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We will no longer be poor and we will work to lift ourselves up.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of USAID in the World, USAID Peru and Devida edited the book Chronicles of a Change,
from illegal coca to development. Inside the book are the testimonies of 28 former coca growers from the San Martin, Ucayali and Huanuco regions.
Like thousands of families in these regions, these farmers have renounced the illegal growing up coca leaves
with the help of USAID/Peru ’s Alterative Development Program , starting a new life in a lawful economy, with renewable crops
such as cacao, coffee and palm oil.
You realize what you can do and then you achieve it. You have your reward the moment you go out to harvest,
and now I realize that what you sow is truly what you reap.
The presentation of the book was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Peru Rose M. Likins,
President of Devida Romula Pizarro, Father Joaquin Garcia, promoter of the Municipal Library of Iquitos,
as well as many of the growers featured in the book and other distinguished guests.
Chronicles of Change highlights the struggle of the Peruvian people to return to lawful growing practices, and with the help of PDA and other institutions,
their effort was integral to creating a new socio-economic platform that was lawful and sustainable.
USAID and the producers of the Alternative Development Program are partners in development.