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This Earth Day, support our friends in Nicaragua who live with the effects of climate change

4/20/2022

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By Maria Price, Friends of Esquipulas Board
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by Maria Price, Board Member of the Friends of Esquipulas
Orfa Jarquin Delgadillo, from the community of La Reforma, explained, “The present world is very different. Birds have been injured and are in danger of extinction, hunting of the wild animals also has increased for business and for food, and a moderate climate has changed into one of brusque, extreme events.” ​
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​To our family members in Nicaragua, climate change is not about the future.  The effects are being felt right now.  To learn more about the realities of climate change, and understand how Friends of Esquipulas can stand in solidarity with our Nicaraguan family, seven farmers shared their current observations, their fears and hopes for the future, and their ideas about how to best combat the effects of a changing climate.
 
The farmers pointed to indicators of climate change, such as extreme weather incidents and the loss of wildlife.  They identified deforestation as a current practice that has immediately damaging effects, especially related to the availability of water sources. When asked if the individuals noticed differences in the natural world within their own lifetimes, all agreed that changes are apparent. 
 
IN THE PERIOD OF MY FATHER THERE WERE FERTILE LANDS….

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