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The Struggle of the Mapuches
Chol Chol, Chile is at the heart of the Mapuche indigenous people’s lands. Located in southern Chile, just 9 hours south of Santiago by bus, Chol Chol is a rural town where many families subsist on small farms of less than 15 acres. Unemployment is high and many of the young people migrate to find work either in big cities or as seasonal fruit pickers.
Racial and cultural discrimination against Mapuches limit the kind of jobs they can obtain, regardless of their qualifications or education levels. However, there is a growing movement aimed at strengthening the Mapuche cultural heritage, reclaiming lands taken from them, helping them regain cultural pride, and empowering them to take a stand against abuses and racial discrimination.As part of their ministry, MKLM missioners Ronald and Carolyn Bosse have joined the forces of this movement.
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Mary was rescued by St. John Bosco Centre when she was five years old. Mary’s father, pictured here with his daughter, could barely pay the rent on his mud-walled home. | Mary Is Going to School Mary was just 6 years old when Russ Brine’s ministry rescued her from the streets. Her mentally ill mother had abandoned her and her five siblings. For income, her father hauled coal on a wooden hand cart. He struggled to scratch together enough money to feed his children and pay the rent on his mud house. Mary’s rescue in 2004 set off a chain of events that has changed the course of her life. Now ten years old, Mary is attending a well-respected boarding school in Nairobi. Read Mary’s story here. |
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