Like so many other families, and certainly not different in the Indian community, A.'s grandmother was the one taking care of him. She had not taught Spanish to him or to the other kids Spanish, only their dialect. Only the grandparents and three little kids were at the house. The parents were off to work.A. is a shy little boy who has congenital skin conditions. If he was being treated at a hospital, it would already have been difficult to take proper care of him, now imagine doing so at a small timber-plank house with no running water, located 3 hours away from the city. The conditions there were far from ideal. The people at Cuidado Paliativo are following him since shortly after his birth.
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That cute little boy seemed to be a little scared of us. When I gave him toys, he looked at his grandma, with a bewildered expression. He did not understand what was going on, and my talk in Spanish wasn't helping... Marlene insisted again with the grandmother to teach him Spanish, so he could relate more with people. Although tradition and culture are very important, the survival of the Indian community there in isolation would be very difficult, an some integration is necessary.
This was our last visit in the Indian reservation. We headed back to the long road back to Pérez Zeledón era longo. (see more pictures of our visit below).
Kisses,
Mariana
Back we go!
Grandma is helping even on the way to school...
Coming back from school.
Not-so-easy way.
Amigos!
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