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Art 14. I do what I can

Belia Vaca lives in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin and does not stand by and watch oil extractivism and the increasing willingness to exploit, but instead campaigns for change in her everyday life and context within a group of like-minded people. Her motto: I do what I can.
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In the Amazonian border region of Ecuador and Colombia, the problems that threaten the population are not few: oil extraction, pollution, social violence. The testimony of Belia Vaca, inspired by the “Wiphala” system of the Environmental Clinic, is a faithful demonstration that it is feasible to change reality from oneself life, beginning processes and transformations within reach, without ignoring at the same time problems of greater magnitude. I do what I can – Belia’s motto is to awaken other people from her own testimony and concrete actions

Authors:

  • Jorge Krekeler | jorge.krekeler@posteo.de

Design:

  • Diana Patricia Montealegre

Photos:

  • Jorge Krekeler
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may 2016

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