A couple of days ago Microsoft offered me a picture of Ometepe for my start screen. It reminded me of the time earlier this year when I visited the island.
It has been a bit of a Nicaragua week really – quite a few events.
I was glad to be able to sit in on a discussion about the current situation in the country. Here we all are suffering from the pandemic – but what came over was that the effects of the pandemic in Nicaragua was not as significant – and certainly not as significant as the effects of the weather.
There were a lot of details talked about, but one story grabbed my attention. In one community a number of farmers had lost their crops. When the other farmers heard about it they arranged to share their products. Then the village heard about another village that had lost all their production – so they arranged to share their food with them.
These are farmers that, until recently, were unable to grow enough food to feed themselves. They have next to nothing. The poorest in this country have more than the farmers. But the farmers still shared what they had.
Compared to those farmers I felt that the things I “need” were maybe closer to greed. Hearing about the way those farmers were living gave me hope for society.