In 2013 we noticed that more than three-fourths of the children of the village ate only a small meal on Christmas. As the average wage in La Libertad is under 2 dollars a day, the Christmas dinners that our volunteers are accustom to do not happen. Starting in 2014 and every year since, Amazon Pueblo has provided a chicken and rice dinner to all 150 village kids and to an increasingly growing number of the adults.
Here are some pictures from this year’s feast!
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Gustavo, his wife Rosalba and sister Betty are doing the cooking. |
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This cook-pot is full of cooked rice. It weighs over 60 pounds! |
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Betty with arroz con pollo. |
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The dinner is BYOP, bring your own plate! |
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Rosalba serving the crowd. |
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Waiting in line. |
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A tasty meal. For some, the only thing they will eat today. |
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Arroz con pollo (chicken with rice and vegetables) is a traditional Colombian dish. |
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Waiting for siblings after dinner. |
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Even small children are responsible for washing their own dishes. They do so without being asked! |
Thank you to all of our project supporters who helped to
make this year’s Christmas dinner possible!