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Mirtala López: "I was a shy woman before. But, a few years ago, I began taking part in the savings group Amor y Fé. I would go and put my money in, but I’d never speak. Bit by bit, I began to take a more active part in the group, and I was elected to run it, as President of the group for eight years. We had a good group, 30 people, we began to celebrate Mothers Day, Women’s Day, Christmas, International Day of the Child, and the group grew to 70 women. But then my husband died, and I had to withdraw. But I still meet all those women and they say that I motivated them. We used to have days out, excursions, and the money that we’d make from the excursions we’d spend on lunches, it was a lovely group. I moved on to the family garden groups, and I had to learn a lot. But it was a lovely process, planting seeds, for gardens, and for communities. There is a practical benefit, and a spiritual benefit. This has helped me to be the woman that I am today. I would never have thought that I’d go and sit with government representatives and hold them to rights, but I do. I used to be really shy, I’d never speak. Now they have to stop me. Whoever is in the government, I will go there and ask for support for our community. The government has got a responsibility, and they have resources. And we put in our part, our labour, we have a responsibility too. The work with World Renew has trained us to open those doors to government support, and to solving our own problems."

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Mirtala López: "I was a shy woman before. But, a few years ago, I began taking part in the savings group Amor y Fé. I would go and put my money in, but I’d never speak. Bit by bit, I began to take a more active part in the group, and I was elected to run it, as President of the group for eight years. We had a good group, 30 people, we began to celebrate Mothers Day, Women’s Day, Christmas, International Day of the Child, and the group grew to 70 women. But then my husband died, and I had to withdraw. But I still meet all those women and they say that I motivated them. We used to have days out, excursions, and the money that we’d make from the excursions we’d spend on lunches, it was a lovely group. I moved on to the family garden groups, and I had to learn a lot. But it was a lovely process, planting seeds, for gardens, and for communities. There is a practical benefit, and a spiritual benefit. This has helped me to be the woman that I am today. I would never have thought that I’d go and sit with government representatives and hold them to rights, but I do. I used to be really shy, I’d never speak. Now they have to stop me. Whoever is in the government, I will go there and ask for support for our community. The government has got a responsibility, and they have resources. And we put in our part, our labour, we have a responsibility too. The work with World Renew has trained us to open those doors to government support, and to solving our own problems."