Favela
vsCovid-19

The COVID-19 arrived in Brazil through the upper class but has spread like wildfire throughout the poorest communities. The first case in the country was reported in São Paulo on February 26. Latin America’s richest and most populated metropolis rifes with social inequality.
This is the story of the grassroots initiatives that were launched by the residents of three favelas in São Paulo to face the problems caused or exacerbated by the pandemic.