The beautiful minds of Vallecito

Sunday morning after the party, Pauliina and Manu went to Sinaloa which is the place where the National agriculture institute has their regional office. There, for almost one year, eighty peasant families have lived in horrible conditions. After getting to know the peasants the first week of our stay in Honduras, Pauliina and I immediately sympathised with them and decided to be there for them whenever they would need our support and more. Well, on sunday some of the peasants and we decided to organize a film session. We started with a fantastic documentary about the brasilian landless peasant movement, "Los Sin Tierra". Despite their early curiosity, the kids were not that interested on the grown-up stories. Everything changed when we projected the film Bambi. Imagine some kids watching their first animated film ever. The laughter was overwhelming and generalized as the adults joined their children. The tenderness and innocence of the peasants captured our atention. A man with his child sleeping in his legs, a ten year old little girl that holds her brother in her arms. The kids looking behind the blackboard where the movie was projected trying to figure out where bambi and the rest of the animals were. After the movie we chatted with the peasants and walked again around their camp. Afterwards we returned home and tried to rest, still recovering from the birthday party.

Dear family and friends, as you might already know this is the group of peasants we wrote you about. These are the people that you too have been supporting. We would like to thank you all for your answers to our request. We are sure your actions will have a direct impact on the lives of these people. We feel close to them and their fate, and we are glad you do as well.

Of course, the children only allowed our departure after promising we will be there next sunday with a new movie!