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Florence Goupil, Mención FIDA, 2021

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  • Gabriel Senencina, 50, swims in the Cashibo lake in the Rainforest after being under a strict 5-month quarantine, locked up in the city of Lima in an overpopulated indigenous community without drinking water or food. Only in July 2020, Senencina was able to return to the Amazon, his place of origin
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  • Celinda Cahuaza (40), a Shipibo-Konibo healer. Her father taught her how to heal with plants. The memories she has of her father are like a database she consults when she wants to know about a plant based recipe. Since the isolation period has endangered the health of the Shipibo-Konibo, their confidence lies in their traditional remedies and medicinal plants against the COVID-19 virus.
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  • Celinda Cahuaza, a Shipibo-Konibo women covers herself with a leave. Her father taught her how to heal with plants. The memories she has of her father are like a database she consults when she wants to know about a plant based recipe. Since the isolation period has endangered the health of the Shipibo-Konibo, their confidence lies in their traditional remedies and medicinal plants against the COVID-19 virus.
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  • A queue of indigenous women waiting for food supplies as part of government donations during the isolation mandatory period to prevent the COVID-19 to spread. Unfortunately they only received chopped and frozen carrots brought from South Korea.
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  • Sanken Runa standing on the shores of Lake Yarina with the Yuna Rao leaves on her body. The Yuna Rao is a well-known and important medicinal herb in Shipibo-Konibo cosmology. Its name translates as "Herb that Heals" and is used for fever and Covid-19 virus symptoms.
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  • Pablo Faustino Díaz, is a nurse and a traditional Shipibo-Konibo medicine expert. In the community, he has managed to bring the two worlds together, using plants such as tobacco and western medicines to protect his people from the symptoms of COVID-19.
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  • There is no medical care in the Calleria community. To access the nearest hospital in the city of Pucallpa, the Shipibo-Konibo have to cross a lake and then travel the Ucayali river for about 6 hours by boat. However, they know the only Amazonian hospital is overcrowded and they won't get medical attention.
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  • Matico leaves, also known as "Roca-roca Noi Rao" in native language, is the most important medicinal plant to heal respiratory problems. According to their cosmology, the plants of the Amazon are like doctors protecting humanity.
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  • Anita Mori, a Shipibo-Konibo elder who lost her brother, her son and her husband from Covid-19 virus. Anita mourns the death of her family and as a symbol of her loss, she cut her hair and dresses in black, as is the tradition in her culture.
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  • Carlos Guimaraes a Shipibo-Konibo elder lies inside the mosquito net with strong symptoms of Covid-19. He is cared for by his family, his daughter and wife as the Shipibo indigenous health protocol dictates to guard his health.
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  • The Peruvian government does not have a contingency plan to protect the Shipibo-Konibo indigenous communities against the COVID-19 virus in places where there is no medical attention. The indigenous people only have access to outposts where they can get pills for flu and fever. Their confidence lies in their traditional remedies and medicinal plants.
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  • Ginger is known as "Isin Tapon" in their native language. They know this plant for its healing properties against colds and respiratory problems and are using it as a preventive measure for the COVID-19 virus.
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  • Jheymi Mejia Mori rests on the floor after playing. His grandparents live in a native community in the Peruvian rainforest. In Lima, every day he receives news from family members infected by the COVID-19 virus. The virus has reached isolated communities and the Peruvian government has not presented any contingency plan to protect them.
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  • In December 2020, more than 209 179 confirmed cases and 3 106 deceased were reported by the Peruvian Department of Indigenous Peoples with the symptoms of COVID-19. The Shipibo-Konibo see a sign in this virus that attacks the lungs since the Rainforest represents the lungs of the planet.
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  • A Shipibo-Konibo healer collects eucalyptus leaves from the community of Cantagallo in Lima where 2000 indigenous people live. Far from the Amazon, eucalyptus leaves are his only resource.
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  • Gabriel Senencina, is being treat by the community's traditional healer. When Gabriel was a young man, he got sick with tuberculosis. Because of the poor care given by the hospitals to the indigenous people, Gabriel chose to cure himself with plants. Today, with the growing concern of the COVID-19 virus, and with little access to medicines, many Shipibo-Conibo rely on their traditional medical treatments to cure their respiratory problems.
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  • Demetrio Mera is an elder of the Cacataibo ethnic people also from the Rainforest. He has the Covid-19 symptoms and can barely breath. He is being treated by the Matico Command, an organization of traditional nurses founded by the Shipibo-Konibo people.
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  • Juan Alcides Clemente is being treated with plants to control his body temperature and prevent fever. This plant is named " Boains " in their native language, or petiveria in English. It is also used for respiratory problems and is essential in the Shipibo-Conibo indigenous cosmology.
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  • The Covid-19 cementery was built on April 2020 in response to the large number of deceased from the virus in the Ucayali region.
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  • Carlos Guimaraes, a Shipibo-Konibo elder lies inside the mosquito net with strong symptoms of Covid-19. After recovering from the Covid-19 virus, his health seriously deteriorated and he is unable to walk.
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  • Milena Canayo, a Shipibo-Konibo indigenous woman died from Covid-19 virus, leaving a husband and daughter. Against the protocol imposed by the Peruvian government, the Shipibo-Konibo have organized themselves autonomously to carry out illegal mourning and funerals in order to accompany their dead as their tradition dictates.
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  • Shipibo-Konibo women from the Cantagallo community in Lima, standing in line waiting to receive donations from the government as part of the emergency plan protocol.
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  • Many Shipibo-Konibo opposed to the use of plants as an alternative method against the Covid-19. The presence of the Catholic and Evangelical Churches has transformed the cultural and traditional system of these communities, forcing many indigenous to show total rejection both for the presence of these organized nurses and for their plant based methods.
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  • Elida Garcia waits inside the Health Center at the San Francisco indigenous community. Shipibo-Konibo people regret the government has not sent medical supplies and they are forced to go to the city of Pucallpa for medical assistance. In the Community, at least 90% of the Shipibo-Konibo people had the Covid-19 virus.
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