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Colombia has a lot of violence
everywhere,

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but the truth is that
violence begins at home,

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and so does peace.

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Machismo in Colombia has always
had a great impact on women,

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because we’ve always been
very oppressed,

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especially those of us
who live in rural areas.

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Historically, women
weren’t even named, weren’t recognized.

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In this country, women
couldn’t choose a candidate.

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We didn\'t have much value.

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Being a female leader
is a little difficult.

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Men always want to have the say.

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We’re more caring,

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more like, \"Who can I help?\"

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stronger, but united.

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I’m from the city of Manizales.

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I lived there with my mom
and my little girls.

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My second daughter
was 9 years old,

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when she was shot in the head.

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As a result,
I had to leave the city,

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because they kept threatening me,
so I came to Cali.

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I arrived with my mom and the girls.

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I kept struggling, alone,
working in family homes,

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I reached a point where I had
a very difficult financial situation.

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In Cali I lived in various places,

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but then there was a time
where I lived on the front line.

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Whoever crossed a certain street,
or went beyond the next corner,

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was killed there...

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Later, I went through
a very difficult situation,

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so difficult that my mom
became depressed.

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Nashira is made up
of blocks of eight dwellings.

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Four on one side,
four on the other.

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There are 11 blocks,
with eight dwellings each.

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Having the opportunity
to come here,

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was a very beautiful experience,
because of the peace, the tranquility.

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Also regarding my work,

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because I couldn\'t work back there.

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Here I feel very accomplished
with what I do,

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transforming, recycling,

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because that’s something
I’ve imagined since I was a child.

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It was something that I yearned for
but couldn’t put into practice,

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and now I feel very free with that.

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Nashira was conceived
around 2002.

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It was the idea of
Dr. Ángela Cuevas.

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It came about as an initiative,

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to educate women,
allow them to be productive.

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The call was made,

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a lot of women
came here to be trained.

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Some of us came from very far away,
where there wasn\'t even electricity.

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Others came from the countryside,
where they were displaced,

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mostly from
the poorest areas of Cali.

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So we started the whole process,
we started working,

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learning with the workshops.

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Then in the middle
of all the studies that were done,

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we realized that
none of us had a home.

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One day, Dr. Angela said:

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“I’m looking for a little piece of land,
around here on the outskirts of Cali,

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because I see that 80% of the women
in the association don’t have a home.”

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So, seeing the need
of so many people,

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homeless and all,

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she decided to do
the housing project.

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We ourselves were the ones
doing everything,

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from uprooting the trees,

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to building the blocks.

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And many women
had to grind the rubble,

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from avenues,
industrial debris,

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stuff to fill the molds,
grind all that,

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to be able to make the foundations
from which the first stage was built.

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We ourselves
raised all these columns,

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every panel was put up
and organized among ourselves.

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It wasn\'t quick,

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we had to travel
from Cali to here,

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for the classes,
to learn about vegetable gardens.

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We began to make little houses out of bamboo
in order to have productive centers.

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As an organized community,
in productive groups,

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some of which have disappeared,
others we have strengthened.

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We clean together,

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we study together.

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There’s the recycling group,
which is the strongest.

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It’s been sustained
for many years.

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We started to work in 2011,
in 2012, very hard.

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In 2013, 2014,
many women spent time there.

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They left,
because the work was too hard.

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Until we,
four very strong women, remained.

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We’ve learned that
everything we recycle,

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avoids the landfill.

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Monthly,
only from Los Bolos,

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seven tons
are saved from the landfill.

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And it has been replicated
in other parts of the municipality.

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After studying, we learned that
five recycling categories are dealt with:

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cardboard, paper, metals,
plastic and glass.

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We learned that along the way,
throughout the workshop.

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Before I didn\'t know what recycling was,
I used to throw everything away.

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Now instead, I recycle.

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People learned
to recycle a lot,

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because our discipline made people
start putting recyclables aside for us.

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We don\'t buy
absolutely anything.

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So we go to schools,
the supermarket, the store, houses,

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in the street, where we also collect,
in the pond, in the dance hall.

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The four of us
contribute a lot to the environment,

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but I would like the whole community
to do the same.

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When I finished school,

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they asked us what profession
we would choose.

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And I saw that so and so would be an architect,
another would be a doctor, and so on.

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Everyone laughed when I said
I wanted to be a very good mother.

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I didn\'t see myself
as a professional with a degree,

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but wanted to be
a very good mom,

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and now several of my classmates
have come here to Nashira,

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and recognize
that I am a great mother,

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because I became a mother
not only to my two children,

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but to the family,
and to the community.

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There are many women
that I call my daughters.

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Or there are many women
who confide in me a lot.

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There are many women
who have a problem,

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and they come
and solve it with me.

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And I discovered
an impressive ability to lead,

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I didn\'t know
that I had so much to give.

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Shall we start there?

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The first was about classical validity,

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which has the 3 characteristics:

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completeness,
coherence and unity.

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The system is not complete
because there are voids.

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There’s no unity,
because in Colombia there is pluralism.

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And coherence, many articles
of the Constitution contradict each other.

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How could a president then object,

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either because of inconvenience,
or because it is unconstitutional?

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And well, in fact
there were no arguments for that.

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My name is Isabel Figueroa.

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I was a single mother at 14.

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Now I have 2 daughters,
and I’m separated.

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I had to put up with
humiliation, beatings, mistreatment.

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Many men believe that because
they sustain the house, and their wife,

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they simply have the right
to humiliate you and belittle you.

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Machismo is so powerful,
that it cuts off your voice.

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Incredibly,
after being a quiet woman,

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I began to be a woman who led.

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We started all the work here,
in Nashira.

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Being one of the youngest,

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I became the most active

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and the group decided to elect me
as leader and representative

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for the construction of houses.

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And I met
several more associates,

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and we began to lead,
we took the baton in Nashira.

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I think that Nashira has given us
the possibility to be in a group,

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to earn a salary,
to work independently,

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and that has been
a great benefit for us.

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And in fact,
my dad recently recognized it.

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He used to say
“My daughter is a champion,

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she\'s already successfully
brought up her 2 girls,

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one is already in college
and the other in grade school,

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and so far neither of them
has gotten pregnant.

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And they can’t say
they’re hungry or struggling,

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because, even being poor,
they’ve had everything.

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My daughter is a champion,
she works and supports them.\"

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Another noteworthy aspect of Nashira
are the friendships.

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Here we all know each other,
we’ve gone through a years-long process,

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and more than neighbors,
we’re friends.

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We’ve formed very strong ties,
we live in a different way.

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In 1992,

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an employee
of a sugar cane plantation,

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was working
in the fields of Hacienda Malagana,

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in the Cauca Valley.

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He was driving a tractor,

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when the ground gave way,
and he fell into a hole.

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While trying to get out
of this predicament,

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he saw what looked like
shiny golden objects covered in dirt.

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He realized
he had found a treasure,

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and decided not to tell anyone.

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Many of these objects
were female figures,

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representing values
such as care,

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respect for the life of all beings,

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and a culture of peace.

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Between everything
that was found,

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on clay pots,
pieces of gold,

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it became apparent
that women predominated.

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Many figures,
the majority of them,

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have a feminine form.

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And people began to study more
about that culture,

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and reached the conclusion
that it was a matriarchy.

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I think we’re here for a reason.

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Nature decided to unite us
and put us in the same place.

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I belong to a family that is originally
from the Huila Department.

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My parents are originally from there,
from a municipality called Obo.

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I grew up there,
in this rural family,

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on a farm with cocoa, banana,
cassava, corn, beans,

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that we grew to feed ourselves,

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and also to sell and make a living.

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The countryside is wonderful
and it gives you everything,

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its vegetables, beans,
pumpkins, bananas,

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and we ate a lot from there.

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People say that
\"nothing is perfect.\"

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My parents were displaced
on several occasions,

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by armed forces
that were in the area,

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and came here to Cali,
to this valley,

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looking for a better horizon.

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And the years went by,
and I always thought,

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\"I want to live in a little town again\",

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or save money to buy
a piece of land,

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and own a house again,
on a farm, a vegetable garden,

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a life without debt,

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but I have to get out
of all this money that I owe.

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Here life is good,
here life is calm.

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We understand and talk to each other,
we open up without fighting.

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When we talk among us women,
we come to an agreement.

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This experience shows
we can live well,

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even if we don\'t have a lot of money,

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or a very well paid job,

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a college degree,

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we’re still taking care
of our surroundings,

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and leaving
a legacy for our children,

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different from what
everyone focuses on now.

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I feel fulfilled, and I feel…

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that I’ve reached
the ultimate goal,

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when I make someone happy,

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or I can help them,
alleviate their pain,

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that\'s wonderful to me.

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Every human being
should experience that.

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Try to remove all the egos
and think of others,

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and that comes back automatically,
in one way or another.

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Take a deep breath
through your nose,

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and exhale from your mouth.

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Community means togetherness,

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being able to coexist,

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to be attentive,
aware of others\' problems

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to be able to help and support,

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to be there
when we need each other.

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For me, community is
what we experience here every day.

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The Lunadas
are important to us,

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we interrupt the routine, sit down
to share hot chocolate all together,

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a pandebono, under the moonlight.

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We release what’s bad,

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and recharge ourselves
from the energy of the moon.

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Remember when you went to pee
and that snake showed up?

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Oh, but that snake…
I think it was…

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Quite hairy!

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No, it was very thick.

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If you end up with the candle,
you lose, ok?

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Ok.

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They’re moments of recreation,
of spending time with each other.

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We make a campfire,
we go around one by one,

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we tell personal stories,

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share a snack,
and have a great time.

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You grow up
within a family structure,

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in which you’re very discriminated against,
or very left aside.

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“You’re not capable”,
“You’re only good for this”.

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But living in a community,

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in which one can be useful
to many other people,

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and for many other things,
is very important.

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We live somewhere
that’s totally different from the city,

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and other areas.

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When you’re here, you understand
that we’re a different community,

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I\'m going to tell you why:

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in urban neighborhoods
people don’t even know each other.

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They go to work in the morning,
and get home at night.

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They don’t care who’s sick,
who’s in need, but we do.

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It’s part of our everyday lives.

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A city can have 5,000 people.

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In contrast, there are 300 of us here,
and we’re all connected.

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To be honest, it\'s been a bit difficult.

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but we’ve tried hard to succeed,

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and we’ve proven that it’s possible
to live as a community,

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and to live in peace.

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That makes me happy,
because I\'m stable

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and I’m passing this on
to my children,

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so that they don\'t live
enslaved by modern life,

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we must learn to live
with what we have,

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not spend so much,

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not have selfish ambition
as the only goal.

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We don\'t have conflicts with anyone,
and we live happily.

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The word Nashira itself,

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refers to a song
of love and peace.

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It\'s everything,
it\'s a word that encompasses a lot.

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It’s life, it’s attitude,

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it’s everything.

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I believe women are becoming
much more empowered every day.

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We’re more active,
more hard-working,

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we’re bringing out
our intelligence.

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It’s necessary for us women to continue
empowering ourselves to the maximum

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so that the new generations
to come,

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can begin to make the changes
that society needs.