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Posted by Warrior Empress (Guest) - Tuesday, December 9 2003, 12:49:57 (EST)
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Hope I am not sticking my nose in where it doesn't need to be, but I have a few ideas.

Do any members of the family know how to make crafts they could sell or even export? Hand made stuff from mexico fetches massive prices in the west. Maybe an old woman would be willing to teach her trade? I am sure you can get them hooked up on e-bay or something like that...and you have computer access.

Also, about the schooling issue, are any of the elder children educated in any arts - languages, maths, sciences, alternative medicine, handicrafts, carpentry etc to open a free high school? I know this is not really a money making scheme, and classes may have to be held out in the open. But organisation and education are fabulous ways to get people organised and raise their self-esteem. I hate the fact that many young women feel they have no future but to get married in the vain hope some man will take care of them.

I think with the kids, their skills, interests and passions need to be tapped into. There may be not much in the way of school supplies out there, but locals are pretty savvy in scraping things up and sometimes even teaching by oral practice is effective.

I am here in Africa, teaching for peanuts in a local primary school. We are lucky and have many resources but there are so many who have none. At the moment I am trying to organise some sort of women's centre. We have no centre to speak of so we may start to meet at individuals womens houses. We want to start a collective - skill sharing kinda stuff. I tutor your kids if you clean my house once a week, or babysitting for cooking - stuff like that. Skills can be shared between women and many here are great cooks who could get into catering if they knew how. We also would like to start an education campaign. Basically discuss womens issues and get women some sort of reference system - if they need a cheap doctor, free tutoring in literacy, an abortion etc.

I am sure there is a world's worth of knowledge in Adelita's pequena village. Are the people interested in getting together? Organisation, literacy and self-esteem are often the sure starter ways to begin a social revolution and an alternative to the sick feeling you (may?) get just giving people money. And the cops can't bust up a women's coffee gathering now, can they? :)

Sorry if this naive, but now living at the other side of the world, I have felt poverty to its (almost) bitterest end. Can't get doctors coz of the cost, rely on donations of rice and beans etc, etc, etc, worry where I may be living tomorrow.

Life is a major struggle, and its brave of you to face even the struggle of those individuals and familes around you. I know it may seem futile to only help one family, that's why I would like to suggest you, or Adelita, or her daughters and sons, may get the whole community involved somehow?

Peace,
The Empress

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