this little dude was on little stilts
and he totally knows how to use them
obligatory cute kids
lollipops and a new friend
this is not a painting. this is real
the towel ruins an otherwise breathtaking picture
camila and me
camila and me with martha of the anitioquia small farmer´s association or ACA
Two more ACA compañeros, Fernando, a lawyer, and Gustavo, an agronomist. Plus the obligatory cute children, all against mountain backdrop
obligatory cute children put flowers in my hair
this kid has this view 24/7
Gustavo using the "agro-nivel" or agro-level, he showed folks how to construct this simple tool in order to build terraced planting areas
building the terraces for easier planting
Doña Celsa, one bad ass doña
finishing up the terraces
this was some hot and sweaty work
the chickens are eating the newly made terraces
everyone in this part of colombia wears fake chucky t high tops, in red or black. even doña Celsa.
on Doña Celsa´s porch, there are two pairs of all-stars in this picture
this small little plant has millions of people addicted to its processed powers
The one and only Doña Celsa showing us some of her more special plants
again, not a painting.
the municipality of San Franciso on the near mountain
we were most definitely in these mountains.
those are my clean and very chaco-tanned feet that camila is trying to eat
Marta talking with some of the community groups the ACA accompanies. Fernando had just given a speech on the evils of the TLC
The lovely and well maintained garden terraces of a displaced campesino group: La Esperanza
Martha and Gustavo with the women that come to garden every morning
those are some really really big vidalia onions
standing in the terraced garden and looking out and over a soccer field
students/fans intently watching a soccer game in the town center of San Francisco
the game, there were tons of people cheering these teams
a for real Chiva (we refer to the jeep that takes us up and down the mountain as a chiva, but that is because we are liers) This is the real deal and it is even in a small mountain town in Antioquia.
a hill on the moutain that we walked down to go fishing
ok, camila and i didn´t really go fishing, but we did watch Gustavo and one of the communtiy members fish
this simple system turns pig poo into methane gas to fire up stoves and light bulbs. the ACA is helping communities to build these
members of displaced communities, discussing the progress of the pig poo
wow
me with some of the folks of the "tercer edad" (literally the third age) group that the ACA works with. i felt like a bit of a giant with all of these very dear and very small older folks.
one of the tercer edad-ers didn´t believe a city gal like me could shovel. what he didn´t know is that i am not, in no uncertain terms, a city girl
some of the crops in the newly settled displacement community of Boquerón
Some of my new friends discussing crops and life
And now onto the Anti-Military Concert and Protests by the Red Juvenil of Medellín. Big change...
revolutionary fists!
This 12 hour concert was packed almost all day long and the energy was so palpable, most of the time you could feel the earth moving as people bounced to the rhythms
No army defends the peace
