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Child’s Artwork in Huaraz: Care for Our Water & Air

Water Is the Source of Life (Jorge Vera 2009)

We visited a school in Huaraz, where the children had created art works about the environment. Some showed melting glaciers, or apus — mountain deities — losing their “ponchos” (white snow). This child’s picture depicts the need to care for our water and air.

I am an American writer who lived in Lima for seven years (2007-2014), where I covered Andean traditions, melting glaciers and daily life in the capital for Miami Herald, MSNBC and Huffington Post. I now live and work in northern Florida where I champion climate change advocacy and compassionate, affordable eldercare.

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