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Figure
1.17.
Water source for Donio and family.
and the pipe placed in the tin can, which contains kerosene. The cloth adsorbs the
kerosene, which rises to the top by capillary action. At the top the kerosene is burned
to produce light. The tin can is placed in bamboo so that it is easier and safer to handle.
For drinking water, they get the town's water supply system through a pipe and
faucet (Fig. 1.17) that runs to their yard. They store drinking water in plastic water
jugs in the house.
1.1.6 The Future
Asked what future he sees for himself, apathy and grief blended on Donio's face as he
cheerlessly answered with a question of his own: “What future? I was a poor farmer,
now I am a poor farmer; I will always be a poor farmer. The future is just the same
yesterday and today.” Even worse: “Who can lift us out of this poverty?” Asked what
he wants his children to become he said that he does not know. “It's up to them,” he
said. He wants them to finish college and find a better occupation, but he cannot
provide for that. When asked the same questions, Rosita said: “Ambot. Ambot. Ambot”
(I don't know. I don't know. I don't know), her voice, broken and doleful.
1.2 THE FACE OF AN ECUADORIAN FAMILY FARM: A
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AND OCTAVIO
Jenny Valencia
Photographs by David Cer
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Se ˜ora A´da Jim´nez is 46 and Se ˜ or Octavio Tip´n, on the right in Figure 1.18, is 48
years old. A´da grew up on a farm and only went to school for 2 years. She worked as a
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