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73(70) The main settlements of this Indigenous Community are not fit for growing
crops or practicing their traditional subsistence activities.135 In order to obtain food
the members of the Community enter the lands claimed: the men to hunt and fish,
and the women to gather fruit and honey.136
73(71) In “Santa Elisa” settlement there is a school which is regularly attended by
the Community children. Given the characteristics of such settlement, the school has
neither the proper structure nor enough facilities or materials.137 The members of the
Community settled in “KM 16” do not have an “indigenous” school of their own,
whereby the Community children attend a “non-indigenous” school in the area.138 In
both schools classes are given in Spanish and Guarani.139
73(72) The members of the Community do not have a health post or center in their
settlements and are rarely visited by health workers. Visits by health workers have
been made without notice, for which reason only a few members of the Community
were given medical care140. The nearest medical center for the members of the
de la Presidencia de la República [Office of the Technical Secretary of State for Planning to the President of
the Republic]." Paraguay, 2002. Volume II, pages 400 and 401.
135
Cf. statement rendered by Ms. Gladys Benítez before a public official whose acts command full
faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 28; statement rendered by Ms. Mariana Ayala before a
public official whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 120, and book
titled “Atlas de las Comunidades Indígenas in el Paraguay” [Atlas of the Indigenous Communities in
Paraguay],” Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos [Bureau of Statistics, Surveys and
Censuses] of the Secretaría Técnica de Planificación de la Presidencia de la República [Office of the
Technical Secretary of State for Planning to the President of the Republic]." Paraguay, 2002. Volume II,
pages 400 and 401.
136
Cf. statement rendered by Ms. Elsa Ayala before a public official whose acts command full faith
and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 119; statement rendered by Ms. Mariana Ayala before a public
official whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 120; statement
rendered by Ms. Gladys Benítez-Galarza before a public official whose acts command full faith and credit
on January 17, 2006, supra note 28; statement rendered by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda before a public official
whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 44, and book titled “Atlas de
las Comunidades Indígenas in el Paraguay” [Atlas of the Indigenous Communities in Paraguay],” Dirección
General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos [Bureau of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses] of the Secretaría
Técnica de Planificación de la Presidencia de la República [Office of the Technical Secretary of State for
Planning to the President of the Republic]." Paraguay, 2002. Volume II, pages 400 and 401.
137
Cf. statement rendered by Ms. Gladys Benítez-Galarza before a public official whose acts
command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 28, and statement by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda
given before a public official whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note
44.
138
Cf. statement rendered by Ms. Elsa Ayala before a public official whose acts command full faith
and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 119, and statement rendered by Ms. Mariana Ayala before a
public official whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 120.
139
Cf. statement rendered by Ms. Elsa Ayala before a public official whose acts command full faith
and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 119; statement rendered by Ms. Mariana Ayala before a public
official whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 120, and statement
rendered by Ms. Gladys Benítez-Galarza before a public official whose acts command full faith and credit
on January 17, 2006, supra note 28.
140
Cf. statement rendered by Ms. Elsa Ayala before a public official whose acts command full faith
and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 119; statement rendered by Ms. Mariana Ayala before a public
official whose acts command full faith and credit on January 17, 2006, supra note 120; statement
rendered by Ms. Gladys Benítez-Galarza before a public official whose acts command full faith and credit
on January 17, 2006, supra note 28; statement rendered by Mr. Pablo Balmaceda before a public official