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Prehistoric Drawings and Four Intertwined Client Visits
An intense trip thought the rural mountains of eastern El Salvador made us think about the importance of family unity through the clay and string and flour that intertwine these 4 stories.
The day began with a visit to a cave which has prehistoric drawings that date back thousands of years. Our attention was drawn to several of the figures which were of couples holding hands. We didn’t think much of it then, but that image stayed with us as the day unfolded.
One client visit was to a young woman who weaves hammocks. She invited us in to her house: a tiny shack made of wood, bamboo, cane, and tin with a dirt floor and walls covered with newspaper. Inside was barely room for a bed, a finished hammock and one being made. She uses loans from PADECOMSM to buy materials to make hammocks, improve her house and pay off her small lot all by herself – in tears, she told us that she had recently become a single mother. Her six year-old son recently suffered a facial paralysis when his father left.
Continue Reading 9 July 2011 at 10:56 john.beckwith.farmer 5 comments
