Favela representatives draft list of challenges facing G20 countries
Fighting hunger, ensuring access to water, health care, and education, investment in infrastructure, accessible credit, and sustainable development are the demands of the favelas and outlying neighborhoods of Brazil and other countries at the G20, the international forum that brings together representatives from the world’s 19 richest nations, plus the European Union and the African Union.Those demands are listed on a document entitled Comuniquê, to be unveiled Monday (Nov. 4), National Favela Day, by Favela 20 (F20), a project created by Voz das Comunidades, a socially aware NGO with a journalistic slant run by favela residents.“One of our main objectives was to include the demands of the favelas and outlying areas not only in Brazil, but also in G20 countries. That was one of our maj...