Life in the Altiplano
As in the UK, Bolivian communities have been affected by drastic lockdown measures, limiting movement, and closing schools, markets and many other essential areas of public life. Under these conditions, the rural indigenous families like Vladimir and Maria – who featured in CAFOD’s Hands On project – found themselves unable to travel to sell their produce or find temporary work.
Without income, many families were unable to buy seeds for next year’s harvest nor dry foods like oil and salt.
Initially, local experts supported by CAFOD, who work directly with Altiplano communities, were unable to visit families due to restrictions and because they didn’t want to put the communities at risk. Now that restrictions have eased, they have been able to visit the families who were part of Hands On. They were relieved and surprised to find that some families had coped much better than expected during the worst of the lockdown period.
Source link : https://cafod.org.uk/news/international-news/sharing-skills-in-altiplano
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Publish date : 2021-05-14 03:00:00
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