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This inspiring book is based on the true story of the children of the barrio of San Jose de la Urbina in Caracas, Venezuela. There are no parks where they live, and the children must play in the streets. They ask the mayor for an empty lot to build a playground, but all they get are campaign promises. They know that they are the only ones who will make something happen, so they get their friends and family involved until the whole barrio unites to create a space of their own.
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In the 1920s, when Venezuela began to export oil instead of coffee, people from the farms moved into the city. At first they were few, but in the '50s thousands came from the towns and villages to live in big cities like Caracas and Maracaibo.
The cities were not ready to receive these new inhabitants. There were no houses for them, no waterworks, no sewers, no electricity. And, even worse, there was not enough work for all. Many of them stayed on the outskirts of the cities in cramped shacks, uncomfortable and miserable. Sometimes they had to fight to keep their empty lots.
In Caracas, the people coming from the rural areas occupied the hills surrounding the city, hoping that someday they would live in the valley below, without the fear of landslides, with enough drinking water, without the smell of sewers and garbage. But most of them stayed there. And each year more people came. Today, almost half of the population of Caracas lives in these "barrios."
The Streets are Free is based on the true story of the children of the barrio of San José de la Urbina, who wanted a place to play. They still don't have it, but continue dreaming and fighting for their playground.
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- PublisherAnnick Pr
- ISBN 10 0920303099
- ISBN 13 9780920303092
- BindingHardcover
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