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Artikelauschnitt from the" Gustav-Adolf-Journal SPECIAL "

Recently I noticed a magazine in the hand in which I found very interesting and accurate article on Paraguay, which reflect my experience almost exactly.
I thought I put it just online, and who is interested can read it gladly.

María Kueck (Paraguay):
"[...] I have a big house. My neighbors have a small hut. We are often asked what they live. He is unemployed. It works a little. She always visit: her son and his wife, her brother, her sister, friends, acquaintances ...
I get up in the morning, wash laundry, clean my house, cook for the kids and go to work. My neighbor is on during the morning, sits down in their yard and drinking Tereré with their guests.
I plant flowers and mow grass. She has neither grass nor flowers. I'm sure they do not have as much to eat like us, but they do not complain. They come to us not to beg, only very rarely, if it's really bad. You have a few chickens on their farm and have grown cassava. Of which they live.
I hear my neighbor often laugh. She has a loud, happy laugh. I ask myself: What am I looking for? What man really needs to live, to be happy? Who makes the two of us doing something wrong?

[...] There is always a tendency to want to change the others. They are poor, they live poorly, they are sick, they feed poorly. But are they so unhappy?

We are immigrants themselves consider to be progressive, while we only have other needs: I need my house, my security, my privacy, I need a certain level of hygiene. I have to even be able to realize. I can not live only in front of me without doing anything to feel needed without me.
Many Paraguayans seem not to have such a need: they simply live.

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Some facts about Paraguay

The written history of Paraguay is short, the land was originally inhabited by various nomadic and semi nomadic tribes with a rich oral culture. 500 years ago, it was conquered by the English Crown, 1810, freed himself and became an independent republic.
The subjugation of the Guarani Indians did the mixing of whites with them. In spite of the genocide of the Guarani Indians, who today represent only 1.7% of the Paraguayan population, Guaraní is still the most widely spoken language. In the Cities, however, spoke more English.
Since its formation history of Paraguay has not changed. There is still a country whose development by the power interests of neighboring and developed countries, unstable governments, scarred by corruption, and is limited by the plundering of its natural resources.

The lack of a strategic poverty reduction through the state and the president himself, instead of populist and represented exclusively to individual population groups directed only problemmildernden measures can not hope to improve the chances of meeting the basic needs for the vast majority of the population.
In Paraguay, the state leaves much of the country to its fate, which is the lack of hospitals, schools, basic services like drinking water and electricity significantly.

For Health System:
with per capita health expenditure of $ 31, Paraguay is third from last place in Latin America.
81% of the parag. Population have no health care. The proportions of deaths of mothers at birth is among the highest in Latin America. 27% of children are given birth outside of hospitals, that is, with natural healers, birth attendants, or neighbors.
The absence of a policy is in high malnutrition rates expressed. 14% of Paraguay's population is malnourished and 9% of children are underweight to the world.
are According to the UNICEF, in Paraguay 35 000 children under five years of serious malnutrition, 141 000 children in this age group and 45 000 pregnant women who are at nutritional risk.

educational situation:
The Constitution is the nine-year compulsory education free of charge. From official statistics and surveys of education is apparent, however, that a large part of the population will benefit from this right.

the most disadvantaged groups (rural population, residents of urban slums, girls, indigenous and disabled people) is to visit public schools made largely impossible. The number of illiterates is estimated at 27.4%.
The indigenous population is without doubt the most disadvantaged. On average, the school they attended was 2.2 years. One in two Indians is illiterate.

Although the Education and Culture Ministry in 2005 had set a target of building 600 new classrooms have been completed, ultimately only 50.

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Parque Nacional Rio Pilco Mayo



Thursday I met up with Benny, another Volunteers from Paraguay, in Asuncion where we spent an elegant evening. In the morning we rose, each armed with a backpack and sleeping bag, on a motorbike and roared going to Paraguay River, which forms the border with Argentina. Although there are already about to start the winter, we were very lucky with the weather. About the sun shone from a blue sky and it was almost 30 degrees.

We passed endless cattle pastures, banana plantations and above those covered Madiocafeldern eagles and vultures are circling. Afternoon we arrived at our destination: the National Park Pilcomayo.
Despite the beautiful weather we saw all weekend not only other tourists, but only the nice park ranger.
By sunset, we spent the time on a beautiful lake where Yacaré (crocodiles) basking and in which it probably is also piranhas. Despite the reassurance of the Rangers, that the animals are dangerous, I still had it better with a bath.
The lake was full also of countless birds of all sizes and colors. Also known Tucan with its huge red and yellow bill ko we observe nnten. Also regularly covered by swarms of Loritos (small green parrots) about us.

dark When it was (now it dawns already at 5 clock!), We looked for a place to sleep, built the Mosquito Net on and started a small fire. We cooked a delicious noodle soup and drank mate de Pomelo Pomelo from freshly picked. At present, namely, the Citrus epoca, so all trees are full of lemons, mandarins, oranges and pomelo. Riiiico =)

After a very elegant evening, we crawled into our sleeping bags and slept through until the next morning. At 7 AM we went with the mop ped into a tributary of the Río Pilcomayo. On the way there we drove over huge areas that are growing only one type of holly. Again, we saw huge vultures and eagles, which were sitting on the palms and eyed us. Once we flashed even a small fox on the road. Only rheas we were unfortunately not seen, which should put it here.
We basked for a few hours on the river and enjoyed the pristine nature, until we were on our way home again.

In any case, again a totally great weekend, I have particularly enjoyed, as the weeks can be counted until my return flight so slow even on the hands. On the one hand, I'm looking forward to seeing all total return, on the other hand, I will leave the wonderful land of the damned difficult ...