International Travels: What it is like to live in Ceilandia

We visited our host teacher's Adriana's house. Ceilandia is one of the poorest areas in all of Brasilia. The homes have bars and barricades on the entrances and all around their house. Everyone shares adjoining walls from house to house or businesses. The streets are not really paved. If they have cars they are also locked behind bars under the house or carport. Since there is s much dirt everywhere, the floors are tiles or ceramic. Mopping is a daily chore. Everything is dusty. The houses are clean but simply decorated. What we considered old heavy wood furniture is what the poor use. Having money means lighter furniture. Our host teacher does not live at home and has an apartment (they have to buy so like a condo) because it is safer for a single person to live. The school is also unsafe. It have a iron gate, bars everywhere and a guard at night. Te students all have said many of them have been robbed coming to school or at their public day school. Some of the teachers fins it unsafe as well.
They do not have room mates. Food is amazing but so rich in meat and milk based stuff. Some fruits and veggies. Lots of sweets again mostly made from milk (doche). Thursday is our last day at the schools, No sure what we have. Another long day sharing with lots of students. We are providing dinner for the faculty and doing a video presentation about our visit.