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Ecuador

Ecuador: Organizing a Minga to Protect a Water Source
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Published on 18 October 2012
  • Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 1
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  • Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 6
Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 1
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Copyright: Gobierno Municipal de Montufar/Patricia Taramuel
Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 1

Residents of the Cumbaltar community in the Carchi province in Ecuador, among them many women, get prepared to carry by hand the posts that will be placed to protect the water source.

Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 2
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Copyright: Gobierno Municipal de Montufar/Patricia Taramuel
Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 2

Three enthusiastic women take the lead and carry one of the heavy posts to destination.

Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 3
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Copyright: Gobierno Municipal de Montufar/Patricia Taramuel
Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 3

Men from Cumbaltar do their part of the task and carry posts. There was no path leading to the water source, but men and women found the way to get the posts there.

Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 4
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Copyright: Gobierno Municipal de Montufar/Patricia Taramuel
Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 4

WFP's Ines Lopez (first from the right) helps community women carry one of the posts.

Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 5
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Copyright: Gobierno Municipal de Montufar/Patricia Taramuel
Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 5

Once they arrive near the water source, residents of the Cumbaltar community place the posts around the area to protect it. Ines and two of the men have just fixed one of the posts in place.

Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 6
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Copyright: WFP/Veronica Molina
Ecuador: water minga in Cumbaltar 6

WFP and the Municipal Government distributed rations to participants in the minga. On the way back home, a rainbow over the WFP vehicle carrying home Ines and other colleagues marks the end of the minga in Cumbaltar.

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