11 The witness stated that the indigenous people live off the forest, so they cannot go for food anywhere else; for instance, she pointed out that this is the honey season, so the women of the Community have to gather as much honey as they can, even hiding. A small watercourse runs near the Community's settlement, but it does not always carry water. In the drought season, the women have to walk long distances for water. As for health, the witness stated that the members of the Community enjoy no kind of adequate medical care. Physicians visit the community very seldom, and when they do so, they are in a rush, or they come without notice, when the people are away from the settlement. A few medicines arrive once a year. In most cases they resort to traditional medicine. Some go the the Concepción Regional Hospital, 46 KM away from the Community. To reach the hospital, they have to pay for transportation, and if they are admitted, they are given prescriptions to buy medicines at the pharmacist’s, but if they have no money they must do without them. Besides the Regional Hospital, the witness only knows the Military Hospital in Asunción. There are no sanitation facilities in the settlement either, so the children fall ill easily. When members die, they are buried alongside the road, and no document records their death; only in some rare cases do the authorities issue death certificates. As regards to education, they have a little school, which is almost without resources. A foreigner helps them supplying pencils and notebooks. The Government of Presidente Hayes provides very little help. They have a teacher who works double shifts, but teaches only up to second grade. Lessons are taught in Guaraní and Spanish only, so they do not receive education in their own language. The old women of the Community still speak their language and try to use it to talk to their grandchildren so that their culture may not be lost. Formerly, “when [the landowners] were not such a nuisance for [them], [they] could practice their rites and customs," but currently this is very difficult, as they live alongside the highway. The members of the Community trust their leaders and know that they make every effort to get their land, and that they have to face ill treatment from the Paraguayan authorities and the landowners. At the time they were at the Maroma estate, they also suffered a great deal. The indigenous people worked, but they did not know how much their salary was. The witness spoke several times with the owner to tell him that he was treating them like animals but, according to her testimony, he threatened to pull down her house and to call the police. After much mistreatment, they decided to leave the estate and settle alongside the highway to claim their lands. Elderly people and children are the most severely affected by the lack of land. d. Statement by Ms. Mariana Ayala, alleged victim She belongs to the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community. She has been living alongside the highway in the “KM 16” village for a long time. The witness pointed out that the members of the Community cannot grow any crops or keep any cattle in the settlement, since “the area is very small, between the