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With the help of a donated laptop computer, Huaita Sisa Saransiq and Deisy Farinango help create an index for the Yambiro Library, which is being funded and stocked by travelers, teachers and schools. "A house without books is like a room without windows. " |
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Helping their Community |
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Ten villagers from the town of Larcacunga, using Otavalo land, are looking for funding to finance a community project to build pools for trout farming. The project will benefit the local diet and provide an activity to attract travelers. Any help is welcomed! |
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Building a Small Business Enterprise, Trout Farming |
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Just a few kilometers from Otavalo, right on Lago San Pablo, one finds the very charming town of San Rafael. The villagers have produced "esterras", straw mats, for centuries . They are now diversifying by producing a wide variety of products. Worth a visit! |
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Totora Sisa, Community Business in San Rafael |
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What boy or girl does not dream of having their own horse?! Brian Perugachi has been riding horses since he was two years old. His father is a real Indigenous mountain man. Brian shares the responsibilities of taking animals in and out to pasture. |
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Every Young Boy's Dream |
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The Ancient Otavalos lived in thatched adobe huts called "chozas" for many centuries. An Otavalo Indian remembers watching villagers build these huts in his mountain village as a young boy and he offered his expertise when we needed some chozas fast! |
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How to build a Choza |
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With Windows Media Player 10 you can stream some of our Otavalo movies. They are best viewed with a high speed connection. Enjoy. |
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Rural Andean Community |
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Vets and students from the University of Wisconsin visited several Indigenous pueblos last month to treat cattle, pigs, dogs, sheep and humans for parasites. Dr. Chris Olsen and his team vaccinated over 200 animals in Yambiro, assuring better health for all! |
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From the U.S to Otavalo, Providing Health & Goodwill |
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A day long investigation of the water system serving thousands of rural indigenous people was documented last month. In part 1 the issues and principal problems are explained by representatives of the communities. |
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Water Projects for Rural Communities near Otavalo |
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Through the efforts of Anna Taft and Laura Roberts a Chlorine producing machine has been purchased and donated to the water administration of 5 communities. The unit will provide treated water for over 3000 persons. This video documents the ceremony. |
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5 Communities receive a Water Treatment Apparatus |
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This is the time of year for the third harvest of corn planted last October. Maize is still a very important factor in the lives of the Otavalo campesino! The maize will be dried and ground into flour or stored and roasted slowly on ceramic plates to make tostado. |
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The Harvest of Maize in Otavalo |
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Now that the maize has been harvested it is once again time to prepare the fields for planting corn and beans in September. The indigenous farmers of Otavalo continue to plow and hoe the earth by hand or with oxen. Tractors are for rent, but very expensive. |
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Preparing the Fields |