We now carry out preventive health care activities in two of Estelí's urban barrios - Nuevo Amanecer and Felipe y Mery Barreda - and four nearby rural communities, El Limon, San Pedro, Paso Ancho and San Roque. On Sunday November 20th, Gladys Ruiz and Luisa Duarte visited the community of San Roque to do a preventive health activity with local children and to meet with their parents, mostly the mothers, to discuss broader community development issues. San Roque is a rural community with a history of problems relating to cattle theft and youth crime in general. The community is lacks facilities for its young people and is too far away from Estelí to receive effective policing. We hope we will be able to accompany local people in San Roque over time in overcoming the difficulties they face as a result of long-standing social deprivation.
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applying protective varnish |
children are the focus of the activity |
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Luisa Duarte explains the activity's purpose |
waiting for the activity to start |
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community leaders observe the activity |
the sign of the San Roque women's cooperative |
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the San Roque cooperative's processing facility and warehouse |
the cooperative building is an important community resource |
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mothers are generally the protagonists in community health care |
plenty of children take part |
