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The community is in a continuous struggle against the permanent water shortage, one of the most devastating impacts of the climate crisis for those whose livelihoods depend on subsistence agriculture.
CUZCO, Peru, Dec 18 (IPS) - Before, when it didn t rain in the summertime, we children used to pray to God to send us water from the heavens, and the rain would come. But now it s different; the climate has changed and no prayers work Juan Hilario Quispe, president of the small farming community of Muñapata
"The rich world has caused the climate change that is drying up our water sources, and here we are doing everything we can to recover them because otherwise we will die," said Juan Hilario Quispe, president of the small farming community of Muñapata, just over 50 kilometers from the Peruvian city of Cuzco.