>> Hello and thank you for
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joining us on It Is Written
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Canada.
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Imagine living in primitive,
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tiny stone huts filled with
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smoke, poor ventilation, and
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almost no insulation.
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Many people who live in the
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remote parts of Peru have to
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endure these kinds of
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conditions which are hazardous
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to their health.
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[RENÉ] High in the Andes
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Mountains with snow and ice and
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freezing temperatures, many of
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these Quechua people,
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descendants of the Inca, do not
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live in warm, healthy homes like
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we do here in Canada.
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>> Recently, ADRA Canada got
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involved helping these people
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in the remote parts of the
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Andes Mountains to build warm,
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well-ventilated houses for
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themselves and their families.
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>> Today we will be talking to
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Steve Matthews who is the
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Executive Director and Peggy
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Caesar, the Communications
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Specialist for ADRA Canada,
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and they are going to tell us
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about the warm and healthy
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homes they have been building
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for the people of Peru.
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[ALL SHOUT] ADRA!
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>> Welcome again to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Steve Matthews and Peggy
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Caesar are with us from ADRA
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Canada and they're gonna tell
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us how they are building
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healthy and warm homes for the
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people of Peru.
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Welcome to It Is Written
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Canada, Steve and Peggy.
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>> Thank you so much for
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having us today.
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>> Really wonderful to be here.
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[MIKE] What I really like is
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your ponchos, they're really
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authentic Peruvian ponchos.
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>> Well, I'm so glad that you
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do because we brought some
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scarves for you and René.
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[MIKE] Scarves!
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Whoa that's cool.
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[RENÉ] These are lovely.
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>> So what are they made out
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of, Peggy?
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>> These are made out of
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alpaca wool and they are
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hand-woven.
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>> Hand-woven, look at that.
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>> Look at the patterns, it's
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so intricate.
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>> Wow, so I'm-- thank you!
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This is pretty cool.
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Just to show everybody what it
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looks like, I don't think I'm
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gonna...
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>> It looks good on you,
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by the way.
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>> You think so?
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>> Absolutely.
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>> I don't know that I'm gonna
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wear it all the time, but I'll
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wear it for now so I can kinda
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fit in with you guys.
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So you went to Peru, this is
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your first trip to Peru I
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understand.
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OK, so what was it like for you?
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>> Well, it was-- when we
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arrived, we first landed and
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we were at quite a high
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elevation so the-- when we
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first landed in Cuzco, we were
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at an elevation of 3500 metres
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above sea level and the
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project location was at about
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5200 metres above sea level.
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It gets quite cold.
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Even though we were at the
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equator, I was quite shocked
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at how cold it was, but also
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you could really notice the
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thin air, the oxygen levels
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just weren't there so you get
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tired really, really fast.
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>> Fifty-two hundred metres.
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>> Yeah, so about 16-, 17,000
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feet.
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>> Wow!
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>> So at that altitude
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everything is hard to do.
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>> So I understood you had to
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get on horses.
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Was that uncomfortable?
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[STEVE] Oh, no, I loved it.
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I grew up with horses.
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My first job was Steve's
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Horse Rides as a teenager so
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being able to go for a
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horse rides was great.
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I was-- when I got there, I
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thought what an amazing
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blessing to be able to be
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here, surrounded by all this
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beauty, up in these mountains
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and then to be able to jump on
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a horse and go for a horse
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ride was just icing on the
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cake for me.
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[Mike laughs]
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[PEGGY] I, on the other hand,
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not so much.
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The last time I was on a horse
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was around high school, but it
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really did speak to the
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remoteness of the community
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and the projects that we
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were doing.
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>> So, Peggy and Steve, tell
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us about the people of Peru
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and also the places that you
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visited.
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>> While it was quite cool,
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the people were very warm.
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We were welcomed with open
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arms everywhere we went.
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We-- at one house, one
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community, we were followed by
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a band who got out and played
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music and sang and danced for
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us every time we went to a new
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house in the community.
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So it was-- we were really
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well-welcomed and you could
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see just how much of a
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difference we were making in
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the lives of the people
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because of how appreciative
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they were for us to be there.
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>> Absolutely, it was a
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wonderful experience.
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>> So I noticed from looking
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at some of the footage from
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your trip that the people
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dress in very colourful
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costumes.
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Were they just doing that for
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the cameras?
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[PEGGY] They do, they do.
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You know, this was a question
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that we wondered about so we
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asked and the answer is no,
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they dress like this every
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day, particularly the women
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are in beautifully ornate and
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elaborate costumes and it's
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just beautiful.
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[MIKE] So let's take a look at
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some of that footage right now.
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[VOICE OVER] High up in the
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Andean Mountains of Peru,
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indigenous people groups
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attempt to eke out a living
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primarily through the raising
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of llamas and alpacas.
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Direct descendants of the Inca,
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the Quechua are dedicated to
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keeping the traditions,
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culture, and language of their
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people alive.
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The mountains that surround
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the small farms provide
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stunning views.
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At an altitude of 13,500 feet,
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the air is thin, the winters
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are cold and vegetation
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is sparse.
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Living above the tree line,
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building materials are limited
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to mud bricks and stones.
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Houses are covered with thatch
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roofs that don't offer a lot
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of insulation from the cold
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winter winds.
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Most of the homes have just
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one room of about 16 feet by
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10 feet with a dirt floor.
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The cook stove is usually
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located at one end of the room.
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Without proper ventilation,
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each time food is prepared,
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the one-room home fills with
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smoke.
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Prolonged exposure causes a
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variety of respiratory
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illnesses, especially in
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children and the elderly.
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[TRANSLATOR] My husband and I
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raised six children here in
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this house.
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We were very fortunate that
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all six of our children
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survived.
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Many of our friends had
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children who died because of
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the cold winters.
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There were some winters when
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we were not able to afford
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shoes for our children and
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they would get frost bite on
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their toes.
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It seemed like they were
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always sick with some kind of
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cold, flu, or diarrhea.
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We had no medicine.
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Instead we would brew tea and
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pray they would recover.
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[TRANSLATOR] I was born in
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this part of Peru, and grew up
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here with my parents.
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Our house was just the one
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room that included our stove.
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Our house was always full of
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smoke, dust, and ash.
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We really didn't have windows,
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just holes and cracks in the
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walls for ventilation.
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When the wind would blow in
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the winter, the room would get
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very cold.
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At night we would need to use
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eight blankets to keep warm.
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[NARRATOR] And yet through all
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of the difficulty, the Quechua
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people love their highland
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community.
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While many youth do leave to
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try and find work in other
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parts of Peru, they often
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return to their homes to once
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again be with their families
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and continue the life ways
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they know and love.
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One thing that has had a
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profound difference in recent
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years is the partnership the
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community has made with ADRA.
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[VOICE OVER TRANSLATING]
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Living so high up in the
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mountains brings many
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difficulties and challenges.
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We are always looking for ways
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that we can improve our lives,
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but our resources are very
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limited.
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We started looking for
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humanitarian agencies that
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might help us.
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Since we are Christian, we
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prayed that God would send us
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a Christian organization to
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help us.
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Our prayers were answered a
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couple of years ago when we
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met people from ADRA.
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We were so delighted when they
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agreed to come and work with
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us to improve our community.
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But where to start?
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There were so many needs.
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After discussing our options,
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it was decided that the best
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first step would be to build
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homes for people that would be
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warmer and provide a healthier
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environment for our children.
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[TRANSLATOR] Whenever ADRA
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does a project like this, we
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like to involve the people as
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much as possible so that in
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the end they feel a strong
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sense of ownership.
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We had the people make all the
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mud bricks, they gather all
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the traditional local material
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for the roof as well.
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ADRA then works closely with
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them, providing technical
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advice and specialized
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materials to help them build a
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safe, warm, healthy home.
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We provide insulation for the
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ceiling, wood for a floor, the
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door, and materials for a nice
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stove that has a chimney to
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vent the smoke when they cook.
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We also encouraged the people
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to take old bottles and put
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these into the walls as they
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were building their homes so
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that they could bring more UV
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light into their homes
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to kill bacteria.
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[TRANSLATOR] We do everything
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that we possibly can to harness
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the energy of the sun.
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We installed a trombe wall in
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every home.
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A trombe wall captures the
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heat from the sun.
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Rays of the sun are passed
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through glass or heavy plastic
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sheets to heat a wall of stone
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or bricks that has been
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painted black.
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This traps the heat in the
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small space and heats up the
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wall during the day which is
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then slowly dispersed into the
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home through the night.
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When we made the new stoves,
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we also installed a piping
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system that distributes heat
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from the stove, through the
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wall of the home.
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We wanted to capture and use
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every bit of energy and heat
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that we could.
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>> What an incredible project.
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So they used colourful bottles
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for windows, I never would
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have thought of that, and then
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the insulation of that heating
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wall and then the pipes that
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were installed to heat up the
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house from their new stove.
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So they must have been
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overjoyed, I mean, these
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people get this new warm house.
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>> Absolutely, you know, it
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was really touching to see
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them show us around their
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newly renovated home with
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great pride and just joy it
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was just tremendous.
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And as we visited, you know,
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we were able to see these
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smart innovations installed in
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the homes and watch how they
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really helped to increase the
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quality of life for everyone
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in the home.
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>> And on top of that, it's a
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very environmentally friendly
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method that we're using.
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It's all passive solar.
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So the sun comes in, heats up
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the black painted inside area.
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It's just all passive, there's
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no energy used in the process.
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And one of the areas we're
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really focusing at with ADRA
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is to try to be more
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environmentally focused and
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environmentally friendly so
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just a great project from that
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side as well.
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>> And it was healthy because,
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of course, you know, as we
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renovated the cook stoves in
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the homes, you know, the wives
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and the women, the mothers,
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showed us with great pride
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their new stoves, how they
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cook with their new stoves and
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we were happy because we know
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that with the proper
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ventilation of the smoke, the
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children were not going to be
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suffering with bronchial
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issues or ocular eye issues
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and so really all the way
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around, a tremendous
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improvement to their lives.
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>> One of the ladies that we
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visited who is a-- planned to
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be a future recipient, has
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told us that almost all of the
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families in that area have
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lost at least one child
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because of health-related
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issues over the years, so
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pretty sad to see that.
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Which is why they're so
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thankful when they get one of
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these renovations 'cause it
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really does make a
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life-changing difference for
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them.
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>> So, Steve, I believe you
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received royal treatment.
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>> Yeah, definitely.
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It was quite an experience.
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When we showed up, you're
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treated like a dignitary and so
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I actually brought along some
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of the clothing that they got
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me to wear.
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So this is one of the hats
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that they had.
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This is kind of reserved for
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their dignitary when you show
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up and it's a scarf that they
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also gave as well.
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When I met-- when I arrived,
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one of the things they do for
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their dignitaries is the
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dignitary rides into the
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community on a horse and
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accompanied with the mayor.
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So the mayor met us and I had
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no idea this was happening, by
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the way, I just showed up and
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I see these horses there and
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they said, "Oh, no, you're not
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"allowed to drive into the
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"town, you have to ride in on
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"horse with the mayor.
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"It's reserved for the
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dignitaries."
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So I-- it seems really odd, by
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the way, to be called a
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dignitary, it just didn't seem
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natural, but hey, you know,
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you go with what they're doing.
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So we rode in on-- into the
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community, but then once we
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get to the community, that's
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where the real royal treatment
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came in because they had built
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a throne for me when I arrived
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so they-- and I've worked in
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construction most of my life
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so I could look and tell this
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is actually pretty fresh
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concrete that was there so
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they had literally built the
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throne for me.
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The people that we're working
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with, they're descended from
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the Inca.
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Whenever an Inca king would
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come to visit the community,
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they would have a throne for
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the king to sit on so they
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built a throne for me to sit
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on while I was there.
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So very interesting.
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And I'm typically pretty
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extroverted, but to be put
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front and centre in front of
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the whole community, like,
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they all literally surrounded,
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almost like in a semi-circle
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around me so it was a little
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different...
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[PEGGY] We thought it was
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great fun. (laughs)
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[STEVE] Yeah, they thought it
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was just great.
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[PEGGY] We thoroughly
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enjoyed it.
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[STEVE] But-- and the other
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thing is, when we were riding
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into the community, they had
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"ADRA" spelled out in the
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mountain.
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So they had, with white rocks,
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spelled "ADRA" in the mountain
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so we had our own Hollywood
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sign up in the Andes Mountains
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of Peru.
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It was a real honour, but you
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could just see, like, all of
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these-- we were welcomed so
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openly, you could just see the
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difference that our project
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has made in the lives of so
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many people there in the
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community.
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>> So that was a lot of fun,
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but you went there to check
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out a project to make sure
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that they were using the funds
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wisely, so what was your feel
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for the project?
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Was it actually meeting its
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purpose?
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Did you look at it and say,
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"Yes, this is actually serving
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the people?"
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>> I think if you talk to the
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people, I really believe it's
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gone above and beyond.
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Especially when we go-- one
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of the home owners said that
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they used to have to sleep
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with ten blankets on them and
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now three blankets is all they
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need to sleep with.
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So then when we look at how
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healthy the children are, the
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children of these homes, you
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know, they're not suffering
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with the sickness and illness
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that they had previously.
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One thing that we're also
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piloting, we've got one, just
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one project where we've
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installed a bathroom and they
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have running hot water, they
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can take hot showers for the
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first time in their lives,
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they have a flush toilet,
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running water at the sink, so
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it's the comforts that we
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would have.
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They have tiled floors, just
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very, very nice.
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So that's something we wanna
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include in a future phase of
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our work there, by the way.
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[MIKE] So the previous homes
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were a lot smaller as well.
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That's what I understand, that
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you had to go into these small
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homes, and the people were
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pretty short as well.
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[STEVE] Yeah, I felt really
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tall when we were there.
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>> Yeah, I fit right in.
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(both laugh)
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But yeah, the homes are
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completely transformed from
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the previous-- we visited a
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family that showed us their
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previous home that they were
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living in for about two or
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more years and then the new
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home, the healthy home which
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was like night and day, really.
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>> So what was it like for
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you, Steve, getting into that
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home?
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>> Well, I mean, I had to, I
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was almost crawling to get
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into the doorway, it was
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very short.
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The home was about seven feet
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by eleven feet.
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They had a husband, wife, and
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their two kids living in that
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home of seven by eleven and in
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that home they also had--
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that's their kitchen and
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everything was in there so not
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a lot of room in that house.
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But, yeah, to get in was
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quite difficult.
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I don't think, I don't even
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know if it was four feet tall
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to get into the home.
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[PEGGY] Extremely dark, very..
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>> Yeah, no light at all.
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>> ...no lighting at all, no
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ventilation so it was quite
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unhealthy.
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>> And the thatched roof, it
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had holes in it, like, just...
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I was on the verge of tears
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going into that home and some
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of the rest of us that were
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there as well, we were just
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really, really moved by the
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fact that people used to live
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in that.
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[RENE] So you know what I
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really appreciate is the fact
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how you got-- everyone worked
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together so you had home
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owners that were working
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together to build their new
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homes and that must've
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affected the cost of
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these homes.
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So how much does it cost for
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you to build one home for
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these people of Peru?
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>> It's tremendous, the
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project, because for $2500 we
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can build a warm and healthy
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home and a bathroom for a
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family in Chillca, Peru.
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[MIKE] So how many homes were
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you able to build?
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>> Right now I believe we've--
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we're just under a hundred
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homes that we've completed.
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We do have another phase of
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our project that we're looking
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to go forward with.
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The cost of this next phase is
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$132,000, is what we're trying
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to raise for the project.
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But just the other day I got
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an email from the project
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manager from ADRA Peru and
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they have, because of our
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visit, it's really generated a
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lot of interest in the
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community, 450 homes is what
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they're now requesting to have
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this upgrade, so it's, yeah,
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it's gonna be quite an
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investment.
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When you think of 450 homes at
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$2500 a home, you're in the
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million-dollar range to try to
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get that.
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So the $132,000 we're trying
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to raise now, is only going
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to really scratch the surface
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of the real need there.
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And that's just for the homes,
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they have a whole other list
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of other projects as well
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they'd like us to help out with.
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>> So tell us about those
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projects that you, you know,
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that you became aware of when
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you were there, Steve.
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>> Well, I'm an engineer as my
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professional background before
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joining ADRA and they
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actually-- one of the
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communities asked us to build
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them a hydro dam to be able to
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provide power because they
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want to-- alpaca farming is
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their main source of income
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and so they, you know, they
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sheer the wool and what
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they're looking for is to
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build a factory so they can
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take that low quality product
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and make it into a higher
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quality product and get a
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better return on their alpaca.
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So they wanted a hydro dam to
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be able to power the factory
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so that they could increase
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their income.
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Also there's ecotourism is a
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big thing in this area as well.
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They're looking for helping with
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a second home that they could
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then rent out to people who
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are coming-- 'cause it's up
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near the glaciers of the Andes
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Mountains so they get a lot of
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ecotourists and...
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>> We also visited a school as
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well that was 60 years old and
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just falling apart.
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And they're doing the best
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they can with what they have,
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but they're just looking for,
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you know, a hand up,
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a helping hand.
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[MIKE] So what I like about
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what you've been talking about
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is that we here in Canada, we
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don't see running water as a
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luxury, we don't see that we
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can have a shower, we can have
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running water, we can have
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flush toilets, but a lot of
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people in the world do not
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have that luxury, but with the
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work of ADRA Canada, you've
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been able to help the people
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in those areas and so we have
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some footage of that and so we
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wanna look at that right now.
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[TRANSLATOR] I wanna say a big
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thanks to ADRA for coming and
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helping us build our new
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beautiful home.
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In our old house, we suffered
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a lot.
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Life was sad and very
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difficult.
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Our whole family is now
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very happy.
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We don't get sick so much
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anymore.
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Now during the winter, we only
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need three blankets to keep
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warm at night.
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The spot I love the most is my
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beautiful new kitchen.
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I spend a lot more time there
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now because it is so nice.
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I am able to cook our meals
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easier and there is no more
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smoke or ash.
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The wood floor makes it easy
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to keep my house clean.
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When the children climb up on
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the bed, they no longer get
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the bed dirty from the floor.
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I really love my new home.
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I'm so grateful to ADRA.
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[TRANSLATOR] In addition to
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our new warm house, the ADRA
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technician helped us build a
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bathroom.
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We have a small spring above
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our house and we are piping
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the water from the spring to
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our bathroom to give us a
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flush toilet, shower, and sink.
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The most wonderful thing is
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that ADRA installed a passive
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solar heating system in the
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ceiling of our bathroom.
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This means that for the first
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time we have been able to take
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hot showers.
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We are so happy that we can
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enjoy such a luxury.
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We are so grateful that we can
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send our boy to school clean.
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[indecipherable] ADRA!
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[NARRATOR] It has been a
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wonderful experience for me to
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work with the people of the
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Chillca community.
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They are so grateful that
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someone has come to help them.
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They feel recognized
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and noticed.
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They even changed the road
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sign to include "ADRA Peru."
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They formed "ADRA" on the
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mountainside above their
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village and they want ADRA to
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continue to work with them.
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They have asked if ADRA could
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build them a church and
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community centre and bring a
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pastor to come and live with
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them to teach them about
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the Bible.
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They want a place where their
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children can come after school
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and be tutored on their
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schoolwork and learn English.
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We are so thankful for the
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help that we have received
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from Canada and pray that we
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will be able to continue that
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partnership so that we can
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continue the good work that we
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have started in Chillca.
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>> Wow, that's amazing!
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They can have the luxury of
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running water and actually
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send their children to school
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clean.
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>> And the amazing part about
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it is it doesn't use any
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electricity.
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It's all gravity-fed water and
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then there's a solar coil in
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the roof of the washroom which
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heats the water which is where
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they get the heat for their
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shower.
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[RENÉ] Wow.
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So, Steve, do you have any
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closing final closing thoughts
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that you would like to share
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with us?
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>> You know, when I think back
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to the time when we were there
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and just one of our closing
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interviews that we had was
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with the mayor and he was
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literally brought to tears
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because of the difference that
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it made to the kids in
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his community.
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He was telling us about when
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he was growing up, he used to
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have to read by candle light
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to be able to try to do his
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studies and he knocked the
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candle over one time and it
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caught his books on fire so it
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nearly burnt their home down.
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And one thing that we do have
00:25:26.96\00:25:28.76
added in is we have a solar
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panel with a few lights in the
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house as well, so the
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cleanliness, the health, and
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then the ability to be able to
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study at night, those are just
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really life-changing.
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But the man was literally
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crying while we were there
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because of that, yeah.
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>> And what about you, Peggy,
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do you have any closing
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thoughts for us?
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>> Absolutely.
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You know, I read about the
00:25:49.48\00:25:50.71
project, I wrote about it in
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.58
the Adventist Messenger, but
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to actually go and to see the
00:25:54.45\00:25:56.69
home that I wrote about, the
00:25:56.69\00:25:58.35
warm and happy home that I
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wrote about in the flesh was
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just really tremendous and to
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really understand the positive
00:26:04.09\00:26:05.73
impacts that the project is
00:26:05.73\00:26:07.86
making on the lives of people
00:26:07.86\00:26:09.80
was just incredible.
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[MIKE] And before you were
00:26:11.23\00:26:12.57
leaving, there was this lady
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who said a prayer...
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[PEGGY] Yes, yes.
00:26:15.17\00:26:16.47
You know, that was an amazing
00:26:16.47\00:26:17.74
experience because in and
00:26:17.74\00:26:19.37
amongst all of the speeches
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and the band playing and
00:26:21.68\00:26:23.91
everything, there was a moment
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where we were told that this
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.18
woman was going to say a poem
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and as she did, it turned out
00:26:29.68\00:26:32.72
that it wasn't a poem at all,
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it was a prayer.
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And that has just been
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tremendous because it just
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goes to show the gratitude in
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their hearts and the spirit of
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God going before us into these
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projects, changing lives and
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transforming them.
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>> So before we close, let's
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look at that prayer.
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[ALL] Gracias, ADRA!
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<< Friends, would you like to
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contribute to ADRA Canada's
00:27:32.65\00:27:34.32
building of warm, healthy
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homes for the people living in
00:27:36.15\00:27:37.92
the remote parts of Peru, high
00:27:37.92\00:27:40.06
up in the Andes Mountains?
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You can share your love by
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partnering with ADRA Canada in
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this wonderful work.
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[MIKE] We want you to
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experience the truth that is
00:27:52.30\00:27:53.54
found in the words of Jesus
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when He said, "It is written,
00:27:55.37\00:27:57.51
"'Man shall not live by bread
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"'alone, but by every word that
00:27:59.37\00:28:01.88
"'proceeds out of the mouth
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of God.'"
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¤¤
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(children clapping & singing)
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¤¤
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