Where do you go? A glimpse of what life is like for migrants and refugees in Ecuador
CARE Ecuador recently completed a study across 8 different regions of the country looking at the difficult shelter situation new arrivals face in the country.
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Protection and WASH with Venezuelan refugees
“What would make you feel safer where you live? How about if you had picked up your entire life and fled across the border in search of a better life?”
“I have no limits when it comes to work. I take the opportunities that I find”
32 years old Gregoris del Valle Camacho Figueroa, a Venezuelan migrant, lives in Huaquillas (on the border with Peru) in Ecuador with 2 of her children while her other 2 children remain with her mother in their home country of Venezuela.
From Venezuela to Ecuador with a pair of shoes
Milagros Rincon, a 31-year-old mother of three, and her partner Julio fled from Venezuela to Quito, the capital of Ecuador, seeking a better life for their new family.
Leonardo and Luigi, two Venezuelans travelling together to Peru
Leonardo Alimeña and Luigi Carlos Saavedra, the two 30-year-old Venezuelans, met in San Cristobal, a city near to the border of Venezuela with Colombia.
“My children survived the long trip thanks to the charity of the passers-by”
Milangela is from Portuguesa, a city in the North-West Venezuela
CARE International: “Funding for Venezuelan refugees urgently needed”
The international community urgently needs to step up funding to support hundreds of thousands of refugees from Venezuela, warns the aid organization CARE. More than 1.5 million Venezuelans have fled their country over the past year as a result of high…
The women of Canoa
Palm trees, a long sandy beach, a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean: Two weeks ago, Canoa was one of the best surfing paradises in Ecuador. Nearly two weeks after the earthquake, the people of Canoa, a small town with 2,000 inhabitants, have overcome…