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Anthropologists in La Paz, Bolivia, have collaborated on a joint proposal for community-based COVID-19 response. A translated highlight follows… chaskiclandestina.org/2020/04/15/documento-un-llamado-urgente-a-la-fuerza-de-las-organizaciones-de-base-de-todo-el-pais-para-hacer-frente-al-covid19-por-ada-la-paz/
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"The quarantine has managed to contain massive infection. However, a great part of the population cannot sustain themselves economically. If the whole population breaks the quarantine in search of help, we will all be exposed to massive contagion. (1/6)
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"Before this crisis, various groups of youth have organized via social media to make common kitchens [literally common pots] and collective campaigns for cleaning and disinfection. (2/6)
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"In various neighborhoods, WhatsApp groups have been created to collect food for families who live in extreme poverty, many indigenous communities have decided to confine themselves within their territories to avoid the contagion, … (3/6)
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"… and some transport workers unions are sharing baskets of food with their affiliates. All of these initiatives are multiplying and should be taken into account. … (4/6)
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"This panorama shows the urgent necessity for unions and campesino federations, nations, native ayllus and markas, indigenous peoples and captaincies, and other social organizations to take charge of the problem … (5/6)
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"… and become the protagonists in the hour of providing alternative solutions. All of them possess a response capacity to deal with various contingencies in an effective manner." chaskiclandestina.org/2020/04/15/documento-un-llamado-urgente-a-la-fuerza-de-las-organizaciones-de-base-de-todo-el-pais-para-hacer-frente-al-covid19-por-ada-la-paz/ (6/6)