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Video - They Call It “Vida”: A Community Project Helping Kids in Cuba’s Crisis
https://peertube.world/w/wR44YiQEdKWbrhr3Khaw1L
Duration - 8:46from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast
In the neighborhood of #ArroyoNaranjo on the outskirts of #Havana, a group of residents has come together to provide a space for children amid a severe economic crisis. Vida is a space dedicated to children, where they can learn, play and feel support in a place where opportunities are scarce.
Natalia Quintana, a meteorologist who founded the project, says conditions there were never good. But the situation now is worse than ever. “At this moment, we are on the verge of desperation,” she says.
Across #Cuba, many people are navigating daily life under constant economic pressure, where decades of #US #sanctions have strained the country’s economy and causes severe scarcities.
Yet Natalia and her neighbors continue to organize, to teach and to create spaces that sustain their community...