Program: In First Person

“In First Person” is an audiovisual project that gives voice to current problems experienced by vulnerable families in five Latin American countries. This project shines a light on individual experiences and narratives, but speaks to the ways in which communities are working to counter the effects of Covid-19 to help families in need.

Today’s video of In First Person finds us in Medellin, Colombia. Joana is a single mother of six, who works in Medellin’s informal economy as a street peddler. Darcy is the grandmother and guardian of her two grandchildren: Juan and José Gabriel. Juan is in second grade and José Gabriel Is in fourth grade. The […]
This initiative is part of a series of personal testimonies that give voice to families living in disadvantaged urban areas. Covid-19 does not discriminate by class or race. But it does strike poor households especially hard and presents unique problems. Equity for Children wants to hear the perspective of poorer families in Latin America, to […]

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