Ñaupa walks, II

Do you know what my problem is?

I don't see badness in people.

And our farms ...

And now, from where will we sustain ourselves if there are no more imports?

Now will they will turn their eyes to our fields, and will they understand that you cannot eat gold? Now will they speak with more respect of our farms?

We are very lucky to have our producers in the field. Small and medium-sized agriculture is the only activity capable of supplying us, although governments are not giving due importance to this sector, of emphasizing associativity to confront invading merchants.

It should always be kept in mind that peasants do a great job, both women and men, and that thanks to these efforts we can survive.

What is the use of educating our children "to have competitive professions" if they do not know how to open a generous furrow or sow a splendid seed?

A villager

Reading in quarantine

Due to the health emergency in our country, we are staying at home. We all know that this social isolation has a strong rationale and, therefore, we face it with optimism, patience and faith.

One of the pieces of news that most reassures us and gives us hope is to see how the Earth takes a breath and recovers a little bit from everything that some humans do to it when we can leave the house.

And it also gives us hope the fact that we are accompanied by good friends: in this case, the books of our Rural Libraries. It is true that between one and another household chore time passes very quickly, but it is also good to take a little time to read as a family, taking advantage of the opportunity.

At home, some nights, we make reading circles with the fascicles of the series "And other stories", because the idea is to cheer us up, entertain ourselves and learn more about our traditions, and these books, in addition, amuse us a lot.

In our first night we have read "The rabbit and the fox", "The fox and the little bird", "The lic-lic", "The little head", "The carbuncle" and other tales ...

Now we know that, as a family, quarantined, we can put our fears away and have fun, reading together and sharing what we read.

Thanks to Rural Libraries!

A reading family ;)

Rosa with books

A few weeks ago, a couple of boxes with books arrived at our headquarters that our friend Rosita Vásquez sent us from Lima: Encyclopedias, dictionaries, literature, law and educational books that have already been distributed among the library families of the Network, who they will benefit from their reading and study.

Thank you infinitely, dear Rosita, for such a valuable donation!

In the path

We are going through a difficult stage. It is also a call to value life and to give thanks for all that we have inherited from our grandparents.

It is a time to reflect on the way we behave with our beloved land, how much we value the customs and the work of our brothers and sisters in the field. It is not a question of words: it is living and keeping the community alive.

At the beginning of March we had the Assembly of our Network, concerned about reviewing our activities, but also with the intention of enjoying the reunion, that magic of knowing that we are deeply united and cared for as a family and community.

It was as always very pleasant to have the presence of librarians and coordinators, who came from far away bringing the lively spirit and, with great pride, what their chacritas (farms) produce, to share all together.

May that refined charm always remain, pleasing like the flavour of potatoes and ollucos;  granulated like rice, coffee and wheat; delicious like cocoa and tomatoes; luminous like corn and oranges; tender like bread and cheese.

May the humility of wisdom continue to fill us; may the contagious be the good bearer of dreams and certainties, to always awaken laborious and beautiful.

Thanks to all the community members; Thanks to our brother Alfredo for his optimism, for giving us classes in true brotherhood, for making us understand that we are nobody if we are not able to understand and put ourselves in the place of others.

"May the earth and the breath of our grandparents take care of us always. May we continue to share and meet challenges along the way, always.”

Featured Readers

It is a source of great joy to know that children, youth, adults, men, and women of the Cajamarca region, stand out for increasing not only the number of books read, but also for strengthening community reading practices: they read for others, they read with others, they read between all. The readings and the listeners of the Network are very rich and diverse.

According to the processing of the Records of Readers, we can show some of our most assiduous readers, whom we congratulate and send an acknowledgment on behalf of the entire family of the Network of Rural Libraries of Cajamarca:

Erika in Bambamarca, Hualgayoc, and Maycol in Cujillo, Cutervo. Milagros in Chuad, San Miguel; Sergio and Margarita in Porconcillo Alto, Cajamarca. Andy at the Ramada, Cutervo. Rosalía in San Isidro, San Marcos, and Julián in Yanomayo, Cajamarca.

Many hugs!

Reading circles

The constant realization of the Reading Circles is hard work carried out by our reading communities, in which not only campesinos and community members take part, but also teachers and students of educational institutions that have rural libraries.

Although all the communities carry out their Reading Circles, today we highlight some that, due to the number of meetings held, stand out: the Rural Libraries at the Higher Pedagogical Institute and at the Sagrado Corazón Educational Institution, in Jaén; the various communities in the sector of San Marcos, Pomabamba and Celendín.

Thank you and congratulations to the coordinators and librarians who drive this community gathering around reading!

Our Assembly!