Inter Press ServicePeru's Andean Communities Battle Water Shortage Amidst Climate Crisis Challenges https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/12/perus-andean-communities-battle-water-shortage-amidst-climate-crisis-challenges/ News and Views from the Global South Wed, 27 May 2026 07:14:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Peru’s Andean Peoples ‘Revive’ Water that the Climate Crisis Is Taking From Them https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/12/perus-andean-communities-battle-water-shortage-amidst-climate-crisis-challenges/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/12/perus-andean-communities-battle-water-shortage-amidst-climate-crisis-challenges/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:03:59 +0000 Mariela Jara https://www.ipsnews.net/?p=183450

Before, when it didn't rain in the summertime, we children used to pray to God to send us water from the heavens, and the rain would come. But now it's different; the climate has changed and no prayers work—Juan Hilario Quispe, president of the small farming community of Muñapata
 
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Before, when it didn't rain in the summertime, we children used to pray to God to send us water from the heavens, and the rain would come. But now it's different; the climate has changed and no prayers work—Juan Hilario Quispe, president of the small farming community of Muñapata
 
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