Women lead development in Jarabacoa
czwartek, październik 23rd, 2008Esperanza Marte Victoriano is an everyday heroine. With her hands, her ideas and her sweat, she has fought the worst type of tyrrany: Poverty. Together with other women from Los Calabazos in Jarabacoa, she planted the seeds of a project, and little by little, built an eco-tourism venture, a hydroelectric plant and an aqueduct that benefits the whole community. “Opening the road” is how the rural folk say it, as green-eyed Esperanza shows the way to Canadian, German, US and other foreign tourists. Community leaders told Listin Diario reporters that, “in the month of August, we did not have a single hour with an empty room. The little cabins were full with groups from England”. In a community where the people pay just 100 pesos a month for 24- hour electricity, the 365 inhabitants of Los Calabazos do not have to endure blackouts or pay fines from the very high [...]
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