Such antiPeace Corps demonstrations show that the work of the Peace Corps volunteer is not easy and is not always readily accepted. But the volunteers persevere and. in spite of obstacles do a fine job. In Brazil I had the opportunity to visit with the volunteers who were doing basic community development work in the favelas of Rio and Recife. bringing new ideas and new skills to communities which are primarily the shelter of hordes of rural migrants who are getting their first distasteful taste of urban living. The favelas are crowded squalid squatter settlements without sewage or safe water. Some in Recife are so horrid that only half of those born live to the age of 5.
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