Naples, Italy Kaila Burns Global History

Italy has a population of 60,483,521. Unemployment rate – 8.4% Birth rate births/1,000 population Death rate deaths/1,000 population Exchange rate -$2.055 trillion FACTS ON ITALY

Population of Naples - 959,574 unemployment runs at 24%, compared to the 8.4% national average Between ages about 58% of these people are out of work SCAMPIA, NAPLES

Scampia is found is Naples, Italy. It is the biggest slum that Italy has, in Naples. Scampia became a project in when the drug war between the mafia started and they took control of it all. All of Scampia is public housing units. There are no parks left, hospitals, or much of anything else there. Most children do not even own a birth certificate, let alone get the chance of going to school. Streets are filled with garbage because all of the garbage dumps are now completely filled, they blame this on the mafia taking over. ABOUT SCAMPIA

Scampia is mostly ran by a mafia. Most building in the area have people or dogs watching for intruders. Police can barely keep it under control. They had to bring in an extra 1000 police officers just to help with drug trafficking, and it still has barely improved. In the projects of Scampia most children do not have or live with their parents. Children have a 25% chance of getting their education, and most of the children in the area resort to selling drugs, and thieving rather than going to school. SCAMPIA & CRIME The man who took this picture of these young girls in Scampia says “ I took this on one of the first days I was in Scampìa. This girl lived in a state home. Both of her parents were in jail. That gesture with her hand means: ‘What do you want?’ I was struck by her beauty. She was acting like a grown woman, staring me down, acting strong.”

SCAMPIA, NOT FORGOTTEN Although Scampia is the projects where it seems no one would care about or be able to help. This graffiti drawing of a bird on a building brought some hope and light in. Two Germans who painted this picture of the side of a very broke down building in Scampia say “Many of our Italian friends who saw photos of our painting automatically thought that it was a collage. To them it seemed impossible that three Germans who didn’t even speak the Neapolitan dialect had painted a bird four storeys high in one of Italy’s most infamous areas. But it was possible, and that in itself is a glimmer of light for the inhabitants of Scampia. Without the support of a large part of the vele community, we would not have been able to complete our bird. They were delighted that we were applying colour to the very building which most of them, given the choice, would move out of immediately. The children in particular showed great interest in our project.” A video on Scampia ;

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