Homelessness In Rio De Janeiro

Picture this: you’re walking downtown amidst the largest urban area relative to where you live. While roaming the city, it’s normal to notice gorgeous architecture, an overwhelming number of places to purchase food or basic necessities, and some form of health care service; it’s equipped with just about everything that civilians need to live a decent life. Suddenly, you come across areas that lack these essential elements for daily survival. Some cities, however, are working to change this. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and El Paso, Texas are implementing programs that make a case for allocating funds towards the wellness of those suffering rather than the added entertainment of those who are much better off. These organizations promote their community …show more content…
It’s more than logical to assume that people should want to be a part of a community that is welcoming and meets the needs of its people. A visit to the webpage for “Numbeo,” a program that provides data pertaining to wellness in cities around the world, reports that Rio de Janeiro has an overall quality of life of 55.45, which qualifies as low on the quality of life index (“Quality of Life”). Despite the beauty that much of Rio de Janeiro has to offer, there are plenty of areas that don’t live up to the expectations. Certain areas of the tourist-laden Brazilian city are slums; the quality of life in parts of the region is spectacularly low when compared to the heart of the city. In modern society, El Paso ranks fairly high up on the list of best U.S. cities to live in for a high quality of life, according to the El Paso Times magazine (“Report”). While El Paso has improved drastically over the past few years, there is still much room for modernization and urban …show more content…
Regardless of both the size and location, civilians need to work together to establish an environment that’s suitable for people to live. By implementing programs that promote creativity and all forms of achieving wellness, the cities of Rio de Janeiro and El Paso are making impressive strides towards becoming powerful, developed areas. At the current rates of involvement and participation, both of the cities are on track to become two of the most wholesome, sustainable areas for a large population to live successfully. This is something that should serve as a model for other cities; by preaching community enrichment and social benefit, much of the world would become much greater for the establishment of a strong, supported