am just one person here and when people contact me, I don't have help to do this. There are others in the community who are creating experiences for visitors who want to help in some way. Other guides and community activists find their own projects to help based on need.<br />
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Before volunteering, please do your research. Make sure your first contact for volunteering not only lives in the community but is invested in it as well.<br />
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If you have interest in visiting, donating materials or volunteering contact us at:<br />
visitrocinha@gmail.com<br />
<br />lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-18659975512550537032018-06-07T17:24:00.000-07:002018-06-07T23:16:02.555-07:00Volunteer Profile: Otto from Finland <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's always awesome to receive people from other countries who want to experience Rocinha and contribute to projects that help the residents. I never imagined that I would be involved in this, but it happened kind of by accident. I have known "Nandy" for a long time. I have always used his services when I needed business cards or flyers done. Nandy is reliable and his work is good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">About a year ago he approached me about English classes and I told him that it was difficult to organize and set this kind of thing up because you need a place that is like a classroom, books, and how is it to attract students. My thinking is that it would be too much work and I already was working with the dj school and animal shelter. There are a few other English schools here and I mentioned to one of them to contact Nandy to try to organize something but they never followed up. So, I felt I should at least give it a try. It's a challenge, but it's now going on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thus..... "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716508458428993/">Rocinha in English</a>" school was born. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finally in April of 2018, I finally decided to sit down and have a meeting with Nandy, Heberson and Vinicius, the main people wanting to help organize this. Nandy is connected to the "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pib.rocinha.7">First Baptist Church of Rocinha</a>". They offered a classroom and we set up everything up to get the classes off the ground. Nandy and Vinicius created this project called "<b>Nasceer</b>" which under this name there are several projects. Some of them are "Reforca Escolar" (Home Work Club), Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and the "<b>Rocinha in English</b>" Classes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My job with <b>Nasceer</b> is as Executive Director of Communications. I promote their projects to locals and also try to attract potential volunteers that would like to help or create unique classes that can enhance the cultural experience between people of different countries. My focus initially was getting the "Rocinha in English" classes off the ground. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Being that I have been involved in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu since 1996 it was only natural that I would also gravitate towards helping them too. There are many kids that need Jiu Jitsu uniforms, so I am working on a project to get kids uniforms through fundraising and donations. I will help in any way that is possible. I also started a facebook page called "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716508458428993/">Rocinha in English</a>" to attract more locals to participate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For those that want to create a new project, I am the first contact. Nandy is the administrator who signs people up for the classes and facilitates the space(s) where project(s) will take place. Nandy and I work together to ensure that everything is done correctly. It's awesome to finally work with another person who is serious about this kind of work. And another person who follows through. We are a good pair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Otto Munter from Finland, had contacted me some months before arriving in Rio and asked about volunteering and I gave him an idea of how he could help. I organized everything from meeting him, bringing him to the guesthouse and projects. I found him housing in a nice area of the favela and he took two tours of the community so he could be comfortable and independent. He was only here for 1 month which goes by very fast. The students enjoyed his teaching and now all I hear is how much they miss him. We hope he can return someday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I asked Otto to write something about his experience in Rocinha as it is important for us to show that yes, you can come here and make a difference of the lives of people here. Rocinha wants to thank people like Otto and any other volunteers that come here and sacrifice their time to enrich the lives of others! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below in Otto's words, his experience: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>I watched many documentaries in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/">youtube</a> about favelas and there I found out about Rocinha. I watched videos about Rocinha and thought it could be place for me. I also found a blog in the internet written by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zezinho.rocinha.3">Zezinho</a> who lives in Rocinha. We started sending messages and he promised to help me if I wanted to volunteer some projects in Rocinha.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>And after six months of working and getting enough money, I finally travelled to Rio. I found my way to Rocinha and got introduced to the project organizers. </b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>The reason I wanted to stay in Rocinha was because I really wanted to live inside the community since I was helping them and wanted to feel a stronger connection to community. I felt like I didn't need any luxury hotels or anything like that. I stayed in a very nice guest house in Rocinha. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>I like many things about Rocinha. The people there are very kind and seem happy. Everyone was very friendly. I also like that Rocinha actually never sleeps. There seems to be action through every night and day. I really like the buildings and architecture in favela. I've never seen anything like that. Many buildings seemed like very fragile but they were still firm. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>What I don't like about Rocinha were the shootings. Fortunately there were not many shootings when I was there. Mostly people were firing fireworks. Actually I didn't like that either since sometimes it was hard to get sleep while there were fireworks going on outside. But better fireworks than shootings for sure. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>My overall experience in Rocinha and in Rio was amazing. I really liked teaching english and seeing how my students developed their english skills. What i would change about Rocinha are of course minimizing the shootings to zero. Actually there are not many other things I would change. I like how differently things are organized compared to Finland and other western countries. I wouldn't change other things because everything reflects local culture which I like. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>I recommend volunteering to Rocinha for anyone who is interested about helping other people. Zezinho is a great guy and he can arrange all sorts of volunteer work for anyone who wants to take part to the projects. I wasn't afraid of the shooting because they happened pretty far away from where I was staying. And Zezinho advised me very well about the no-go areas. I wish I could return to Rocinha and this time with my wife. I think it's more likely. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>I would like the world to know that favelas in Rio aren't how they are portrayed in Western media. Before I visited Rio, my image about favelas was very violent. I thought they were full of criminals who terrorize the community. After spending a month in the favela my mind has changed. I found happiness and kindness there. Something that's hard to find even in Finland and Western countries. There were some bad things going on of course but the things I encountered in Rocinha were mostly positive. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To learn more about volunteering for "Rocinha in English" or if you want to create your own project contact Zezinho at: <b>visitrocinha@gmail.com</b> </span></div>
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lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-87984801614784359832018-04-16T13:14:00.004-07:002018-04-16T13:15:18.551-07:00Profile: Bruno Silva<br />
Bruno and his new Koral Gi that he will use for upcoming competitions in 2018<br />
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I first met <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000867803220">Bruno Silva</a> when he was training at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/academiaarifight/">AriFight</a>, which is a very small Martial Arts school located at the top of Rocinha. The school was started by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aritano.barbosaquintinodasilva">Aritano Barbosa</a> who also has a school in Botafogo. The school in Rocinha is overseen by "Ari" but is run by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alexandre.nascimentocorreiagomes">Alexandre Gomes</a> and Bruno is now teaching there. The school provides Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai classes for adults and youth and children.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/aritano.barbosaquintinodasilva">Aritano "Ari" Barbosa</a> director and owner of AriFight<br />
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I visited the project about 8 months ago and took these photos of the adults training Gi and No Gi Jiu Jitsu.<br />
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When observing class, I noticed this one guy who was a brown belt dominating many of the students. I ended up talking with him after class and he gave me the information about the school. I also got info from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alexandre.gomez.1441">Alexandre Gomes</a> too.<br />
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I found out that Bruno competes in No Gi Jiu Jitsu. In Brazil they have a separate sport called Luta Livre which was started by Hugo Duarte who had a falling out with the Gracie's. Hugo was a specialist in Luta Livre or No Gi Jiu Jitsu and decided to start his own Sport.<br />
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I made friends with Bruno on Facebook and started following his career. I noticed he was competing a lot and always placing in the tournaments. Many of them he was winning. As our tours get more popular I want to be able to help athletes who need it. We can help by purchasing equipment, entry fees into competition or other things they need to compete. With Jiu Jitsu players I thought about helping by getting Gi's. In Rio Gi's can be expensive costing from 200-400 reais for these uniforms. For many in favelas, this is half a monthly salary.<br />
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I thought about ways I could help Bruno as I was impressed with how disciplined he was with his training and competitions. So, the idea of getting him a good quality Gi came to me. I had these guests come to visit. Darren Tinsley and his wife took a tour, but Darren also had the opportunity to train some Jiu Jitsu in Rocinha. I used some of the money from that tour and was able to buy a Gi for Bruno. I never told Bruno my plans as it was going to be a surprise.<br />
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Bruno wearing his new <a href="https://www.facebook.com/koralfightcompany/">Koral</a> Gi, thank you to visitors who support our work.<br />
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I contacted Bruno and found out his schedule and I wanted to get a little more background about him. We organized a time to meet and this was Saturday (two days ago). So, I gave a little interview with him.<br />
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<b>Bruno where do you live?</b><br />
I live in Rocinha in a area called 99 with my wife and two boys aged 2 and 4.<br />
I am 29 years old and have lived in Rocinha for about 20 years.<br />
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<b>Do you work?</b><br />
Yes, I work at a private school called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pucrj/">PUC</a> in Gavea which is very close to Rocinha. About 10 minutes by bus. I work as a chemistry technician. I also help teach at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoReacao/">Instituto Reacao</a> which is in the Sports Complex at the bottom of Rocinha.<br />
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<b>When did you start Martial Arts?</b><br />
I started Luta Livre when I was 14 training under Mestre Aritano Barbosa. I also started Jiu Jitsu at 15, a year later but then stopped because I enjoyed Luta Livre more. But when I was 23 years old, I returned to Jiu Jitsu training under <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100024852158547">Marcos Antonio "Marquinhos"</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paulo.caruso.7">Paulo Caruso</a>. Aritano decided to open this small school in Rocinha which I now teach at with the other instructors. Our school needs help as it is very small yet there is big demand for adults and kids that want to train but we don't have the space.<br />
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<b>Why do you train?</b><br />
I have always trained but I think it can change your life when you are involved in any kind of activity, especially sports. Without sport/training, my life would be incomplete. Also I remember watching on television this fight between Bob Sapp and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/minotauromma/">Minotauro Nogueira</a> in Pride Fighting Organization. After watching this fight on television, this inspired me to enter into this sport.<br />
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<b>Who are your heros?</b><br />
Minotauro of course and my instructors Aritano, Maquinhos and Paulo.<br />
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<b>What are your dreams or goals?</b><br />
I would like to see my children involved in Jiu Jitsu or some sport and watch them compete. My personal goal is to someday compete in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ADCC-150595014969568/">ADCC No Gi World Championships</a>.<br />
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Bruno with Alexandre Gomes (in the yellow shirt) receiving their Black Belts November 2017.<br />
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Below are some photos that Bruno sent me of his No Gi (Luta Livre) competitions.<br />
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The photos below are the of the Instituto Reacao where he also teaches in the evenings after work. Every Friday is No Gi day. Otherwise the Jiu Jitsu classes require you wear a uniform (Gi). These classes are free of charge for anyone that lives in Rocinha.<br />
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Bruno is second to the left and in the Blue Gi is Judoka <a href="https://www.facebook.com/flaviocantooficial/">Flavio Canto</a> the man who created Instituto Reacao and he won a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Greece. His projects exist in several favelas including <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Cidade-de-Deus-642569795805030/">City of God</a> which is the home of Gold Medalist <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RafaelaSilvaJudo/">Rafaela Silva</a> from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.<br />
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And of course some photos of the Quadra Rua 1 in Rocinha where Bruno teaches with a group photo with kids and a few adults. In the back row is Waldney wearing his new Blue Gi. He teaches there every Saturday from 10am until 12 noon. Depending on his schedule during the week, he is also there.<br />
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If you are interested helping with the project or sponsoring Bruno, please contact us. Bruno also teaches private lessons. AriFight school in Rocinha has an open door policy and anyone is allowed to train here, so visitors are welcome.<br />
Contact us by email: <span style="color: blue;">visitrocinha@gmail.com</span><br />
<br />lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-20331970144771564332018-04-15T17:51:00.000-07:002018-04-15T17:57:54.295-07:00Donations 2018<br />
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I have been more focused on improving my health and losing weight than contributing to the blog lately. I need to start writing more.<br />
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In March of this year, I went up to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/andre.souza.37604303">Andre's</a> project <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PCFRocinha/">Crianca do Futuro</a> to drop off some donations that I had here in the house.<br />
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I brought some wristbands which everybody loves and wants. Everyday when walking in the community at least 10 times I get asked for wristbands. I have run out so I need to get more of them. The younger kids (kids aged 8-13) play on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-8:30pm so I decided it would be a good idea to bring a bunch and hand them out.<br />
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I have been visiting Andre's project for a few years and noticed a big guy sitting there cheering on his son. I recognized him from the Jiu Jitsu project that they have in the back of this building. When he was training I noticed that he didn't have a Gi top. I know that he is a big guy at (6'2 100 kilos) and it's not easy to find sizes that fit bigger people. I asked him what size he was and he said A4.<br />
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So, I kept this in mind for this visit. When I returned on this day, he was there. I brought the A4 blue Gi top. His name is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/waldney.santana">Waldney</a> and I gave him the Gi top. He was so happy.<br />
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After talking with Waldney I noticed he was cheering on his son Davi. Davi is 9 years old and loves Football but Waldney keeps his son active in Jiu Jitsu and Capoeira as well. I had a small Football jersey that I was looking to give to someone and it fit Davi perfectly.<br />
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Football is like religion here and even the girls/women take part. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vitor.rampa">Vitor Alexandre</a> is the head coach of the girls team and unfortunately they don't get as much help or sponsorships as the boy's teams get. I had received a pair of football shoes from one of the tourists that had visited Rocinha in December of 2017. I wanted to make sure that they were given to a girl who was in need. Vitor told me about<a href="https://www.facebook.com/lucas.venanciomonteiro">Rafaela Silva</a> who plays both field and futsal (indoor football). She was so happy to receive these brand new football shoes.<br />
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I want to thank all those visitors that makes this work possible and enjoyable.<br />
We will always be helping people in Rocinha in any way that we can.<br />
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Tourism making a difference for the local people.<br />
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To learn more about our work, contact us at: visitrocinha@gmail.com<br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria";">Our Partnerships Are Growing</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We originally started with our project Spin Rocinha. Our DJ
school has been open and running for almost 7 years. Last year we joined up
with “Projeto Flor e Xavier”, which is a homeless shelter for abandoned
animals. We are linked with many projects here that are open to receiving
volunteers who would like to contribute in some way in Rocinha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Volunteers leave a lasting impact on the people they help.
The people that live in Rocinha will most likely never have the ability to get
on a plane to travel. Their only contact with foreigners is through volunteers.
This can be an enriching experience for both the volunteer and the students at
the projects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just this past week we joined up with a project run by
Fernando. The project is small but it has been in operation for about 8 years.
I went to see the project and you can see the photos below of the many
activities they offer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the activities they offer are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Computer Instruction for both children and adults<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Homework Club<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Literacy Classes children and adults<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jiu Jitsu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Muay-Thai<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Capoeira by Abada<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Art classes on Saturdays<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They welcome volunteers who can:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Teach English<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This project operates from 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They welcome volunteers that can also bring their own
talents. So, if you have a unique talent or skill that you would like to share,
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the <b>previous volunteers</b> with us have taught classes
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Kids Computer Classes<br />
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Adult Literacy Classes<br />
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Kids Home Work Club<br />
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Dinning room where the children get fed twice a day. </div>
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Kids Reading Class<br />
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Kids Art Class<br />
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Kids Art Class<br />
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Kids and Youth Boxing/MuayThai Class<br />
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Kids and Youth Jiu Jitsu<br />
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Youth & Adult Jiu Jitsu<br />
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Kids Capoeira Class<br />
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During the holidays there are food drives where money is raised to buy food packages for some of the poorer residents in the community.<br />
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Brand new Jiu Jitsu uniforms donated to some of the youth in the project.<br />
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This camera has a owner that is missing it dearly! We WILL find its owner!<br />
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I remember seeing this film "Pay it Forward" with Haley Joel Osment as the main character in a story about being nice to each other. Many think of stories like this to be corny or not realistic but there are those of us who hold this idea dear. I am one of them. In times of trouble I try to be optimistic.<br />
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With the way the world is and humanity seeming to be so crappy, I see the good in people. The media loves to keep people in fear with 90% of the stories being negative. What does this say about humans? Do people really prefer reading or watching stories about others suffering? I know I don't. I tell people to take that shit elsewhere. Yes, I said "shit" because that's exactly what it is, and the media feeds the masses, plenty of it daily. We are bombarded with it through tv, radio, newspapers and internet. I know bad people exist but just keep that shit far from me.<br />
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So, this is a good story that includes four people working for a common goal of getting a <b>lost camera</b> to its home. I have always felt that keeping something so personal as a cel phone or a camera to be bad karma. These items carry the energy of other people which is why I always buy these things brand new from the store.<br />
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This story starts a few weeks ago. Here's the back story:<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/marcello.farias.79">Marcello Farias</a> a 42 year old bar man, surfing enthusiast and a resident of Rocinha and community activist in our favela for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/salvemossaoconrado/">Salvemos Sao Conrado</a> found a wallet with about 10,000 reais inside with his friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marcos.nascimento.969">Marcos Bam Bam Nascimento</a>. They found this wallet bulging with money, credit cards and other valuables one day while walking on the sidewalk in front of Sao Conrado Beach.<br />
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Of course most people's initial thought would be "finders keepers", but not Marcello and Bam Bam.<br />
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They put up a post on Facebook asking advice on what to do. Most of the responses were to go to the local hotels nearby as many of the contents in the wallet showed to be of a foreigner. With that much money, the person had to be staying nearby. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LucianoHuck/">Luciano Huck</a>, a Rio de Janeiro tv personality who has a show called <a href="https://gshow.globo.com/programas/caldeirao-do-huck/">Caldeirao de Huck</a> even spread the word to help find the owner of the wallet. The media was so impressed by this act that their were stories written in the news papers and they were asked to go on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BGRioJ/">Balanco Geral</a>, a tv program that covers events in Rio.<br />
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Marcello and Bam Bam on Balanco Geral. "Cariocas find a wallet with 10,000 reais. They give an example of honesty".<br />
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O Globo's was "<a href="https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/homem-acha-carteira-com-mais-de-5-mil-em-praia-encontra-dono-22228299?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=O%20Globo">Man finds wallet with about 5,000 reais and finds owner</a>". R7 writes "<a href="https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/homem-acha-carteira-com-mais-de-5-mil-em-praia-encontra-dono-22228299?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=O%20Globo">Two Cariocas return wallet to Argentino with the equivalent of 10,000 reais</a>", and G1 writes "<a href="https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/cariocas-acham-carteira-com-r-10-mil-postam-na-web-e-rodam-hoteis-ate-achar-argentino-para-devolver.ghtml">Cariocas find wallet with 10,000 reais, post on the internet and go around to the hotels to eventually find the owner</a>".<br />
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Through a little work Marcello and Bam Bam were able to find the owner, Leandro Carlos, an Argentinian man who happened to staying at the International Hotel in Sao Conrado. They met and the wallet was returned.<br />
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The guys from Rocinha received a reward of 100 US Dollars for their honesty but the story has even more to it. Continue on reading.<br />
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So, the guys get their reward money and we are all left to think they they will go off and spend a night out on the town with their 100 US Dollars (about 320 reais). But not these guys. They turn around and decide to donate this money to the purchase of items for a family that lost everything in a house fire in Cachopa (not far from where I live). See the photos below.<br />
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The house has since been cleaned out and still some more construction to do before its liveable but this is a start. Marcello, with his network of friends and others in Rocinha to spread the word, many have come forward with donations of used items or they have purchased some with the reward money to help this family get back on their feet. I jumped in and donated 150 reais to the purchase of household supplies that the family might need.<br />
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Above, here is Bam Bam and I in my house. He explained that the money will be spent on needs for the family. I trust these guys to follow through.<br />
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Marcello receiving donations from others who want to help.<br />
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Marcello and a friend collecting more donations for the family.<br />
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It's obvious that Marcello & Bam Bam are men of action. And the story continues.<br />
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About 10 days ago I get an email from Marcello telling me that this foreigner lost his camera and he wanted to get the camera back to him. He needed my help. At first, I thought "How can I help?". I had an idea. I knew about him finding the Argentino's wallet. It was all over the news. I thought, now again this guy find stuff and wants to find the owner. This guy has all the luck of finding this stuff because it's guaranteed that we will find the owner.<br />
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I told Marcello, send me all the photos and information and I will put it up on Facebook pages that I am part of. So this is what he sent me:<br />
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So, right away I get to work, posting the photos and explaining how my friend found this camera New Years Eve and we want to find the owner. I posted on all types of Foreigners in Rio sites. People were negative in their comments saying things like "You will never find this guy". I always thought differently. I just knew with my persistence and good karma that this would happen.<br />
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Within one day, I saw a response to my post from and English guy, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/graham.vincent.547">Graham Vincent</a> , who tagged a friend of his saying "Matti, I think this is your camera".<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MattYellow22">Matti Juhana Keltanen</a> replied, "Yes, this is mine". Soon after he sent me a facebook message and we set to meet. All I needed to do is contact Marcello to set up the meeting. We had to set a time and day based on when Matti would be available as when contact was first made e was in Foz de Iguacu. We set the meeting 10:00am January 17th Sao Conrado/Rocinha Metro.<br />
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Today we all finally met. And I got to hear the whole story and travels of this camera. Apparently, Matti was not sure exactly where he lost it. He thought either on the beach in Copacabana or in a Uber driver's car. He called the Uber guy, no luck.<br />
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The guy who found the camera was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reynaldo.santos.75">Reynaldo Grings</a>, who stepped into the Uber car and found the camera at his feet. Reynaldo knew the right thing to do was to try to find the owner. He actually got advice from a person on a bus about tracking down Marcello, who found the wallet. If Marcello could find the wallets' owner, he could certainly help in this situation. So, Reynaldo got in touch with Marcello and then it came to me.<br />
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Today at 10:00am was a very happy reunion of all the people involved in getting this camera of memories to Matti. We met in front of the Metro Station in front of Rocinha.<br />
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Reynaldo was the person who initially found the camera. Here, he and Matti are showing photos from the camera and his cel phone. With O Globo in the background filming the moment where finder and receiver first meet.<br />
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Matti being interviewed by O Globo about his experience in Rio.<br />
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The moment when a very happy Matt receives his camera from Reynaldo. From start to finish what an awesome story. Congrats to Marcello Farias' and Bam Bam's hard work of always doing whats right. To the person on the bus to who advised to contact Marcello, thanks to you who ever you are!<br />
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Matti and I have lots in common. We both love Hockey. He plays Ice Hockey as do I, and a form of hockey popular in Finland called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qz0YEkNAIA">Floorball</a>, played indoors.<br />
We are going to try to set something up here for the favela kids with Floorball. Matti plans to return in 2 years. We have plenty of time to organize this. Nice making friendships all over the world!<br />
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The only sad thing to me about this story is why do we celebrate good deeds? Shouldn't helping others and doing whats right be the norm? Just something to think about.<br />
<br />lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-57992116210466845402018-01-15T13:34:00.001-08:002018-01-22T11:44:43.180-08:00A New Year<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With all the negative press concerning Rocinha in the last few months, There are still plenty of positive things going on here. And I am not the only one. There are many people who have overcome many obstacles to become successful here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After collecting donations in the last 3 months, I am finally getting around to distributing many that have been here in the Dj School. I have always been searching for those people who are in need so, it may take time, but eventually I find the right people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many people and organizations here already get help and I prefer to find those who are in dire need. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">We have been contributing to Ruth’s project since January of
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referring me to her homeless animals project. I have always loved cats and dogs
and I have 3 cats of my own. When walking through the community, you often see
dogs or cats in the streets. Its difficult to figure out which ones are
abandoned and which have owners. But my heart hurts seeing the way some people here treat animals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">So our relationship began with Ruth contacting me if she
needed help in regards to helping to pay for cat/dog food, Medicine or vet
visits. I believe in documenting things as I think those people who donate
money have every right to see that the money goes to the animals.
Accountability and integrity are important if trust is to be gained and given
to any organization. Especially if a project is soliciting donations of money. This hopefully will show others that they can trust us to distribute the donation to the proper project.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Through our tourism project we were able to contribute to the purchase of about 300 bricks to help build the structure. Here they have put cement over the bricks to give the building more strength.<br />
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It's almost finished. They will be completing the walls as they get more money.<br />
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A photo of her animals<br />
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Some months back we had <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sylwester.wardega">SA Wardega</a> and his crew filming in Rocinha. Now another crew from Poland. It's great to see so much positive interest in our community.<br />
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Last week we had the opportunity to meet some interesting people from Poland. They are travelling through South America in a mini bus. They are documenting their travels and they are going to start a youtube channel.<br />
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They decided they wanted to have some special days in the favelas. We made a 2 days tour for them. The first day we focused on flying drones and filming the main street activity. The second day we focused on the alleyways and activities like playing pool and practicing Capoeira with the locals. The second day they also visited Vidigal favela to film the sun set and check out the community.<br />
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They also got the change to meet and have a few drinks with the locals.<br />
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The motoboy got in on the action when he wanted a photo with the Polish Crew.<br />
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Hanging out with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Leandrodiscreto">Leandro Discreto</a> a 3 on 3 basketball player from Rocinha who just signed a contract to play professional Basketball with a team in China.<br />
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Drone flying at the bottom of Rocinha. Earlier in the day we flew the drone from the top of the community. The crew wanted to get different views of the favela.<br />
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I see this guy everyday and he rarely ever wears a t-shirt. He loves Rocinha as you can tell by the many wristbands he has. And he always wants more!<br />
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Kamil in the Blue shirt, has be doing Capoeira for about 10 years and it was always a goal of his to practice when he was in Rio, so we set something up.<br />
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Kamil playing the "berimbau" with the Capoeira guys from Rocinha.<br />
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When we were walking through the alleyways, we stopped off at this little bar to rest but also, the guys wanted to try their luck at pool. There was no betting on these games, just overall fun and smiles with the locals while sharing a few beers.<br />
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The crew will be travelling for quite sometime but they have promised me that when they finish their travel documentary that they will share the link with me.<br />
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Back a few months ago I wrote about ETF and NGO's organizing and running entrepreneurship type programs for residents in Rocinha. Last night was the end of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/novoslideresempreendedores/">Novos Lideres Empreendedores</a> project and awards were given. The project ran a "Shark Tank" like competition where each person has to present their idea of the business that they wanted to start and explain why they should receive funding.<br />
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After being part of this project I decided that I need to take care of other things and I just wanted to help out, not compete. I already have a successful business and thought that the program could help others who are in more need than I. Not that I don't need help but I have started health improvements and have started fixing my teeth. I made a promise to myself that 2017 & 18 would be the start of me for once taking care of myself. So, my health has been a big concern. Something I will cover in another blog post. I hope in the future to help out in any way I can. Next week I will go to check out the mentoring program.<br />
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Shark Tank panel making their choices<br />
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The Shark Tank Panel consisting of entrepreneurs and other business people.<br />
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The first presentation was from <b>Vanessa</b>. "Madrinha Cria" she has named her business. Her idea is to rent tables, chairs and decorations to people who want to have parties. If she were to win the investment money, she would want to rent a space where she could eventually buy her own tables and chairs and other things to rent out. She lives in Rocinha but she wants to open this business in another favela called Rio das Pedras.<br />
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Everyone in Rocinha knows <b>Fabiana Rodrigues</b> as the person who started "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/rocinhaemfocooficial/">Rocinha em Foco</a>", the facebook page that keeps the community up to date on news going on in the community. She is also known for her community work raising awareness for donations to needy people during the holidays. While not working on her various projects, she is married and takes care of 2 children.<br />
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One thing that stands out about Rocinha is the diversity in the community.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/b.boyXDiFEX">Diego Cazul</a> started a small business called "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/houseofcazul/">House of Cazul</a>" which mixes entertainment with fashion. He is a member of the LGBT community in Rocinha. He produces shows and events. He wants to grow his business both inside and outside. The focus is to hire and give jobs to entertainers and offer great shows in clubs and private parties. His specialty is being the Choreographer of the shows.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/camilla.rodrigues.1004">Camila</a></b> is a mother of one child and lives with her husband in Cachopa (not far from where I live). Her business idea is to expand her operation of baking cakes and brownies. She sells her cakes for 15 reais each and for delivery costs another 10 reais. She started this in memory of her mother who used to bake. Her family and friends liked Camila's cakes so much they told her that she should start selling her creations. Right now her business growth is due to word of mouth but she plans on getting a website done up so she can reach more people. She makes and sells about 30 cakes a day. Her main way of communication with her clients in Rocinha is through whatsapp.<br />
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<b>Dila</b> or "Dila Pra Ca" was the next presenter of her idea. She wants to represent and promote events with local musicians. She has a contact list of people that she wants to help get jobs. Her business would be acting like an agent to find gigs for musicians in the community. She wants more help with marketing and getting her idea into the marketplace.<br />
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<b>Pedro Henrique</b> came very organized with his proposal. He has already started his Natural Food Delivery Service. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dukanaturais/">Duka Naturais Delivery</a> offers a menu of only healthy eating choices. No junk food here. He is on his way to being a success as he is the only one I know in Rocinha offering fresh healthy alternatives by delivery in the community. The majority of food delivery in Rocinha is either sushi or pizza so this is a nice change.<br />
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After all the presentations were given. The panel met to decide who would win the awards for this term of Novo Lideres. The awards were 500 reais for 3rd place, 1000 reais for second place and 1500 reais for 1st place.<br />
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A big thank you needs to go out to the panel who chose the winners, ETF and Lucas, Bridget and Amber who helped organize this for the residents.<br />
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Camila (Milla's Bolos e CIA) won 3rd place<br />
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Diego Cazul of "House of Cazul" won 2nd place<br />
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Pedro Henrique of "Dukas Naturais Delivery" won first place.<br />
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Everyone who took part in the program and competition received certificates of participation. Looking forwards to the next term and also seeing the progress of these new businesses.<br />
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<br />lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-9704304503853287172017-10-24T21:06:00.000-07:002019-02-22T15:13:23.178-08:00How Tourism Benefits Rocinha <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We started this tourism company back in 2007 with the idea of using socially responsible tourism to raise money to support different projects here in the community. This is how we operate. If it can’t help the favela, then what kind of social work is it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The idea is to try to help as many people in the community benefit from the projects we support. We have several projects we support. We have our own NGO Spin Rocinha, Dj project and other projects that we are involved in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There is an ethical side to tourism here that needs to be considered and I went through lots of talking with residents about my idea. The first is that at all times, residents and the community be treated with the utmost respect. This includes if approached by locals, to greet them and engage in conversation. Just as you want to "know" the favela, they might have interest in you and where you are from. Second, is about who and what you can photograph. Most people do not want to be in photographs, so don't take their picture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1.) The visits/tours be done by local people. ALL of our guides are people who live here or were born here. We only employ people who live inside the community and all of our guides participate in some kind of social project outside of what we do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">2.) The tour must be on foot walking through the community for more than 3 hours. On foot you see everything and are part of our community. Rocinha is the largest favela community in Brazil. There is no way that you will receive a quality experience in under 3 hours. When you walk in the community, residents appreciate this. It shows you are not afraid of us and want to get to "know" the community better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">3.) Companies that support local projects and <a href="http://www.packforapurpose.org/">initiatives</a> that benefit the favela. This is our most important aspect of why we do this work. Since I started in this work, I still live in the same small rented one bedroom apartment. I do not live a extravagant lifestyle nor do I want to. I enjoy helping with present and future projects. Other than our Dj School <a href="http://spinrocinha.jimdo.com/">Spin Rocinha</a>, currently we also support by donating school supplies to an English school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We also support a Local Daycare called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/refugioefortaleza1/">Refugio e Fortaleza</a> run by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005006285775">Luciana Santos</a> who cares for 32 children between the ages of 1 year up to 6 years old. The object of the work we do is to try to help projects that receive no help. At this time we are working on connecting with more projects here to attract interest from outside people. The idea is to create a better understanding about favela culture and break down the barriers of stigma for those living in these communities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In January 2017 we also started supporting "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AbrigoFlorEXavier/">Projeto Flor e Xavier</a>", run by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012785371214">Ruth Silva</a>. I have always loved animals so this was a project that we were interested in helping. Her project helps to spay and neuters stray dogs and cats in the favela. We have donated monthly 10-15 kilo bags of cat food for her 55 cats and 7 dogs. Or we help pay for medicine if the animals get sick or need to be castrated. We always talk with the organization about other ways we can help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ruth is in the process with her husband of building a Shelter for these animals. The place will house all her animals. In the future they want to build a second floor and create a dog & cat type hostel where locals can place their animals if the go away and need a place where their pet can stay well cared for. The money earned through this will help her fund her project. We have helped to buy bricks so they can begin construction. They started last week putting in the cement foundation and building the walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the tours are busy we can contribute more and Ruth understands this. We buy the cat food or medicine, then I call her and she comes to pick it up at the pet shop. I have 3 cats so I am well known at the <a href="https://www.guiarocinha.com.br/pet-shop-e-veterinarios/i/17238649/rocinha-pet-shop">Rocinha Pet Shop</a>. Sometimes if we buy a lot, they will give us discount which helps Ruth's project. </span><br />
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<i>This area is called Rua 4 and there's a huge graffitti wall. These guests were interested in local art work.</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Guests from China had the opportunity to meet local celebrity Caio, who is a moto taxi driver and directs traffic in Rocinha. He loves meeting people from all over the world.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">2.) <b>Dj School</b> </span><a href="http://spinrocinha.jimdo.com/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #de7008;">Spin Rocinha</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">- Started in August of 2011 is our social project. We teach residents from 16-58 years old who reside in Rocinha. Currently we have about 16 sudents and operate the classes 5 days a week, from 7-9:30pm Monday-Saturday. We have a professional studio with the top of the line DJ equipment. For those wanting a career in DJ'ing we can refer them for jobs when they are ready. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SpinRocinhaEscolaDeDJs/">Spin Rocinha</a> is a comprehensive program and students are provided instruction in the art of Dj'ing for free! We welcome Dj's from all over the world to come and visit our school to see or to give a workshop. Check out some of our previous posts of visitors we have had here to our school. We are developing the next generation of Dj's!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">3.) </span><b>Volunteers</b><span style="background-color: white;">- We also receive many inquiries from foreigners wanting to help the favela by offering to volunteer. We are not a business for this. We can refer you to several different projects who have told us that they are open to volunteers. Basic spoken portuguese certainly helps the experience for the visitor. If you are interested in helping out here please send us some information about yourself, why you want to volunteer and what projects you have interest in. we are connected to about 15 different projects, anything from Sports, Art or Music related activities. It helps if you have a Facebook page because we can then refer you to the page of the project that you are interested in. You can look over their page and see if the project interests you. We do not believe volunteers should need to pay for volunteering so please do your research on this. We give you the referral to the project and you do the rest. The projects that we work with DO NOT expect foreigners to pay money to volunteer. What I do recommend though is if you are going to volunteer at an art school, that you bring some art materials as a "donation" to the project. This way the materials directly are beneficial to the project. We do not recommend giving money to any projects as this sets up the project expecting or only depending on outside help.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Dana from Argentina spent two weeks volunteering here at a creche and she love it so much that she will be returning in December.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">4.) <b>Donations</b>- This is a fairly new project that we have started. About 4 years ago I was receiving emails from visitors asking how they could help out with donations. When I first started doing the tours in 2008, I would give art supplies to Tio Lino's Art School here in Rocinha. Once I started the Dj School, my focus changed on directing our money to be spent on Dj equipment which is very expensive. As this was happening for us, I noticed that Tio Lino was getting help with sponsorship and even had a building built for his art school. So our money focused on building our Dj School. But still people would ask about donating things. So, I had this idea of finding projects inside the favela that really needed help and who were not receiving anything from anybody. Without letting too many know of my idea, I would find projects that needed help and then began to focus donations to be for specific projects. For example Rogerio Roque runs a place called Art Space. We would give the poorest projects school or art supplies. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Many of the donations come from the help individuals who find out about </span><a href="http://www.packforapurpose.org/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #de7008;">Pack for a Purpose</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, a non profit that encourages travellers to bring donations to projects in developing countries. We have had huge success and with that we can help so many more projects in need.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">5.) </span><b>Housing</b><span style="background-color: white;">- Many times after tours are given, people ask us about volunteering but they want to stay inside the community. We can help them find a place to stay. We have access to residents who have separate apartments to rent or home stays with a family. The idea is to have people from outside of Brazil get to know and understand favela life. If you want to stay in a guesthouse, we have a place where visitors/volunteers can stay. Its a 3 story house with plenty of room for 6 guests. </span><span style="background-color: white;">There are other options as well. Contact us for more information.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Daniel Hoffman from the USA, brought disposable cameras to the favela and distributed them to children and adults to document their lives. When he receives the cameras back from the residents, he is going to make a blog and put the fotos and profiles of the people who took part in this project. See the post here about this:</span></span><a href="http://lifeinrocinha.blogspot.com.br/2014/01/daniel-hoffman-and-photography-project.html"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #de7008;">http://lifeinrocinha.blogspot.com.br/2014/01/daniel-hoffman-and-photography-project.html</span></a><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Beccy McCray from England came and stayed in Rocinha and we referred her to two art projects that wanted to take part in her art project. read more here:</span></span><a href="http://lifeinrocinha.blogspot.com.br/2013/11/a-special-visitor.html"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #de7008;">http://lifeinrocinha.blogspot.com.br/2013/11/a-special-visitor.html</span></a><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ethan and Jade King from the USA, made a big impression on our football fans with their kind contribution. read more here: </span></span><a href="http://lifeinrocinha.blogspot.com.br/2014/11/the-benefits-of-tourism.html"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #de7008;">http://lifeinrocinha.blogspot.com.br/2014/11/the-benefits-of-tourism.html</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><br /><br />We helped documentary film makers who were here to show the other side of the favela, the good stories that need to be told.</span></span></div>
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of Rocinha in the last 3 weeks has been going through a “war” like situation
with 2 gangs of drug dealers fighting over territory to sell their drugs. The
dealers have been active since the early 1980’s so this is nothing new. But
outright shootings on a daily basis is not the norm in Rocinha. The last time a
conflict like this happened was in 2004. So, for 13 years the favela existed in
virtual peace with very few shootings or conflicts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Now add the
police and the military presence into the mix and now you have a bomb waiting
to explode. This has affected the most vulnerable in the community- the
residents who have nothing to do with this. Often you hear on the streets “This
is not our war, it’s between them, we just happen to live here”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Those most
affected are the workers who end up trapped in their homes unable to leave
without risking a bullet in their back. Everyone needs to work. Stories have
circulated of residents losing jobs or being fired because they can’t get to
work. Over 10,000 children in the community have not been able to go to school
or daycare. Businesses in certain areas cannot open due to constant gunfire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wonder when it will all stop. When will stability in the favela arrive? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">What the
community needs is hope and positivity. No child, youth or adult should have to
live in these conditions. So when the “Guerreiros do Corte” decided to hold
their event today it was a breath of fresh air to see the community come
together to help those less fortunate who have struggled through these
difficult times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the still existing tensions in the favela, 4 young people decided to run an
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Saad, 22, Igor Barreto, 26, Roger Borges, 23 and Julio Dias, 15. Amazing what
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia";">The hairstylists for the women had a choice of hair, nails or eyebrow shaping. While the people were getting their treatments, the young children were off playing in the areas with the trampoline and received toys that were donated.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #222222;">The 4 young men responsible for putting this together were, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #212121;">Rômulo Saad, 22, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #212121; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Igor Barreto, 26, Roger Borges, 23 and
Julio Dias, 15. Amazing what these young </span></span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">men have done.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">“This is a way of bringing the community together “ says
Romulo Saad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">“We had a difficult childhood and understand how hard it is
for kids in the favela.” </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Says Igor Barreto</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">“What we are doing is showing by example to keep boys from
going down the wrong </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">path in life.” Roger Borges commented</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">“It’s a big community party” says Mascot Julio Dias.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">These 4 youth form the Guerreiros do Corte or Warrior
Haircutters, from Rocinha, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">which is printed on their shirts for this event. The
4 sought out this profession as a </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">way to stay away from the fate of many young
men growing up in favelas who get involved in the drug trade.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">They all met at different times at Bravos Salon a family
barbershop on Street number </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 at the top of Rocinha.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Romulo Saad began his training at 18 when he left Duque de
Caxias and came to </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rocinha to live with his father.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As soon as he arrived he contacted the Bravos </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Salon looking for an opportunity. He wanted a better life and thought Rocinha, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">with its population of almost 300,000 could offer him better job success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Igor Barreto was born and raised in Rocinha. His girlfriend
encouraged him to </span><br />
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when he cut his </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">father-in-laws hair. He got a job at the shop where friendships
were made that </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Roger Borges, the “genius” of the group, at the age of 17
was given an ultimatum </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by his mother to get a job to support his newly pregnant
wife. Now he owns his </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">own house and is expecting his second child.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Julio Dias or “mascot” is living with his mother and
grandmother and is is high school. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In his off time has opened up his own place
inside his house. He got started </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">practicing on his young cousins. And did some
apprentice type work at the </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">barbershop under the guidance of the more
experienced barbers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">The 3 have their own barbershop on Street number 1. Mascot
is still in training </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">so he doesn’t cut professionally yet. And he is still a
minor. The shop opens in </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Each earn their own money and can earn up to 2,000 reais a
month. The 3 are </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">popular and word has gotten out in the community about these
young go getters. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">The owner of a tattoo studio drew pictures of the to put in
the shop as a promotion </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">for their business.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">The three chose to get tattoos with references to their
profession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Borges tattooed </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a hair
machine, razors and “GDC” (Guerreiros do Corte). Barretos paid homage to his
grandfather by having his initials flanked by scissors. Saad honored a friend
who </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">lost his life through crime.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">His
friend encouraged him to keep with his job. He said </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Go work, get your life”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">A haircut in Rocinha costs between 15-18 reais. Through
<b>TONELADA</b>, the residents </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">with their food contribution pay between 3-5 reais,
which is about the cost of one </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">kilo of rice or beans. At the end of this event,
the group hopes that their actions will </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">inspire others to become barbers or
will motivate others to seek out a positive path in </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">their lives.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">UPDATE: Below are some fotos of the residents who benefitted from the food that was collected through donations. We have people here in the favela that are in need of this food. This is how the community helps each other. So proud to see this social action here in Rocinha.</span></span><br />
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People often ask me why I love Rocinha. There are many reasons to love this place so I am going to write. But I am also going to write what I don't like. With these blog posts I hope to help educate people who want to learn about favela life.<br />
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<b>Things I like:</b><br />
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<b>The friendly people and animals</b>- any day walking in the favela, I meet people who greet you and want to stop and talk. When I am not working, I always stop and talk to people. I enjoy being part of something bigger than me. When I lived outside of Brasil, I never met people as friendly as those here. The community overall has a good vibe or feeling to it. Even with challenges people have, its not a miserable place. Also most of the dogs and cats are friendly. I have a route that I walk almost every day and I see the same cats who greet me and want attention. I love it and they love it too! Many street animals get little or no attention.<br />
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The cats need love and cuddles too!<br />
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Jody has this dog Bella who follow him and loves attention. They are buddies.<br />
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<b>Everything is close by</b>- So, true. Within 5 minutes walking distance there a internet cafe, three hair cutting shops, 3 variety stores with a good selection of food, one is open until 10:00pm the other is directly across from my house is open until 2:00am. Theres a mini market across from my street that is open from 6:00am until 2:00am. Bus stops are close by. Fresh baked bread you can find less than 3 minutes from my house at two bakeries. Two butcher shops if you want fresh meat, poultry or fish.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/alexdapeixaria">Alex da Peixaria</a> has the best place to buy all types of fish in Rocinha.<br />
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<b>The over 6500 businesses</b>- You do not need to leave the favela for anything, theres everything you would ever need here inside. The newest thing to come to Rocinha is the growth of Sushi shops. We have about 10 places now that serve Sushi from the top to the bottom of the favela. Electronics, furniture, clothing, bars, restaurants, real estate offices, you name it, we have it!<br />
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Casas Bahia are all over Brazil. They are equal to "Best Buy" store in the US.<br />
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Bob's Burgers is also a franchise fast food chain on Estrada da Gavea, Rocinha<br />
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<b>The decent transport</b>- as mentioned before we have two bus routes that operate from 4:30am until about 3:00am. Its not perfect, but in regards to my job rarely have I ever had problems with transport. There is the 539-Copacabana, 538-Botafogo. Service could be better especially during rush hour but its not terrible. The vans run circular route through Rocinha, to Gavea, Leblon then coming back to Rocinha passing by Vidigal. The motos run 24 hours and are fast and efficient transport within the favela, but if you want to go outside Rocinha, they can also take you wherever you want to go for a set price.<br />
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<b>The very reasonable rent and utilities</b>- I pay 500 reais a month for a large one bedroom apartment. I like my place as it has good ventilation and my neighbors are great. I have two large windows facing the main street and one smaller window in the bathroom. My electricity is 50-80 reais a month. Internet costs 50 reais a month. The building is quiet and people respect each other. Where I live is close to everything. I also rented my apartment on a handshake and no contract, no background or credit check and no deposit. Try doing that in the US or any other western country, impossible. There is a sense of trust here. If you don't pay your rent here, word will get out and you will not be able to find a place here.<br />
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<b>Finding a place to stay or rent-</b> There are a few real estate type places that offer listings of places to rent or buy. I used a service like this to rent the apartment that I live in now. One place that is well known is called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/adm.passargada">Passagarda</a> and they are on the main street in Rocinha.<br />
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<b>So many choices for restaurants</b>- My favorite places are the "Por Kilo" places which is like buffet style in choice but you pay by weight. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BarERestauranteSocialTrapia/">Trapia</a> is my favorite of all of them. Theres a place near my house called "Bom Apetite" where I get all the veggies and pasta I can eat with a good size portion of fish all for 11 reais which is also good food for a great price. And <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sushiroma/">Sushi Roma</a> is the best place for Sushi. There are many other great places too but these are my 3 favorites.<br />
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"Por kilo" at Trapia starts at 11:30am until about 6:00pm.<br />
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This is one of the many Sushi plates offered by Sushi Roma.<br />
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<b>The street parties in the Via Apia</b>- Every weekend theres always something going on. Brazilians love social events and parties and they spread out through the community. Anyone is welcome. Private parties are not held on the streets. If people want a private party they can rent a space to make their own event.<br />
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<b>The love of FLAMENGO!!</b>- What more needs to be said about Rocinha's love for the Flamengo Football team? Rocinha has its own fan club called<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/racarocinha/"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #e9ebee; cursor: pointer;">Raça Rubro Negra - 17ª Região Rocinha</span></span> </a>. They have weekly events where people in the community gather at several different bars or restaurants to watch the game on big screen televisions with family and friends. Lots of eating and drinking goes on but in a festive mood as people support Flamengo.<br />
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<b>Living with my 3 cats that I found as kittens on the streets here</b>-<br />
I love my 3 furballs that I found as kittens in different parts of Rocinha. Many people here have cats, dogs or birds. I prefer cats! My cats are now indoor cats because I live on the main street. I don't want them to get hit by a car.<br />
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My family... :)<br />
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<b>A 24 hours bar/restaurant across the street from my house</b>- If I get late night hungry, theres always rotisirie chicken that is awesome. On the weekends, there is a live band always playing. There is also a market open until 2:00am.<br />
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<b>Being a 15 minutes walk to the beach- </b>The beach is a peaceful escape for many who live in this packed in urban jungle. It's the one place where nobody can judge you based on your social class.<br />
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<b>Street fairs on the Weekends</b>- I enjoy walking through the community and talking with just about anyone being able to work here, not having to leave the community for my job there are always place to go where you can hang out with friends.<br />
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<b>5 gyms where you can work out</b>- Lets see there's Rocinha Fitness at 199, Shape in Fundacao, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Academia-the-Best-Gym/124311787727307">Best Gym</a> in Boiadeiro, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/xportsclub/">X-Sport</a> in the Via Apia and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/r1fitness1/">R1 Fitness</a> in Trampolim. People enjoy working out and the prices are very reasonable. I just wish they had a 24 hours fitness like they had in the US when I lived there. The gyms here also are not open on Sundays and close at 2pm on Saturdays. All the gyms are clean, equipment is good and have personal trainers available.<br />
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Best Gym located in Caminho do Boiadeiro at the bottom of Rocinha.<br />
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XSport was opened about 3 years ago and has top of the line equipment.<br />
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XSports Jiu Jitsu with some new members.<br />
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R1 Fitness at the bottom of Rocinha, just off the main street in Trampolim<br />
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<b>Any kind of Sports</b>- Here in Rocinha the most popular of course is football. But there are other sports too. The most common seen here are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rocinhajiujitsu">Jiu Jitsu</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoReacao/">Judo</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BuchechaMuaythai/">Muay Thai</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AssociacaoDeSurfDaRocinhaAsr/">Surfing</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/complexoesportivodarocinhaoficial/">Swimming</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sbrrocinha.skatebikeroller">Rollerblading, BMX and Skateboarding</a>.<br />
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<b>Community Mail System- </b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/grupo.carteiroamigo.5">Grupo Cartao Amigo</a> or Zig Zag that can deliver mail directly to your door or act like a mail box etc.<br />
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<b>Music- </b>You can hear all styles of music throughout the favela. American music is just as popular as the local choices of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm7oLuhodHA">funk</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mBckqLawdw">brazilian hip hop</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhkQMTl5PSc">forro</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ucACZXr-wQ">Pagode</a> and even house music.<br />
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<b>Creative Lives- </b>People living creatively with little or nothing but being very resourceful. Many people recycle here. Many kids make their own toys and playing street games.<br />
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<b>Children and Youth-</b> Most children play outside playing hide and seek, riding bikes or playing football. Older kids like to go to the beach, skateboard, surf, play sports, play music or do some kind of art.<br />
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<b>Attitudes- </b>People not judging you for the clothes you wear or how you look<br />
You don't have to pretend to be someone your not. Everybody seems to get along and show mutual respect to each other.<br />
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<b>Schools & Creches- </b>We have 4 public schools that are in Rocinha. There are also 4 municipal daycares and many private ones for parents who work and have young children. There are a few after school programs for kids that need help with their homework. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009190821511">Tatiana Henrique</a> runs a program near my house. <br />
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<b>Health Care- </b>We have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/upa.rocinha">UPA 24 hours clinic</a>. The service is good. I have been to the health clinic two times and been happy with the treatment.<br />
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Our 24 hours clinic called UPA. For all Brazilians, basic health care is free.<br />
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<b>The poor sanitation</b>- The city needs to help people here to operate a better system. People here also need to participate in recycling and putting garbage in its proper place. There are designated areas and some places have containers to put trash. Everyone needs to contribute in helping to make the community cleaner. Parents need to educate their children too.<br />
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<b>Some areas have open sewers</b>- Again this is an infrastructure problem. The city needs to somehow help the favela create a better way or offer to help cover the open sewers. This like sanitation is not healthy for the locals. Breathing the air continuously from the open sewers cannot be good for ones health. These areas also attract rats.<br />
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This area is called the "Valao" (big ditch) which has sewage flowing through it.<br />
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<b>That the government does little to help the favela- </b>The government helps only in the way it wants. Or when there is an election year they offer to create or fix something here but usually its not of great importance. Building a "pasarella" or footbridge that cost 16 million reais is a waste, especially considering that it should have cost more like 2-3 million. Recently they just shut down the C4 library for lack of funds. Yet the politicians always seem to be getting raises in their salaries. Why build something if its not going to be put to use?<br />
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<b>Lack of quality education available for our youth-</b><br />
The public school system here is awful. How can kids get a good education here with 4 hours of school a day? Or days where teachers don't show up? Our public school system in Rio (not just Rocinha) does not prepare our youth for university. And for older youth and adults, we need more job training programs. Brazil does not invest in its people. Very few in favela go to university. Most here are preoccupied with getting a job and earning money to help their families.<br />
We need courses that can provide every student with the opportunity to prepare to take the exams to get into university.<br />
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<b>Traffic Jams- </b>Rocinha's streets are very narrow and between the buses, moto taxi's, pedestrians and commercial delivery trucks, this place can be chaotic. This foto is rush hour in Rocinha.<br />
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<b>Drug dealers- </b>Like any community, it's unfortunate that this exists but its a reality that when you have people who buy drugs you have people who sell them. This is common in most big cities around the world. Within the favelas there will always be this conflict between police and the dealers. This causes tension and abuses by police against residents, many who are not involved in drugs. The problem is when the police and dealers have shootout and stray bullets find innocent victims. Youth who get involved in these activities need alternatives like job training programs.<br />
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<b>Pregnant young girls- </b>This is a serious problem in many poor communities where young girls don't have access to activities to fill up their time. Images of sex and relationships are all over television and especially in "novellas" or soap operas. Young girls see these images and imitate adult behaviour without understanding the consequences. Macho society in Brazil promotes male dominance and women are seen to be "conquered" by young men. Lack of education and responsibility prevails and there are many young girls as young as 12-13 are giving birth to children. Lack of parenting or absent mothers and fathers don't help this situation. Birth control and condoms are available but many don't use it. Like most youth they think, it won't happen to them.<br />
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A 15 year old girl with her one year old son. It would be better to see girls focus on education than boys.<br />
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<b>Homeless cats and dogs-</b> Although most are taken care of, still sad to see this, people not castrating their pets. Many people will give food to the street animals. My friend has started an organization to build a shelter for these animals. Ruth Silva is trying to change this with her project <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012785371214">Flor e Xavier</a>. She is trying to set up a formal registered NGO where she can solicit donations to help her with her animals. She currently has 54 cats and 7 dogs.<br />
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<b>People and Jealousy-</b> I see here that if you are successful, people can get jealous of you and gossip. I know, I have been the victim of gossip. Friends have told me so. I look at gossip this way, if people are talking about me, I must be important.<br />
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Sometimes I will test the trust of somebody by telling them something about me that is not true. If the information comes back to me, then I know I can't trust this person. Many people also assume that if you make some comment in general (especially on facebook), they will take it personally then comment back to you in a wrong way. I have had this happen several times. People will think I am talking about them (even though I don't mention names or specifics), when what I am saying has nothing to do with them. I question people who react this way because this reaction is of a guilty person. Many adults here are immature and act like high schoolers. I think it has to do with everybody living so close together or people who have nothing better to do than gossip.<br />
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I think this is about all I can think of now. If I think of other things positive or negative, I will update this post.<br />
<br />lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-34335579357448696322017-10-13T00:34:00.001-07:002017-10-13T00:34:15.180-07:00A teacher has some questions from her students<div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I often receive messages from people who have questions about life here in Rocinha or questions about favelas. I like to write my responses in my blog because this way others who may have the same questions can read my answers</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Even though there are issues of gangs or poverty within some favelas, is there still a big sense of community with positive role-models? <b>-- Yes, there are many role models here to look up to. And I like living here because people are friendly. Everyday I walk the streets here, I meet my friends and also people who I may not know very well, but they want to give a big hello. People also help each other here. A friend of mine who from another favela to Rocinha moved here 5 years ago, told me about arriving here. When he moved into his apartment his new neighbors greeting him, introduced themselves to him and asked if he needed any help. He arrive in Rocinha with a few suitcases and no furniture. One of the neighbors gave him a mattress to sleep on and another gave him a shelf unit for him to put his clothes. There is a big sense of community here. It's one of the best things about living here.</b></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Caio, Rocinha resident (lime shirt) meeting guests from China. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">A daycare in Rocinha that received donations from visitors.</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Do you like living in a favela? <b>-- I do like living here because I know so many people and they know me. When I leave my apartment each morning and walk down the hill, everyone says good morning. I also greet people too. There are challenges to living here. Sometimes water runs out or the electricity doesn't work, but you get used to things not always working. But what makes Rocinha special. it's not the poorly built houses, it's the people that make Rocinha a good place to live. </b></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I have a lot of friends in Rocinha including my furry ones with 4 paws. </span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">How does leadership work in a favela? Do people in favelas nominate and vote on their own leaders? <b>-- We do have a community government that is elected every 4 years. I don't really like politics because most politicians make promises they cannot keep. I think this is common thing throughout the world. The government here acts as a liason between the favela and the city government in Rio. I don't pay too much attention to what goes on here politically unless it puts us in danger. </b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">What is the government involvement in favelas like? Would you say most people in favelas don't want the government to interfere in favelas, or that they want the government to help them but the government abandons them?<b> -- The city government only cares about favelas when elections time gets close. They only help favela if it benefits them. Most here do not like or trust the city government. Same as I mentioned before, they make promises they can't keep. We who live here are not stupid. Actions speak louder than words. We still have problems with water distribution and electricity, yet the city government doesn't do anything to help improve these conditions. </b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">How does race or ethnicity impact life in favelas? Are minority groups accepted? <b>-- The favela accepts everyone. Favelas are for marginalized people of all races, colors etc. The government and system of classes in Brazil creates this marginalization of people who live in favelas. We think of ourselves like anyone else, but the system doesn't treat us this way. It's classist prejudice. In Rocinha we all get along for the most part and you see very little racism. You would not survive here long if you have racist attitudes. The origins of the favelas started as senzalas or places where ex slaves lived but things have changed a lot as now favelas have many mixed and white people living in them. Rocinha is very diverse community. </b></li>
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There is a lot of diversity in Rocinha as seen in this photo of Berit with her "children". Berit visits Rocinha often and brings donations of clothes, toys and school supplies to distribute to several daycares. </div>
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A banner at the entrance of Rocinha advertising the gay pride parade October 24.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rocinha had it's first Gay Pride Parade in 2010 without any problems. Over 30,000 people showed up to this event. Many came from other communities to show solidarity. Even though many people in favelas are religious, the feeling is of mutual respect for each person regardless of their differences. This is what I like about Rocinha.</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Do you think police pacification is really helping with gangs? <b>-- There are mixed feelings about the pacification. The problem is lack of training by the police in how to deal with people in favelas. People here are tired of being abused by police. The majority that live here are not involved in any kind of crimes. They are just honest hard working people who earn little money. When you have a minimum salary of 900 reais a month, where else can one afford to live? Every community needs policing, but it needs to be done in a way where respect is shown to the residents. </b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Have you ever been threatened by police? <b>-- I have never been threatened by police but they have stopped searched me for drugs. But I just talk to them without getting angry. If I show emotion then it only gives them reason to possibly abuse me. So, as much as I don't like it, I know I am innocent person. I just calmly show them my ID, explain, I don't use drugs and I think they can tell, and then they tell me I can go. </b></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Police searching a resident of Rocinha. Unfortunately, this happens when there is lack of trust between resident and the system. A father carrying his child has his backpack searched for drugs or guns. </span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">How frequently are innocent people killed or arrested by police? <b>-- There are over 1020 favelas in the state of Rio. The police arrest those who they target or who are known who sell drugs. The majority of people killed in favelas by police are the drug dealers. Innocents do get killed but not as often as you would think. It's mostly stray bullet that would injure or kill and innocent person. This is the sad thing about living here is when innocent people are injured or killed, especially children.</b> </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">How do adults or kids react when police come by- do they hide? <b>-- Most people don't hide anymore if police come by. If you are innocent, no need to hide. The only time people hide is if they hear gunfire. Then people stay away from windows and get on the ground and stay there until it's over. Now many in Rocinha have cel phones that have internet and people have access to communications as to where in the favela the shootings are happening. Apps like "whatsapp" have groups where people post in live time whats going on in the community. </b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Do children in favelas feel safe?<b> -- I think most of the time yes. Right now we have been going through a difficult time. Since September 17th, there has been a turf war between 2 gangs who want to control my favela. At least 3 times a week there have been shootings. Schools have been closed for a few weeks, Buses in the favela have stopped operating, businesses have shut down and twice the military has had to come inside here to support the many police operations going on to find the two gangs responsible for the violence. In the last 3 weeks, 16 people (drug dealers) have been killed. Right now, the favela is still unstable as these two gangs are still fighting it out. I have no idea when the "war" will end. Some photos below from some of the days during these conflicts in Rocinha.</b></li>
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A motor taxi drives by garbage that was lit on fire by dealers to distract police.<br />
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A house on Second street covered with bullet holes from machine gun fire.<br />
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A tank, soldiers and police stand at the entrance of Second Street in Rocinha.<br />
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The military was called in to support police forces to prevent more violence.<br />
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This was close to my house. The military presence has enabled peace somewhat.<br />
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The elite forces known as BOPE are highly trained like the SWAT in the US.<br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Do people in favelas get scared when there's a shooting, or are they used to it? <b>-- I am used to it. I don't like it but after a while, you do get used to it. I am an adult so my mindset is that it will eventually end. Each person reacts differently and has their own experience to gunfire. I guess I rationalize it as, I know they are not directly shooting at me, so I don't have as much fear. But it's not like I want to go outside and see it either. I am not stupid or reckless. I think it's bad for children as it can leave emotional scars on them. For those kids who see shootings or bodies, it affects them even more. Children should not have to live through this type of violence. I don't think ANYBODY should, but I think adults in the favela understand why these things go on. I would prefer total peace and no violence, but that's not the reality of the word we live in. As long as you have people buying drugs, you will have people selling drugs. This is not just in favelas, but everywhere. I just try to continue on my life path of being a good person. </b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">How is health care in favelas? <b>--This is kind of a general question. In favelas, the quality of health care varies according to location and population. Rocinha has an estimated population between 250,000-300,000 people. We have three health clinics that serve our community. I had to go to a clinic once and I thought the treatment was good. Basic health care is free. There is insurance plans available for those who can pay, but few in favelas have this.</b></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Since the shootings one of our magazines did an article about children in Rocinha and their reactions to the current violence. They also asked the children about their hopes and dreams and to draw a picture of their life. Here are two stories and these are words of the children. To read the rest of the article here is the link: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(33, 33, 33, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><i>“Quando crescer, quero ser bem famosa. Penso em ser cantora, mas minha avó diz que tenho mais jeito para apresentadora. Sou boa aluna e tiro notas altas. Minha matéria preferida é ciências. Adoro conhecer lugares novos. Queria ir ao AquaRio, mas a escola não tem ônibus para levar a gente. Eu até passeio bastante, mas tenho amigos que nunca foram ao cinema. Acho isso triste. No dia do tiroteio eu estava em casa e tive muito medo. Ninguém me falou nada, mas vi tudo na TV. Fiquei tão assustada que até chorei. Tinha certeza de que muita gente ia morrer. No Dia das Crianças eu queria ganhar de presente a paz na Rocinha, ser feliz e uma casa dos sonhos da Barbie. Acho que o mundo seria legal se não tivesse tiroteio nem drogas. Meu pai conversa muito comigo sobre drogas. Ele diz que tem de ter muito cuidado porque elas não fazem bem para a saúde. Nunca vi arma nem gente morta, mas sei que acontece aqui porque vejo na TV. Morar aqui tem isso, a gente nunca sabe o que vai acontecer."</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"When I grow up, I want to be very famous. I think of being a singer, but my grandmother says I have a way for a presenter. I'm a good student and I make high grades. My favorite subject is science. I love learning about new places. I wanted to go to AquaRio, but the school doesn't have a bus to take people. I have gone a lot, but I have friends who have never been to the movies. I think that's sad. On the day of the shooting I was at home and I was very scared. Nobody told me anything, but I saw everything on TV. I was so scared I even cried. I was sure a lot of people were going to die. On Children's Day, I want to see Rocinha have peace, to be happy and my dream is to have a Barbie doll house. I think the world would be cool if there were no shootings or drugs. My dad talks a lot to me about drugs. He says you have to be very careful because they are not good for your health. I've never seen a gun or dead people, but I know it happens here because I see it on TV. Living here has it, we never know what's going to happen."</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>“Estou muito assustado com o que está acontecendo perto da minha casa. Pedi até para dormir na cama dos meus pais. Lá o medo passa. Sempre brinquei na rua, mas agora eles dizem que está muito perigoso. Vi na televisão os repórteres falando da Rocinha, e meus pais me explicaram que existe uma briga política, mas não consigo entender por que tem de ter esse monte de tiro. Em muitos lugares as pessoas vivem tranquilas. Queria que aqui também fosse assim. Teve dois dias que eu, a minha mãe, que está sem emprego, e meu pai, que trabalha numa loja de embalagens na Via Ápia, ficamos em casa no escuro. Acho que as balas acertaram um poste. Mesmo assim, sou feliz. Eu estudo, tenho amigos e faço aulas de natação, skate e futebol no complexo perto da passarela lá embaixo. O meu maior sonho é ser jogador de futebol como o Neymar para ajudar a minha família e morar num lugar melhor. Mas não vou gastar o meu dinheiro com bebidas ou drogas.” </i></span></span></div>
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lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-62157654299571821242017-09-28T09:01:00.000-07:002017-09-28T10:00:47.054-07:00Choosing the Right Jiu Jitsu School.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">OK ...this is a long one....My experience training at a different school. I have rarely entered a school I didn't like. I took time off of Jiu Jitsu (about 8 years) and wanted to get back into it. About a 10 minutes walk from my house is an excellent school (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/rocinhajiujitsu">Rocinha Jiu Jitsu</a>) if you want to compete and they focus a lot on sparring. They have always been ranked in the top 7 of schools in Rio when they compete. They also run free classes for children in the favela.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I been involved with BJJ for about 20 years now (1 stripe brown belt) and I am 55 yrs old. My first exposure to Jiu Jitsu was through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_family">Gracie Family</a>. My body has suffered much being involved with BJJ and Judo (before I started BJJ). Many injuries that I have had but I wanted to return but now with a different mind set. I'm not the big bad ass nor do I aspire to be. I'm just someone who wants to enjoy the process and drilling techniques with limited rolling according to what my body can handle. I use my body to make my living so I'm not in a position to get hurt seriously. </span><br />
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">About 4 months ago, I found this school that was about a 15 minutes bus ride from my house outside of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocinha">Rocinha</a>. I spend most of my life in the favela and I wanted to do one thing outside. So, I found this school in Gavea. I went there, watched a class. I liked what I saw. It seemed like a good place. I enrolled for 4 months. When I started, the class breakdown was 15 minutes warm up, 3-4 techniques taught, then open rolling. For the first two weeks things were great and I was enjoying myself. Then after, things started to change. The head instructor would make snide remarks about me "being a wrestler", which is not true, but whatever. I told him that I had not trained in 8 years and that I wasn't in great physical condition. I told him that for the first 3-4 weeks I wanted to get the hang of the warm ups and drilling the techniques. My purpose was to return because I missed training and I wanted to improve my health.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then one evening he called me out to roll with this 22 years old 3 stripe blue belt who outweighed me by 50 pounds. I rolled with him, it took me about 2.5 minutes to pass his guard as he had killer grips (we spent the first 2 minutes just grip fighting). I passed as he tried to triangle me. Got to side control and tapped out due to being so tired. The head instructor ridiculed me for this. I found it strange because he knew my conditions going into this. I was way out of shape. I felt no shame personally because I was there to put effort forth the best I could. I ended up going back and went through warm up, drilling and the instructor asked me if I was going to roll. I told him that I wanted to sit out of rolling as I didn't feel like my body was ready. He told me to sit on the side of the mats, which I did. But made snide comments to the others about me not rolling. (At the time, I was getting full blood screens done for constant fatigue). I later found out that my thyroid was not working which is why my body feels tired and aches all the time. I have a illness called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. This makes even easy things seem complicated. I notice the day after training, my body is sore all over. It never used to be like this when I was younger. Aging sucks. I'm just happy that I am making the attempts to at least get on the mats.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As his classes went on, I found the set up of the class changed, more focus on warm up (20 minutes) and rolling (30 minutes) and only teaching 1 technique. I was losing interest as I couldn't help that this instructor didn't like the fact that I wouldn't roll. So, I felt like this was his way or trying to get rid of me. I think he was testing me as he knew a little about my history. The other classes I went to where he was not the instructor were much better. The other teachers kept with the warm up, 3-4 techniques then rolling. They understood and didn't seem to mind my not rolling. So, I would try to avoid the head instructor. But I still didn't feel comfortable having to "play this game" and support a school where the head instructor was an a$$hole!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fast forward 2 months. I quit that school as I just didn't feel welcome and the best character a black belt can show is how they treat their students. Especially the new ones. So, I went searching for a new school. Even with my physical condition the drive to train within my limitations is important. I want to not feel so crappy all the time. I did research, watched youtube videos. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A friend of mine mentioned <b><a href="http://graciebarra.com/">Gracie Barra</a>.</b> I live in Rio de Janeiro. So, I found their headquarters which is a 10 minutes bus ride from my house, then a 10 minutes walk to the academy. I went, watched a class and asked a lot of questions. I watched how the classes were set up etc and I liked what I saw. I liked how everyone would say hello and or shake your hand when they saw you. First impressions mean a lot.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before I signed up, I took the introductory class but I also took the instructor aside and explained my health situation. Both of the instructors were very understandable and welcomed me. They advised me to do what my body is capable of doing and don'y worry about what you can't do at this time. The only thing I didn't like was that you had to buy and wear their uniform which was something new to me. But everything else I liked. The price was fair and 5 classes a day to train, so I had no excuses. I signed up for 1 month, liked it, then after that time passed I signed up for 8 months in advance. The way I train now so I'm not sore all the times is, I do the warm ups, train the 3-4 techniques, then depending on my soreness 1-2 times a week I do the "situational sparring". I'm not at the full open rolling yet as a month into training I pulled hamstring and couldn't train for 3 weeks. This was a set back. I did go for therapy to help speed up the progress but now I'm a little attentive. I don't want to get hurt again. So, I'm doing what I can with full support of the school and the instructors. The problem with training is my mind says "Ya, go roll", but my body tells me "No, you are not quite ready". I have learned that everybody's body is different, as for mine, I need to accept my limitations. I highly advise new students to check out Gracie Barra. Their curriculum is good and the instructors care about their students!</span><br />
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I cant remember how it started but Amber who works with EFT (<a href="http://educatethefavela.org/">Educate the Favela</a>) contacted me about spreading the word of this free entrepreneurship course going to be held for Rocinha residents. We organized to meet at the top of the hill. I remember that it was a Thursday afternoon. The project was to start the following Tuesday. Not much time to promote but enough for me to spread it through all my facebook groups.<br />
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Owning your own business is a huge sense of pride for favela residents. Courses like this usually cost money but through several NGO's and Networking Groups, like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bazzahbr/">Bazzah</a>, this was going to be a reality for many here who want this opportunity.<br />
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The course runs 16 weeks every Tuesday Evening from 6:30pm until 9-9:30pm.<br />
For those who finish the course, theres the opportunity to receive grant money to help them start their own business.<br />
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My role in all of this? I'm not really sure as I already have my own business that is doing very well. But I was invited and if I can offer my help in any way, I will. With 10 years of running Favela Adventures there have been highs and lows but it has been worth it. I have learned through trial and error in regards to creative marketing ideas and dealing with employees. I hope my experience I can share with others and along the way, I hope to learn as much as I can through this course. <br />
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I have told the organizers that I don't mind taking part and helping if needed but I do not want to be given grant money. This should go to people who are in the beginning stages and really need financial help to start their businesses. I feel honored that people value my input!<br />
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Most favelas have this challenge of how to deal with waste and garbage. The government tried to institute a idea of building a cable car here but the majority of residents didnt want this. The residents complained and rallied to have other more vital issues facing the community. The most important challenge for most favelas today, including Rocinha, is waste management and education. These go hand in hand. If we can educate the residents about proper garbage removal and recycling, Rocinha would be such a better place to live.<br />
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Finally two months ago I started to see these guys in green uniforms around the community and one of my neighbors works with the crew and was telling me about a new city government funded project being initiated in Rocinha. I thought, wow, this is what we need. Not only is it good for the environment but the workers can earn money from the companies that buy the recycling.<br />
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Today, I made a tour with a group who live in the US and work with waste management. One of my neighbors, 9 year old Alexandra, creates art that she sells which is made out of recycled materials, so this fit with the theme of this tour. The group bought 3 pieces of art work from Alexandra. This money earned helps to support Alexandra, her mother and her disabled older brother.<br />
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The visitors work on recycling mostly in hospitals in the Bay Area (San Francisco), but they wanted to see our new project. After eating a hearty lunch, we went by the recycling project so they could see how "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/deolhonolixorocinha/">De Olho no Lixo</a>" operates.<br />
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Here, the workers wanted a photo with Laura and her friends from the US here in Rocinha checking out the recycling initiatives going on inside the community. Laura is in the middle of the photo giving a thumbs up for this project.<br />
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Some background on the project:<br />
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The goal of this recycling project is to develop a correct way to deal with waste management in the favelas of Rocinha, Roquete Pinto and Praia de Ramos. Today, the focus is on Rocinha.<br />
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As a result of the technical cooperation between the secretary of state for the Environment and <a href="http://www.vivario.org.br/">Viva Rio</a> Socio Ambiental, with support of the Association of Supermarkets in Rio, the "<b>De Olho de Lixo</b>" project develops the proper management of solid waste in Rocinha in order to minimize the negative impacts caused by garbage. We have problems in certain areas of Rocinha where people through garbage into the open sewers and when it rains heavily the sewers over flow. People can get sick and these conditions also can attract rats and other vermin. <br />
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"<b>De Olho no Lixo</b>" is trying to correct the ways of the past by educating people to recycle and not just throw garbage anywhere. We need everybody to get in line with these new ideas to help our community and improve health of many of the people, especially those who live close to the open sewers. They are the most vulnerable.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">This project considers that in order to achieve effective results in the face of the current problems, the community needs to consider the Structural aspects (physical, operational and logistic infrastructure) promoting education and communication for the environment with the promotion of Art and Culture. In other words getting the residents involved and learning how recycling can also generate income.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Check out this youtube video for a better understanding of the whole project <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FGIPQYtJdw&index=23&list=PLmib5aaBDSCFF3XoW3z1PelEtw51s9lpg">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">This project contracted and trained 30 socio-environmental agents, all residents of Rocinha to collect waste in the community. The materials collected will be used for educational workshops promoted by "<b>De Olho no Lixo</b>". This project aims to raise awareness and get residents in understanding that garbage can be transformed into art and this art can be sold. There are 2 projects within </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">"<b>De Olho no Lixo</b>". Two free courses are developed and on going in Rocinha: Funk Verde and EcoModa.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">In the first 12 months of operation, more than 450 tons of garbage was collected in several areas of Rocinha and Sao Conrado. The intention is to leave a legacy and continue this mind set of turning garbage into profit. The city governments plan is to also include classes in the schools teaching students about the value of recycling. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">RECYCLING COOPERATIVE - "Rocinha Recycles"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Inaugurated in July 2017, Rocinha found a perfect space to create this project. Its located next to an area called "Roupa Suja" (Dirty Clothes), and houses a recycling structure where all recycled materials start out, a building for the EcoModa and Funk Verde projects as well. The space before was degraded and filled with lots of trash. The project cleaned up the area and now has these projects running daily. <b>Funk Verde</b> makes music out of recycled cans, boxes or whatever else they can find. <b>Ecomoda</b> turns garbage into fashion. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The cooperatives function is to perform the service of collecting of recyclable waste generated in the favela. The cooperative will work on a self management theme under the guidance of trained locals. They will help to educate the locals on separating waste in their homes and the workers in the coop will go door to door to collect only what is recyclable. The material will be taken to the headquarters at the bottom of Roupa Suja and will under go sorting. It will them be compressed wrapped up, weighed and stored on site for sale. All work will be accompanied by technical advisors. The materials arriving at the recycling center will be reused during the art and education workshops - <b>EcoModa</b> and <b>Funk</b> <b>Verde</b>. Musical Instruments, clothing and accessories are created from this material delivered by locals and merchants.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Unemployed because of the construction crisis in Rio, Jose Antonio Trajano, 33, leads the initiative and expects it will general lots of opportunity for the workers in Rocinha. "The ambition is to grow, to give to and improve the community. This project has given many opportunity to enter the job market." Trajano started the program last year when the NGO <a href="https://www.facebook.com/facevivario/">Viva Rio</a> Socio-Ambiental paired with the Environmental Secretariat, and the State Environmental Institute to offer training and start the project in Rocinha. </span><br />
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The worshops of EcoModa and Funk Verde promote culture next to the exit of the Zuzu Angel Tunnel. Over 36 meters of Aluminum tiles, a graffiti panel painted by Carlos Esquivel (aka "Acme"), portrays the work of the De olho no Lixo and other projects developed at the site.<br />
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Almir Franca, designer and coordinator of EcoModa says that recycling has opened alternative doors to the current model of production in the (fashion) industry. "We teach fashion for reuse, to encourage the production process. People see in the project the potential of entering the labor market by a means that in addition to being accessible, generates a return to the favela.<br />
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Almir Franca teaching participants how to be creative with recycled clothing.<br />
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Advertising in addition to the making of instruments, the Funk Verde has classes of drumming, guitar, flute and keyboard. Regina Cafe, the coordinator believes that regardless of training professional musicians, the initiative has other qualities: It fosters young people's contact with art and contributes to the dissemination of culture by the community.<br />
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Regina directing the participants of Funk Verde. Notice the recycled instruments.<br />
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According to Regina, theres a constant search to make the instruments sound close enough to the factory or professionally made ones. The variety of materials used is enormous. "Buckets, Barrels, Cans of paint, soda cans, aluminum caps. All sorts of materials that would otherwise be thrown in a dump causing pollution, we can use. To make 10 rattles, I need at least 800 cans. So, it's a big project. We take a lot of materials from nature."<br />
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Although the focus tends to be on youth, there are adults who are taking part. Housewife Miriam Silveira, 47, is one of the most dedicated students. Two years ago she resumed her studies, learned to read and write and is now learning guitar through the Funk Verde project. Check out this youtube video of Funk Verde's work <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd_2P26y9wA&list=PLmib5aaBDSCFF3XoW3z1PelEtw51s9lpg&index=20">here</a>.<br />
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Cultural Education allows participants to become better people and keeps them out of trouble. I see a lot of hope with this project only growing once the word gets out!<br />
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If you have interest to volunteer with this great environmental and artistic project "<b>De Olho no Lixo"</b> in Rocinha, please contact us at: visitrocinha@gmail.com<br />
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These are some of Ruth's "family" at feeding time in her living room/kitchen area<br />
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Since I was 7 and received my first orange fluffy kitten, I was sold on pets and animals. As a child that young kitten followed me everywhere and was my best friend. Cats and dogs are domesticated and need us. They only give love and want to please. I have always preferred animals over many people. I have 3 cats and enjoy their tranquility and affection. Life can be crazy with stress, work, family and other things. Having a dog or cat is known to help de-stress after daily challenges. I don't think my life would be complete without helping animals in some way.<br />
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In Rocinha, there are many abandoned or homeless dogs and cats. Because of lack of education, people don't understand the importance of neutering and castrating their pets. Also because of macho culture many men think it's not right to "fix" their animals. But my question to these guys is who ends up caring for all the unwanted kittens and puppies? It's a big problem here.<br />
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I first met Ruth Silva about 8 months ago when I read a post online regarding a woman who needed help with her many animals. She was asking for help to buy medication for an animal in her care. I was looking for another project in Rocinha to help and this was perfect. I did some research and met Ruth to help her buy some cat food. Helping animals in Rocinha is important as many don't have the resources to help the homeless and abandoned animals.<br />
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Ruth lives in Dioneia with her husband and 54 cats and 7 dogs. These photos below show some of the pets in her care.<br />
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She runs an informal "shelter", out of her home for her family and the cats and dogs. She also had a childhood pet and fell in love with animals.<br />
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She always remembered having a dog or cats. She started caring for animals back in 1989. Ruth was born and raised in Rocinha and currently resides still in the house where she was born. She briefly moved out of Rocinha but always came back. She has no plans on leaving now as she is making big plans.<br />
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Where she lives in Dioneia is close to the woods and she has her 2 bedroom house and some open land next to the house. This open land they cleared and have started constructing the foundation for the building of the animals shelter.<br />
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Her goal is to within 6-8 months start building the shelter. The idea is to house the current "family" of pets she has now. She wants to build a second floor where it could serve as a pet "hotel", a place where for residents to leave their pets if the go on vacation or away. With the money she would earn with this, she could cover the costs of feeding the existing animals. I think this is a great idea. I want to see her able to create and live her dream of caring for these animals.<br />
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Her shelter would be the first of its kind in Rocinha and we really need something like this.<br />
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This photo shows the beginning foundation of what will be the animal shelter<br />
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Since January of 2017, I have helped paid for medicine, pay for vet services and bags of cat food to help her support the pets. I go to the pet store buy the food for her and then have her meet me so she can pick up the food. She has a motobike so she can transport these big bags easily.<br />
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With that many pets, I know she needs help. She is looking to creating a legal charity so should could get more help with her shelter and care. She has created a Facebook page for her project called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AbrigoFlorEXavier/">Projeto Flor e Xavier</a> that shows her work. I have explained to Ruth the importance of being transparent if you have a NGO. This means not only honesty but having donors able to see their contributions being put to use. It's great that when we buy a bag of cat food we know the animals are well fed. We know that her project is worthwhile in helping. Next step is for her to get her project registered by the city government.<br />
Please go to her Facebook page and like it!<br />
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This photo is of Ruth with a receipt for the purchase of 117 bricks. I went to the construction store next to my house and I told them I wanted to spend 100 reais on bricks to help Ruth with the construction of the shelter. The construction store knows Ruth as she has bought many materials there before. So as our tours get busier, I want to be able to contribute more for her project but will still help when I can.<br />
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Anytime I give her money, she can be trusted that the money goes to her animals.<br />
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I recently met a woman who is living here in Rio who also wants to help Rita's project. She loves animals like Ruth does and I am going to set up a meeting. Maybe something can come of it.<br />
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Ruth needs help with the purchase of food for the dogs and cats. And access to a vet who can help her with reduced costs for castration and other necessities.<br />
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If you have interest to help Ruth, please contact me at visitrocinha@gmail.com<br />
We can also organize visits if you would like to see Ruth's project.<br />
<br />lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-51668443946360688222017-07-14T12:55:00.002-07:002017-07-17T17:11:02.472-07:00A Friend Returns to Rocinha<br />
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Temperley Football Press Officer Dana with football coach <a href="https://www.facebook.com/andre.souza.37604303">Andre Souza</a></div>
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Many times I meet people who have interest in Rocinha. But very few actually fall in love with this place. I know I love it and have my reasons, but for those who haven't spent a lot of time here, I find it interesting. I want to find out what makes Rocinha a place that people return to with such interest.<br />
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Dana Hernandez from Banfield, Buenos Aires is one such person. So I decided to interview here to find out more.<br />
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Dana can you tell me a little about yourself?<br />
<b>Yes, I am 26 years old and I decided to return to Rocinha to investigate more about this community. I live in Buenos Aires and I work as a Journalist & Freelance Media Specialist. I also work in a woman's jail teaching Philosophy and Literature. But My passion is working with the </b><br />
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Tell us more about the work you do in the women's jail?<br />
<b>I work in Unidade Federal de Mujeres de Ezeiza. I integrate a cooperative of cultural work in contexts of confinement. It's name "Elba" means at the edges walking. </b><br />
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How did you start in this work?<br />
<b>I have always been a big fan of <a href="http://www.temperley.org.ar/">Temperley Football Club</a> (Website). My father was a fan and I grew up in this tradition but wanted to somehow work with the club. Football is very male dominated profession and when I started working with Temperley, I was writing small stories but nothing really important or they would have me write about other sports like volleyball. I don't think at first they took me seriously. So, I did menial jobs. After 3 years I think the club saw that I was capable and the offered me a job as their press officer. In the who football league out of 30 teams there are only 3 press officers that are women. I have now been involved with the organization for 5 years.</b><br />
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Did you play football as a youngster?<br />
<b>I never played seriously. I enjoy the game, but playing was mostly recreationally. </b><br />
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How did you first find Rocinha?<br />
<b>I always had a fascination with real places. I had heard that Rocinha was the biggest favela and I wanted to know more. I searched through google about how to visit and found <a href="http://www.favelatour.org/">Favela Adventures</a>. I liked their options for tours so me and my friend decided we would check it out.</b><br />
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What were your first impressions of Rocinha?<br />
<b>The visit to the favela was complete. Walking with Pedro, a resident, made it comfortable. He was a kind honest person. We met Zezinho who showed us his <a href="https://spinrocinha.jimdo.com/">Dj School</a> project too. So much good work being done here. I felt like the community shot "an arrow through my heart". I fell in love with the place.</b><br />
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"Something about Rocinha brought me back. I had to return to this place"- Dana<br />
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Why did you return?<br />
<b>I fell in love with Rocinha, I felt like I needed to know it better. The people were so friendly, the structure of life, everything just so interesting. I must be here and then I can find a way to help the favela. If I can find a way to help with football this would be great too!</b><br />
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What would you like to do here?<br />
<b>I would like to move here, live here. I want to make connections with football clubs. Working with kids, education and sports is very important. If kids are active, they will not get involved in trouble. In Temperley they have development teams for youth who are similar to the youth of favelas. I like working with at risk youth. </b><br />
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<b>We had the opportunity on Monday July 10th, to check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/andre.souza.37604303">Andre Souza's</a> football project and talk with him about the kids and development opportunities in football. When we arrived Andre was talking with his payers about the past weekend tournament that his under 15 and under 17 teams played in. So, we waited until the team started playing and then I was able to talk with him about my ideas. We also saw girls practicing as well with the other coach <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vitor.rampa">Vitor Alexandre</a>. This was great to see. And there was a girl practicing with one of the teams. We need to see more girls playing sports.</b><br />
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<b>Andre was very proud of his teams. He showed us photos and the trophies the teams had won. The under 15's won 2nd place and the under 17's took the championship. </b><br />
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Andre Souza a proud coach of Under 15's and Under 17's in Rocinha<br />
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<b>On Saturday July 15th, we went to visit the Flamengo Football Club. I know Rocinha is mostly Flamengo I thought it interesting to check out their club. </b><br />
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Dana with York, her friend at the entrance of the Flamengo Football Club<br />
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Dana wearing her Temperley Club shirt at the entrance of Flamengo Museum<br />
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Of course Dana wanted to represent wearing the colors of Flamengo!<br />
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How long will you be staying in Rocinha?<br />
<b>I am going to stay for about 9 days at the bottom of the community in a guesthouse. </b><br />
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What have you been doing so far while in Rocinha?<br />
<b>I have walked a lot throughout the community just checking out how big this place is. I enjoy observing people to gain a better understand of how people live. I went to Pizza Lit to check out a live band with some friends I met in Rocinha.</b><br />
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<b>I love food so any chance I get to try new things, I do. This is Trapia Restaurant and its the best por kilo place I have eaten since being here. And its always great to eat with friends!</b><br />
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<b>I am working about 4 hours a day in a daycare with children doing different types of activities with them. </b><br />
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<b>A volunteer who is staying in the guesthouse also invited me to check out an English school called Favela Phoenix that teaches locals English. </b><br />
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<b>We also hiked up Two Brothers Mountain. I met Andre of one of the football clubs here and got to watch his teams practice. I want to write a story about Vitor and Andre Souza's project called</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CriancasDoFuturoRampa/">Rampa Crianca do Futuro</a>. <b>The idea is to try to make a connection between projects from Rocinha and Temperley. I am staying busy while I am in Rocinha. Tonight I am going to visit the famous <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FlamengoOficial/">Flamengo Football Club</a>.</b><br />
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<b>I really enjoy getting around the favela by moto taxi too! </b><br />
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<b>One of the best views we went to was at the very top of Rocinha in "Laboriaux". We could see the christ statue, jockey club, lagoa, Ipanema beach and in the distance we could see sugar loaf mountain.</b><br />
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<b>We walked further down the hill and went to this rooftop to see the view of the favela. Rocinha is so big!</b><br />
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Are you interested in returning to Rocinha in the future? And what are your plans?<br />
<b>Yes, of course I want to return. I want to go step by step, maybe stay 3-4 weeks. I want to participate in the community. Maybe teaching English, Spanish and Dance classes. The next time I return, I will speak better portuguese for sure. Learning about other projects here is also my interest. Anything working with kids is important.</b><br />
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What do you like about Rocinha?<br />
<b>All the shops, the structure, the activity and people. I enjoy eating and theres so many good places to eat here. I even had Sushi with my new friends.</b><br />
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If you could change anything about Rocinha, what would you do?<br />
<b>I would like to see better sanitation, remove the garbage. Creating more programs that can help elderly and disabled people.</b><br />
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And do you have any future goals or dreams?<br />
<b>I want to return to Rocinha. Work helping with social media for companies or small businesses that need help. Creating a bridge between the football clubs here in Rocinha and Temperley. The goal would be to raise enough money to send some Rocinha players to train with Temperley, creating interesting opportunities for youth through football. </b><br />
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<b>These were the last photos that I took before leaving Rocinha. I am going to miss this place and all the wonderful people I met here. Rocinha will always be in my heart! Thank you, Zezinho.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I often get visitors interested in learning more about favelas. Many students and researchers come to Brazil wanting to learn more about these communities, why and how they are able to exist. Most countries have areas where poor or low income people live but self built communities like favelas are not common in the western world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because of this demand of interest, my friends Rick and Daniel thought of a plan. Contacts were made in several favelas to offer this kind of visit all in one day. Visitors will get to experience 4 different favelas in one day. Each has its own charm, vibe and characteristics. The guides that provide this opportunity are connected to these communities so we keep the mandate of using locals guides who have accurate knowledge of each community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">These visits are a full walking experience through each favela. There will be the opportunity to meet locals, eat lunch, check out the awesome hillside views, interact with locals and visit unique locations within each favela community. This particular experience is a full day starting at 8:30am and ending off with dinner around 5:30pm in Rocinha, the last favela on the route. The last visit we made was from 9:00-6:30pm. So, this is an intense experience for those that want a true understanding of favela life and culture. Below are reviews and some photos of each favela community. Each place is in order of how the tour operates. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the following order:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Chacara do Ceu</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of Rio de Janeiro’s first favelas. The tour will take you up through the hillside favela via steps and residential alleyways. As a “favelinha” (small favela) </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chácara do Céu</span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is composed entirely of residential alleyways called ‘becos’. There is no commercial strip, but there are a handful of small shops that serve the residents’ needs for groceries and household supplies. The tour will take you through the labyrinth of colorful becos all the way to the panoramic views of the municipal park, </span><i><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mirante do Leblon</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. You will have an opportunity to take photos in what is considered to be one of Rio’s most scenic points overlooking the neighborhoods of Leblon and Ipanema with clear views of the Christ Statute and of Rio’s picturesque mountain landscapes. On the descent the tour will stop at </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chácara do Céu’s football field where adults and children frequently hold organized soccer games and barbecues. The approximate tour time is one hour. Chácara do Céu is ideal for weekend visits and tours which is when you are most likely to find residents making maximum use of the recreational spaces and community spaces that the favela has to offer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Vidigal overlooks the neighborhoods of Leblon and Ipanema
beaches. It is located in the "Zona Sul" neighborhood of Rio de
Janeiro between two high-end neighborhoods of Leblon and Sao Conrado. Vidigal
is emblematic of Rio's challenging contrasts. With spectacular sea views and
easy access to the Zona Sul beaches, Vidigal has been a thriving cultural
center since the 1980's. With a little help from Brazilian oil company
Petrobras the 'Nos dos Morro' (We of the Hill) theater group has grown into a
major hub for aspiring actors from the favela. A number of students from the
Nos dos Morro acting school have gone on to star in feature films and popular
novelas, most notable of all being the internationally acclaimed City of God
film. Leading up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, Vidigal was
"pacified" by Rio's newly formed UPP (Police Pacifying Union) which
now maintain an active policing presence in the community. </span></span></div>
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2010 official government census, Vidigal has a population of approximately
13,000 residents. However, Brazilian government population counts for favelas
are notorious for their under counts. A visit to Vidigal will easily
demonstrate that the community's population is in the tens of thousands and
possibly exceeds 100,000 residents. The tour of Vidigal will take you to the
top of the hill to visit some of the favela's newest and trendiest
bar/restaurants including Mirante do Vidigal and Bar da Laje. On the way down
the hill, the tour will make stops at Vidigal Vila Olimpica where the municipal
government along with companies like Nike and Samsung sponsored the development
of a multi-use outdoor recreational facility with a track, soccer field, and
playground. The tour will also make stops at Vidigal's Ecological Park where
local residents have turned local waste into a beautiful landscaped garden
using a number of discarded items such as tires and appliances. The tour of
Vidigal is approximately 2 hours in duration and provides visitors with plenty
of photo opportunities and engagement with local residents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="background: white; color: black;">Located between the neighborhood of Gavea and the favela
Rocinha, Parque da Cidade is another close-knit, small favela with little
turnover in residency. The municipal park, Parque da Cidade, is adjacent to the
favela which is how the favela acquired its name. With under 5,000 residents
the favela is comprised of one central commercial strip and a labyrinth of
residential alleyways (becos). During the tour, visitors will be able to walk
through the very center of the favela’s commercial corridor and see the
diversity of shops that cater to the residents’ needs: from barbershops, to
clothing shops, cafes, and electronics, and more. The tour will take you
through the residential alleyways to see the quaint and colorful homes, engage
local residents, on the way to the ‘top of the hill’ where you can see
remarkable views of the Gavea neighborhood and the famous Rio lagoon (lagoa). </span></span></div>
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the community. On the descent the tour will walk through the adjacent actual
parque da cidade, a large municipal park, for more photo opportunities and for
experiencing Rio’s public parks. While in the park the tour will make a stop at
the Museu da Cidade (Museum of the City) which has recently been renovated and
is located inside of the park. The approximate tour time is one hour. Parque da
Cidade favela and the high-end residential neighborhood of Gavea are in such
close proximity that the locations seem to be part of each other. Perhaps
nowhere else in Rio is the line between upper class neighborhood and favela so
fused together as to seem to be one. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rocinha is considered the largest favela in Brazil with approximately 300,000 people residing in a space of 89,000 square meters of space. Rocinha is situated in a convenient location for the residents as its surrounded by two of the richest neighborhoods in Rio being Sao Conrado and Gavea. Many from Rocinha work in these noble areas doing any kind of domestic work including housekeepers, drivers, pool cleaners or gardeners. From the top of the community there will be photo opportunities. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After leaving Parque da Cidade community you will arrive about 10 minutes after to the top of Rocinha. The visit will include a full explanation in regards to the history of favelas, Rocinha and their role in Brazilian society. Also covered are subjects such as education, health care, transportation in the community, home ownership, electricity, water distribution and controls, the mail system, community activism and governance and of course problems within the community like sanitation, lack of leisure spaces for the residents and the drug trade. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will have the chance to walk through 10 of the 26 sub neighborhoods of Rocinha. You will get to see the main street full of activity, the new development of street number 4, many of the tight alleyways where 90% of the population lives and the tour will descend walking through the commercial district where many of the over 6500 businesses thrive. The visit ends with a stop at Trapia, one of best places to eat in the community. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The best views from the top of Rocinha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Net Rocinha (legalized internet) working on updating cables in Rocinha </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Paula Brito neighborhood and school (White and blue trim building)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Visitors to Rocinha will get to meet locals like traffic director Caio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> A stop of at a local daycare is an option on this visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Guests meeting "Rambo da Rocinha", a local celebrity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Visitors playing football with the local kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Walking through many of the tight alleyways is always of interest</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Alexandra a 10 year old girl who creates art with recycled materials</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> One of our guests making friends with a local furry friend</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 12pt;">I have always enjoyed
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I first received an
email from Pawel from Poland about a month ago about interest to come to
Rocinha to film. I have had many filmmakers come in to the favela in the past
10 years so this is nothing new. They wanted good things to film about favelas.
Pawel told me that he had some friends that would come with him to film. We set
the plan in motion. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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came with 3 others. The crew consisted of Sylwester Adam Wardega, Monica Kolakowska and Daniel Rusin. A little
background on the three filmmakers, they all have youtube channels. Sylwester’s
focuses on pranks, Daniel on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/re%C5%BCyser%C5%BCycia">social experiments</a>, and Monica on fitness. Sylwester is best known for his "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4">Spider Dog</a>" prank that has got almost 170 million views on youtube.<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">They originally
booked for Friday at 1:00pm. We met at the metro. As we took the van to the top
it was obvious that the weather was not that great and within 10 minutes of
getting out of the van, it started to rain. We waited about 15 minutes but
things just got worse, so we took the van back down the hill and stopped in
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/BarERestauranteSocialTrapia/">Trapia Restaurant</a> to talk about Plan B. They decided they would contact me
about booking another day.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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June 24<sup>th</sup>) Sylwester contacted me to set the time for today. The
crew met me at 11:30am at the Metro Station. Because of the timing, I thought
it best to set the filming to start at the bottom of Rocinha.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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the open street markets on Caminho do Boiadeiro. Vendors from Outside and
inside Rocinha set up booth spaces and sell their wares. You can find anything
from food, clothing, tools, spices from the Northeast of Brazil and much more.
Everyone goes to the street markets to either but or socialize. So, we started
there first. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The first vendor the
crew took interest in was a man making teas with natural plants. He was from
the Northeast of Brazil (Paraiba) and has a microphone attached to his neck so
his hands were free to mix his concoctions of healthy teas. I asked him about
energy teas and his assistant handed me a plastic baggie with a flyer attached
with the words “Sexual Energy”. This wasn’t quite what I was looking for but it
was funny. We all had a good laugh. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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hill, the crew filmed the crowds and various different stalls of meat, chicken
and fish vendors. Many of the locals called out to me asking who the crew was
and what kind of film they were doing. I reiterated each time that this crew
from Poland wanted to show the positive things in the favela.</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We met a man who
lives in Lapa who sells clothing and running shoes. He is originally from
Senegal and spoke decent English. He asked me about interest in buying his
wares but then he took one look at what I was wearing and said, “You got the
real thing”. I’m not sure what that meant but I think most of what he was
selling, were knock off brands. I wished him best of luck throughout the day.
We moved on to walk further up the hill. I tried to stay out of their way but
be close enough if they needed a translator for their interactions with the
locals. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I noticed Sylwester
had a bag with footballs. He had mentioned before about wanting to film kids
playing football. I suggested that its best if you contribute something so
footballs are perfect. We walked back down the hill and before arriving at the
Football pitch, The crew motioned to me. They saw the Famous “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htoTvli9qeI">Chiquinho</a>” The
king of Sao Conrado Beach. His owner <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alexandre.goulart.77">Alexandre Goulart</a>, a resident of Rocinha, rides
him around on his moto bike, dressed up with hat and sunglasses. He is a
celebrity in Rocinha. We all know “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPZlhx0gFCs">Chiquinho</a>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The took some photos and asked about this 10 kilo Garfield look a like. This
cat has been featured in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL1keopn4_U">media</a> many times.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Football pitch to see there were kids already playing. Football rules in
Brazil. So, the crew wanted to film but they wants to give a ball to the kids.
I called out to the kids and we met in the middle of the pitch. I explained
about the crew wanting to film and that they had to play really good football if
they wanted to keep the ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
like receiving gold. Their step picked up and the kids were all smiles about
getting a brand new ball to play with. After the crew filmed, I called the kids
back to the center and we took a group photo. I was able to get the kids
contacts so we could send them the photos we took. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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were hungry so we returned to Trapia where we ate on Friday. Monica is
vegetarian so this is a perfect place for everybody’s liking. Around 2:30 we
decided to head to the top. One of the amazing things about living in Rocinha,
is the top hill views. We took the vans to the very top to Laboriaux. I knew
some great filming spots. They wanted sun set filming and photos.</b></div>
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at some openings between some of the houses where we could see the north side
views of the Christ Statue, Sugar Loaf, The Lagoa, The Jockey Club and the
beaches of Ipanema and Leblon. It was a clear day so they got some awesome shots. We made our first stop by <span style="color: lime;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/favelaverde.org/">Favela Verde's</a> </span>office where there was an area that they could set up the drone to fly. </b></div>
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<b style="font-size: 12pt;">As we made our way down Sylwester caught a few kids playing checkers on a
homemade checker board. Apparently the board was made by the environmental
project called Favela Verde, which operates in Laboriaux.</b></div>
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starting to set, I advised them that the best view of the favela was to come.
There is a rooftop, which is used as a tourist point but it offers some of the
best views in Rocinha. We arrived at the rooftop and they immediately set up a
tripod with camera for time lapse filming. The camera clicks every 5 seconds. They
had this camera go on its own, then, started to set up to fly a drone. This time they filmed the favela side.</b></div>
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advised them where to fly and where not to fly. They had the hand held Mavic
DjI. With a small remote attached with their cell phone used as a viewer, they
had the drone up in the air in a matter of minutes. Its amazing how fast drone
technology has advanced in the last 5 years. We caught the sun setting then decided to
descend.</b></div>
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down Laboraiux, I heard kids yelling. So we checked out the quadra where lots
of activities go on. I saw that there were kids playing football. They wanted
to film more kids playing football so we went inside. Sylwester had one more
football to give away. He proposed an idea. He would play in goal and the challenge
to the kids, were that they could take 5 shots. </b><b style="font-size: 12pt;">If any of the kids scored, they
could keep the ball. This brought lots of excitement to the group. The ball was set.</b></div>
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the ball. After the challenge the kids went back to playing with their new
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cold a few days after taking a helicopter ride and then being exposed to the
rain and wasn’t feeling very well. It was now about 5:00pm so the group wanted
to return back to Copacabana. We walked down the hill. They stopped a few times
to film some street scenes and by 5:30, they were back in the metro. It was a
productive day for the crew and they have a lot of editing to do. I look
forward to seeing their footage and complete film!</b></div>
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I have always wanted to showcase the good things about the favela. The media tends to only focus on the negative but these communities are so much more than drug dealers and poverty. In Rocinha there are over 6,500 businesses here. With a population of about 300,000, the people here want their own restaurants, stores and other places to shop. The biggest pride one can have living in the favela is to be able to control your own destiny and future, that is having your own business.<br />
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A couple of months ago I received visitors who were doing research about restaurants and night life in favelas. I decided to take them on a walking tour showing them the places where residents go to eat drink and hang out. We did kind of a "Pub Crawl" checking out drinks and the finger foods. We started half way up the hill and I proceeded to show them some of the most popular hot spots in Rocinha.<br />
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The first stop was <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">BARRACO</span></span>, a English Styled Pub. The decor is very modern and its obvious that the owners invested a lot to make this place top notch. They have been open since 2013. Very nice inside and you don't feel like you are in a favela. The Pub is attached to a hotel and bakery. Right outside the front door is a bus and van stop. The environment is calm not very rowdy. In Rocinha, this place is considered upscale. The prices are a little higher for food and drinks than some of the other places but the inside of this place is clean and fresh with nicely styled wooden tables and chairs. There are 3 big flat screens and 2 pool tables as the back of the pub. We stopped by for about 40 minutes and we were able to check on the party scene as the place was busy without being over crowded. Service was good. The chicken pieces with sauce were very good. The music was a slower version of Samba music with many people dancing. This place also had security at the door. I think because they are connected to the hotel, that their guests safety is their priority, which is understandable.<br />
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I had a chance to chat with the manager Luiz. They have two favorite drinks that sell very well, "Caipirinhas" and "Capivodka". Prices are 10 reais for the Caipirinha and 12 reais for the Capivodka. There is a warm friendly vibe to this place.<br />
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Their hours are Monday, Friday and Saturday 6:00pm until 4:30am. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 6:00pm until 1:00am. As far as live Music, Monday is "Forro" night. Friday, Saturday & Sunday is a mix of a live band with Dj's during the breaks. They have free WiFi for those who want to stay connected to friends.<br />
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We walked down the hill about 80 meters we stopped at <span style="color: blue;">ROCINHA 40 GRAUS</span> which I just featured in the previous blog post. A quick stop there to have a quick drink and check out the ambiance. This was more like a mini street party. For music there was a dj playing. See previous post for details on when they have a live band. They had drink specials and finger foods. They have free WiFi. Rocinha 40 Grau is open from 10:30am until 3-5am depending on the night. Thursday-Sunday there is always some form of entertainment with live bands or Dj's or both. Friday and Saturday they are open until 5:00am.<br />
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We moved on a little bit further down the street where there was a live Forro Band playing in a place called <span style="color: blue;">PIZZA LIT.</span> Pizza Lit has been around for about 30 years. Serving some of the best pizza in Rocinha. They have hosted many cultural events there and now are jumping on the music scene to attract more people to their establishment. Every Friday and Sunday they have live music which starts from 7:00pm until about 4:00am. Saturday Nights is UFC night or if UFC is not showing, there is always an interested football match up. We grabbed a drink and then a friend of mine caught my attention and joined our group. He advised us to check out a new place close by.<br />
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So after paying our tab at Pizza Lit, we walked not even 1 minute down the road and saw this new place called <span style="color: blue;">TAMU JUNTO</span>. The place was definately new. Music was playing in the background and there was a huge big screen tv playing football. They have been only open for about 1 month and will be adding live bands and Dj's to their establishment. Staff was friendly and started to get crowded as we arrived. Looks like this will be one of the hot spots. They had drink specials and finger foods to start. The owner Douglas told me that eventually they plan to open for lunch time and offer full menu. They have free WiFi. Right now their hours are 7:00pm until 2:00am week nights and 7:00pm until 4:00am weekends. I wanted to show my guest other places so we continued to walk down the hill.<br />
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I wanted to show my guest best "por kilo" restaurant in Rocinha. I have always liked the food here at <span style="color: blue;">TRAPIA SOCIAL</span> as there is plenty of choice and its not just finger foods or some meat with rice and beans. For guests who don't feel comfortable ordering off a menu, this is a great alternative. Price is by weight. Put what you want and the amount on your plate and you pay according to what your plate weighs. Vegetarians love this place as there is plenty of salads, vegetables, different kinds of beans and pastas. Their por kilo is open from 11:30am until about 6:00pm. After 6 they have full menu. Because we arrived after the por kilo we just had drinks. They have a fully stocked bar and their specialty drinks like the "Capivodka" are tops. The guests enjoy Caipirinhas and Capivodkas. They offer drink specials as well and on selected evenings have a live band. When its summer there is air conditioning and they have free WiFi. Best thing about Trapia is that there is plenty of seating for up to about 100 guests and it's open 24 hours.<br />
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We were close to ending our night tour but I had to end off with showing them one of the newer place called <span style="color: blue;">Esquina da Noite</span> or Night on the Corner. It's is a small place but a outdoor place covered by a roof. When the crowd grows they spread tables and chairs on the street. Ivan, the owner says business is good. They are open from 5:00pm until 7:00am. Because of where they are located in the Via Apia, they get a lot of foot traffic. This is more of a meeting spot. There's music in the background but seems like a nice place to go after the parties. Good choice of drinks and finger foods. They don't have WiFi but my phone was picking up a free WiFi connection.<br />
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We spent about 7 hours in total checking out these various places. We started at 8:00pm and ended around 4:00am. It's awesome to see just how Rocinha is developing with all of these new businesses by locals. Night life and socializing is vital in Rocinha and for the last couple of years there were only 2 or 3 places where people would go but now there's new opportunities. New jobs being developed and the younger generation creating fun things to do. Most of the owners who I spoke to were mid to late 20's or early 30's. I had a great time showing my guests the night life in Rocinha. I hope more people come to check out what's going on here with the bars and night clubs.<br />
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Pub Crawl & Tour Experience<br />
1.) Barraca<br />
2.) Rocinha 40 Graus<br />
3.) Pizza Lit<br />
4.) Tamu Junto<br />
5.) Trapia<br />
6.) Esquina da Noite<br />
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If you want try out this kind of <b>Favela Pub Crawl</b> contact us at: <span style="color: blue;"><u>visitrocinha@gmail.com</u></span><br />
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Rocinha has opened up new bars and clubs to cater to the interest of more people wanting to socialize. Just up the street from my house a place called "Rocinha 40 Graus" or Rocinha 40 Degrees has opened and now has variety nights. We welcome visitors who want to party with us!<br />
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Here is what is going on weekly.<br />
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<b><u>Wednesday</u></b> - Every Wednesday is football night and theres a usually a Flamengo game going on. Flamengo is the team of Rocinha and the place is usually packed.<br />
Depending on when the game starts, usually its around 7:00pm people start to gather. To get a seat, you ned to arrive about 30 minutes before game time.<br />
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<b><u>Thursday</u></b> - Thursday is Pagode Night with a live band. The activities start at 10:00pm and end around 3-3:30am.<br />
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<b><u>Friday & Saturday</u></b> - are Dj's night where the top Dj's in Rocinha come to spin a variety of music styles from Funk, Hip Hop, Charme (R&B) and other styles. This kicks off at 10:00pm until about 5:00am. <b>****Saturday</b> is also fight night when the UFC is on tv. So, its a combination of UFC and dj's.<br />
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<b><u>Sunday</u></b> - is a mix of live Pagode and Dj's spinning tunes. Festivities start at 7:00pm until 2:00am. <b>****</b> At times Flamengo football team is playing a big game which would be fit into the schedule.<br />
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If you would like to come in Rocinha and be part of one of these nights, contact us at <b><u><span style="color: blue;">visitrocinha@gmail.com</span></u></b>lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-40504942773351497132017-05-05T18:18:00.002-07:002017-05-05T18:21:50.085-07:00Aging Sucks!<div class="MsoNormal">
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I noticed my health changing. I started gaining weight and losing my fitness
levels. But it’s only been within the last 6 months that I have noticed my
health getting worse. Things like chronic fatigue (no energy) and weight gain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So, about 5 months ago I stopped drinking any kind of soft
drinks and substituted with water. I drink a lot of water now. I started doing
research online about natural aids to help lose weight. I have about 30 kilos
to lose. Every evening I am researching about foods and spices that aid in
weight loss naturally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In the beginning of April I also decided it was good to get
a check up, so off to the doctor I went. There is the clinic here inside
Rocinha, but to get blood tests you need to return another day and I didn’t
want to do that. Just outside of Rocinha is a cinic. You need to pay but for
what you get, its very reasonably priced. I got full blood screens, Chest X-Ray
and ECG all for about 300 reais. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A week later I got all the results back. Chest X-Ray - No
problems, ECG - No problems. Blood tests some problems: 1.) High
Cholestrol<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2.) Thyroid problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I went online and researched everything I could for
about 1 week solid on how to improve the cholesterol problem and how to get my
thyroid functioning normal again through natural means. I do NOT want to be on
drugs the rest of my life!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">First thing I did was to empty out cabinets full of any kind
of food that’s in a bag, a box or a can. And substituted it with healthy foods.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My cabinet in my kitchen is filled with glass containers
(plastic is not good) with spices such as Turmeric, Ginger, Ginseng, Cayenne
Pepper, Black Pepper, Coconut Oil. Supplements I have added like Calcium,
Magnesium and Potassium, Omega 3’s, Selenium, B12. These are just some of the
things that exist in my cabinets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Every morning I make this concoction that consists of green
tea (I soak the green tea in water before), Turmeric, Cayenne Pepper and Ginger.
I make sure the drink is warm and mix it with tablespoon of coconut oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the last 6 weeks I have lost about 8
kilos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">How I lost the 8 kilos</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">- Absolutely NO Sugar (including fruits)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">- Eating a lot less Carbohydrates (not quite a Keto Diet but getting there)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">- NO eating after 7:00pm at night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">- Getting out and walking every day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">- Just started Jiu Jitsu class last week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Fitness Changes</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I bought a fit bit watch from a friend. This watch keeps
tracks of how many steps you take, heart rate, distance walked, calories burned
and how many flights of stairs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s nice to set some goals. My fitness is going slow but
steady. I have had the fit bit for about 10 days. Here are my averages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Steps Taken: 4828<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Resting Heart Rate:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>58<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Exercising Heart Rate: 120<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Distance: 2.78 miles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Flights of stairs: 18 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Not bad as I know I can improve on my numbers. My heart
rates are fine. I have always had a strong heart. I don’t drink or use drugs so
this is good. What I want to improve in the next 2 months is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Steps Taken: 6000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Distance: 4 miles a day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Flights of Stairs: 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">These are my goals for the next 2 months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Back to Jiu Jitsu</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I originally started training in Judo in 1985 stopped in 1993. I then took up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 1996 started training at Carlson Gracie's academy when they had a school on the corner of Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevard in West Los Angeles California. Those were the days when Carlson had all his young fighters there. I remember meeting a 19 year old Vitor Belfort, Murilo Bustamante, Carlos Barreto and Mario Sperry. From 1996 until about 2009 I had always been involved in Jiu Jitsu in some way. </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So after all of the years exposed to this art, I felt drawn back to it. So, I joined a Jiu Jitsu school. I used
to train Jiu Jitsu but stopped in 2009 because of work and no time. Everybody
knows me here in Rocinha. I used to teach a No Gi class here so everybody knows
what my ability used to be. This time I want to take my Jiu Jitsu training slow
with no pressure. And I want to be in a new environment. Getting older sucks
and movement and flexibility have changed a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So, I'm sure you
are all wondering how my returning to training went. I used to train in the
community where I live. I also taught No Gi classes too. Everybody knows me
where I live. They keep asking when I am going to return. I will return when I
am back in the flow and I am in better shape. The awesome thing about training
where I live is there are 3 jiu jitsu schools. They charge 70 reais a month. I
trained here but Carlson Gracie (in Copacabana) was my instructor and original
school. Here in Rio you need be careful because schools can get very
territorial. Here loyalty to your school is very important. Since Carlson died
I have been visiting and training at different places but keeping a low profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Where
I live, I did "some training" but they are a very competitive ranked
school in Rio. Their training is very hardcore competition based. And the
students are in the 17-35 year old range. I am in my 50’s. I don't mind getting
my ass beat, but I at least want to be able to put up a good fight and right
now I am NOT in that kind of shape. I cannot afford to get hurt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ok,
so this is how it went down at the new school. The new school is located in a
neighboring area but not a favela. I went first to watch a class last week
(Thursday) and the head instructor was there. I just sat and watched. The head
instructor asked me my name. He asked if I had trained before. I told him I
had. He said ok, welcome to the class and I just was quiet. I just sat and
observed the class. At the end the instructor asked me if I was interested. I
told him that I will come back next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last
Saturday I had to work and Sunday there was no class. Monday was workers
holiday here so no class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
went in yesterday (Tuesday) brought my Gi (uniform) with me. I used to wear A3,
but now I’m wearing A4 because of the weight gain. I still have the A3 and the
brown belt. But even the belt didn't fit. So, I wore a white belt, but hold on,
let me explain...I paid for 4 months. Prices here are more expensive than the
favela schools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So,
I got on the mat started stretching out 15 minutes before the class. Another
professor arrived took me aside and asked me my name, asked if I trained and I
told him the WHOLE story of my history. He asked about my rank, I showed him my
brown as I brought it with me in my bag, but explained that the belt was too
small because of my weight gain. He said fine. He didn't say anything about the
white belt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
also explained that I haven't been on the mats training in about 7 or 8 years.
When we were warming up for about 20 minutes I was able to do the warm up for
about 10 minutes (I'm so f'n out of shape), but I know it will get better. I
was able to do all the stretches with some small limitations. Need to work on
the flexibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
major problem I noticed was being on my knees. I could only be in this position
for about 5 minutes before I started feeling pain in my kneecaps. Lying on my
back with people in my guard, no problem. Side control top position some pain
in the knees. Me in someone’s guard, problem if more than 5 minutes on my knees.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">One
thing I did notice is they would constantly ask me if I knew "such and
such" a position. All the positions, sweeps, attacks, submissions and
escapes I had seen before. I didn't lie or exaggerate anything. I know my
limitations. I just told them the truth. They were very respectful of my fat
ass lol. I did not roll as I prefer to observe until I can at least feel
comfortable being on my knees for a longer period of time. (My mind was telling
me to roll but my body was saying, I'm not ready yet). My body won out on that
decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
enjoyed the function of the class. The breakdown was 15-20 minutes warm up, 40
minutes techniques (all techniques were related either a submission, defense or
a counter, nice flow). For example we did 4 techniques drilling yesterday and
today we did 5 techniques. Then, about 25-30 minutes of rolling. Over all I feel
welcome in the school. Every partner that I trained with was respectful and
chill. No anti-partners in this school. And there are no spazzes in the
classes. And the average age of the students is around 35-40 years old. A
mature group with no egos. So at least I know, I made the right choice in where
I am training.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yesterday
I went to the 7:30-9:00pm class, Today I went to the 4:30-6:0pm class. I am
really tired but they have a 7:00am class that I want to try as well, just to
meet all the different instructors. There are classes 3X a day so I have a lot
of choice when to train.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ok, I am laying down now as I type this and I can feel slight
soreness in my hips but the big soreness is my abs.. Getting old sucks! I am on
my way back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I go back in June to the doctor to get more blood tests done to
see if my diet and exercise program is working.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-47893686540370923502016-12-19T16:00:00.000-08:002016-12-19T16:00:59.064-08:00A Loyal Friend<br />
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I wanted to separate this post from the last one as Freddy deserves his own space without any negativity. With all the challenges of running a tourism agency, one person who has always been HONEST, LOYAL and has shown the utmost RESPECT and INTEGRITY has been Freddy Gomes.<br />
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This is my good friend Freddy Gomes. I have known Freddy since 2009 when he first contacted me through email about wanting to come stay and live in Rocinha. I helped him find a place and get settled. He was able to make his own set of friends that are like family to him. But he always kept in contacts with me. He has worked on and off as a guide with <a href="http://www.favelatour.org/">Favela Adventures</a> and always provided top notch service.<br />
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He contacted me last year about coming back to Rocinha and I told him that he would be welcome. I rehired him as a guide and he quickly got back into things. He worked before during and after the Olympics and Paralympics. Here are just a few photos of Freddy, Rocinha tour guide.<br />
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This was Freddy's last tour with the guys from Finland!<br />
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Freddy is leaving tomorrow on to the next phase of his life. He is going on an amazing adventure. He has decided to bike from Rio de Janeiro to Colombia. He has a blog where he will be writing about his experiences. I wish him all the best and he knows he will always have a place here in Rocinha!<br />
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To follow Freddy's wild Adventure you can read his blog here.<br />
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<a href="http://memybikeahike.strikingly.com/">Me, my Bike & a Hike</a><br />
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<br />lifeinrocinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611011816261337973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066552463266939663.post-81610387371440535322016-12-18T09:03:00.000-08:002016-12-18T09:03:00.207-08:00Community in Action<br />
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Rocinha is the biggest favela in Brazil with aproximately 300,000 people. Favelas are the poor working class areas that can be seen on the hillsides of Rio. There are many here who struggle to earn a basic living, especially considering the minimum wage of about 800 reais a month. So its not surprising to see many initiatives taking place here. The community helps itself especially around christmas time. This is just one of many things going on inside the favela.<br />
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A friend of mine told me about this event happening at the bottom of Rocinha. There was this event called Acao Social "Guerreiros de Corte" (Social Action Warrior Cutters). The event was held at the Pracinha da Roupa Suja where they usually have sports like football, basketball and volleyball. They also hold music shows and other community events there.<br />
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The event took place last week. But I have been so busy with other things. This hair cutting event was to help those in need. Bring a kilo of rice, beans, flour or some other dry food and receive a free haircut. I really needed a haircut and this was the perfect opportunity to also help out.<br />
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I brought 3 kilos of food since I thought this was more of the value of a hair cut. Normally in Rocinha haircuts at a barber cost anywhere from 12-20 reais. So I spent about this amount on my 3 kilos of food.<br />
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This was my barber "Bruce da Sabotagem" who I found out has a barber shop about 10 minutes walk from my house.<br />
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Bruce working on my hair. After he cut my hair I offered a tip and he refused and said, "No, Zezinho, this is a community project, so no money". I was impressed by these young men!<br />
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There was a line of 3 people before me so I waited and walked around taking photos of all the barbers and the particpants. It was nice to see so much support but I see this often during holidays. The community creating events that support those less fortunate.<br />
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Here are some photos from the event.<br />
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One of the organizers decided to film the barbers in action.<br />
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For the younger kids, Spiderman made an appearance.<br />
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