Shanty town

Have you ever in your life been dirt poor? Have you ever had to scavenge for things to trade or to build your house with? The people of Shanty Town have been scavenging for a little while now. Everyone who lives in Shanty Town has to scavenge for scrap so that they can trade that scrap for food and maybe even clothes if the right person comes through town. It is 2030 and a devastating thirteen year world war has left many countries to collapse and left in trash and ruins. It has only been two years

of Sri Lanka, poverty stricken areas. They did not have access to healthcare in their regions. Although I felt lucky enough to have a bed to sleep on and doctors at my footstep, I could not sleep peacefully at night knowing that somewhere in a shanty town, another girl like me could be suffering from dengue fever too but she is probably sleeping on the sandy floor of her hut hoping praying that she will be

Fireweed War is one of the most feared things in world. The fear of losing someone who is close to you is unbearable. The short story “Fireweed”, by Skye Brannon, deals with problems of being an immi-grant in America and the difficulties with forgetting your past. Baluta and his family are immigrants from Liberia who are having a hard time integrating with their traditions, language and values. The reason for their immigration is shown on (page 3, line 95)“The war will be coming soon..” As Baluta’s

world. Some of the societies governments aren’t doing a thing to fix these shanty towns and favelas. They try to keep them isolated from the more wealthy parts of the city. Whether it means putting up fences or just keeping them in a distance from the others. These people are being treated like animals, forced to live in flooded areas on top of one another. The favelas in Rio De Janeiro are very similar to the shanty towns in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Favelas in Rio De Janeiro lie beneath the beautiful

And to make matters worse, they are in the midst of childish acts that exceeds one’s expectations of normal grownup behaviour.” Rumours started to circulate that the rival school across town had employed what they called a Real English Teacher”(S. 1 - Ll 3-4). Jealousy, as seen in kindergarten, where the cool kids have the best toys, and if you want to be in the inner-circle, you need those toys. It is really shameful to read and the facts

Number Three The postmodern society is constantly changing. All the old things such as buildings are replaced with the impeccable modern ones. Just like the former English Teacher, Miss Coral who is caught between a rock and a hard place. Today people have to be perfect and everything we are occupied with must be done flawlessly. The author Anna Metcalfe emphasizes exactly this issue in the short story “Number Three”, where Miss Coral is trapped in a culture clash. She´s replaced with a so called

in a city that is unable to keep up with the growing demands. The rapid influx of people to cities could be for several reasons: moving from rural areas to find work in bigger cities or migrating from a war torn country. Upon moving to these larger towns, they are unable to afford housing due to lower incomes in the

The effect globalization has on the slums, informal settlements, and poverty in Cairo takes on more specific forms as seen by the impact privatization has on industries that are key sources of income for many. The Zabaleen, who live in makeshift settlements on agricultural land at the western and northern fringes of Cairo metropolitan region, have been the traditional garbage collectors and recyclers in Cairo for decades (Fahmi, 2005). It is estimated in 1997, the Zabaleen collected up to 3,000 tonnes

settle elsewhere. Housing becomes a big challenge for migrants in Indonesia since they cannot secure well-paying jobs; this is as a result of the fierce competition for jobs that require highly skilled workers. The jobs they get can only afford them shanties that are located in the slums while some are forced to

Poverty as Seen in Favelas Presented in “Flavio’s Home”: Fighting For Survival What does it really mean to be poor? Does it mean that people don’t have enough money to buy new shoes when hundreds more lie in the closet? Or does it mean that there is not an enough form of payment to even get food to feed the family? Concepts and beliefs over poverty can differentiate depending on the social status of the individual, and sometimes, that person does not have an idea of what poverty even means simple