The Real Price of Exotic Fruit & Veg: Living Without Water in Peru | Water Shortage Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2022
- What’s it like to live without running water? How are the fruit and vegetables - avocados, asparagus, exotic fruit - that end up on our supermarket shelves sucking Peru’s land dry?
In Peru’s sprawling capital, Lima, this is the everyday reality for 1.5 million children and adults, forced to pay up to a week’s salary for just one day’s water. And the problem isn’t confined to the capital, across the country, the shortage of water is putting lives in danger and provoking conflict, as it displaces communities and threatens their agricultural livelihoods.
In Lima we meet some of the families struggling to live without one of life’s basic necessities. With only a few litres of water a week, their children’s health is at risk, and they’re at the mercy of unscrupulous businessmen, whose water trucks sell allegedly contaminated water at inflated prices. For others, the situation is even bleaker - we meet the community without access to any form of water supply - forced to beg their neighbours every day for enough water to wash and cook.
This film goes right to the heart of the water crisis - showing how society’s poorest are caught in the middle of a struggle between business, climate change and international politics.
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I've been to Peru, the water crisis is alarming for the people all around the country. the government is too corrupted to do anything for its own people.
Prepare for water wars.
It's owned by puppet government
To be faire the people live in a desert , so lack of water is just how it is.
Countries that were colonized by Spain are all corrupt: Mexico Peru Vene Colombia Central America Argentina and even my country Philippines its all in the blood
Western governments/coorperations are the ones in power since colonisation. They are the ones steeling the water so they can bottle it and sell it primalary to socalled first world countries. Its people like you who are partly responsible for these people suffering and lack of basic necessities. Its something the inhibitants of western nations should start acknowledge, the price people on the other side of the world pay so they can live as if they own the world.
Having water fountains seems like a deliberate slap in the face of those who have not enough water for drinking let alone for amusement!
There's plenty of water in Lima, we are sorrounded by 3 mayor rivers, the problem is that sanitation infraestructure doesn't reach those areas. Like it's very lopsided, in some districts of Lima the waters comes in small man made rivers and it's incredibly lush and full of parks, and in others (mostly favelas) they have to be reached with trucks. I could tell you many reasons why the government or the middle class don't are about the people in the favelas, but sadly it's mostly corruption and lack of funding. Sadly these people do not have a voice
@@HugsmadeDrugs The upper classes don't care because of their selfishness, which is hyper-emotionalism. This is exactly how non-white people practice white supremacist ideologies upon other non-white people. The lifestyle that those of the upper classes are living is not traditional to their culture, it's western and that western lifestyle that they are living is directly the cause of this issue.
Oh God, I will never complain about my life again! 🙏 These poor people and what they go through everyday! They just want their human rights and their basic needs. May God Bless them and provide for them 🙏 And I also hope that their government takes a stand and builds the necessary infrastructure so they can have clean potable running water at a decent and affordable price.
and vegans think they are saving the environment lol, im from chile and avocado crops cause massive droughts so hipsters can enjoy their avocado toasts
this is heart breaking and I feel sad for the children too. I am from Philippines in the City of Majestic Waterfalls, our water here is overflowing and it is crystal clear clean, how I wish I could share it to those children. May God bless this place with abundance in water.
Wow I love Philippines. I've been to Philippines 3 yrs ago before Pandemic. And it is really beautiful. I hope I can visit it soon again.
Love from Seoul,
Seoultan Kudarat.
@@keriboom6323 your great grandpa wants to get his old joke back.
Oh yeahhh lol
Having lived in Peru for a month I feel it’s more of a sanitization problem. They really need to add infrastructure and education on how to treat water. If you ever visit there in most buildings you can actually smell the sewage, that’s not good. In some areas in America we actually turn sewage water from the toilet into fresh clean drinking water. They’re lacking in technology on how to purify water on a large scale.
and vegans think they are saving the environment lol, im from chile and avocado crops cause massive droughts so hipsters can enjoy their avocado toasts
Not all the vegans are eating avocado. I'm, never buying it, I have been buying only local food for more tham a decade. Meat eaters are buying it also, and plus meat from agrentina and other part of the world. We all have to put attention on what we are buying, not only blame other side of the table.
@@frankerz8339 dumb comment. Not only vegans eat avocados. Think before you comment.
@@magdabak5797 ALL vegans depend on the agro industrial and big pharma complex, there is no place in the world you can cultivate fruits and vegetables all year round.... buying meat from your local free range farms is sustainable and a way to save the environment, you dont need to ship meat from around the world
@@frankerz8339 hahahaah, you must be joking. I don't think you have any idea what vegans eat. I have been on vegan diet for the lat 20 years-never buying avocado or stuff from other continents.
Heartbreaking that anyone should need to beg for water! I have always assumed that it is a basic human right, but this shows that is not the case for all. I hope this is rectified for these people as soon as possible.
They are living in a desert. The definition of a desert is lack of water.
and vegans think they are saving the environment lol, im from chile and avocado crops cause massive droughts so hipsters can enjoy their avocado toasts
JESUS CHRIST IS GOD ALMIGHTY! He died for ur sins and rose again! He is the way the truth and the life SHARE THE GOSPEL EVERYWHERE 🙌 and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Colossians 3:23 KJV 🌹💯
@@yukirideluxe7788 why is your god not giving these needy people their water? good and all he died for their sins, the children are still thirsty.
@@yukirideluxe7788 seems to me your god is failing in his tasks not providing for the children very sinful indeed. or are these thirsty children not believing enough? not praying enough?
My respect for the family collect water from the fog.
Olá
May God Bless them and provide for their need of water. Now I just realized how lucky I am to have a safe abundant water supply in our place.😍
Corrupt Government,bad management this is why people cannot get the basic needs,this is truly sad and heart breaking 😢 I really hope things changes in 4he very near future for them...may God help us all.
Surprisingly the houses are nicely built & painted and there seems to be no trash😁😃!
Resident from Lima here
9:48 Striking difference indeed. As a matter of fact people people without running water pay 3 times as much as someone with it. For instance, she mentioned that she pays around 200 soles or 53 usd(at the time of writing) while my father only pays 60 to 70 soles or just below 18.6 usd a month, which is the comsumption by my family and the tennants.
Those denuded hills around Lima are a big factor in the water shortage there, which is common and we have learned how to fix it. If you plant native trees up the hills, create water catchments (fog nets, as in the video, but also importantly ditches, ponds, and swales), and plant native cover plants and food crops between swales or on terraces, you recharge the aquifers and provide supplemental food and more accessible water to the people. All of these only need labor to dig and plant, seeds or cuttings or transplants of the trees and crops, and protection from grazing, excessive traffic, and drought while they are getting established. They take time, but are not difficult or expensive.
Also, you can build rainwater capture tanks with simple filtration for every house, nursery, school, and so on, with simple local materials. They can be built from native clay or concrete, with the upper part using sand, charcoal, etc, to filter it before it drips through a ceramic divider filter to the accessible tank for direct use. Again, this is very inexpensive and can make a big difference in a short time.
I feel so helpless knowing that there are options to improve situations like these people are dealing with and I don't have money or influence to make these things happen. Please, will you look up re-greening, permaculture, reversing desertification, and homemade water filtration and rainwater capture videos here and start a movement there to help these people? All you need is the information here on TH-cam and people willing to put in some work to improve their conditions and make life easier and safer where they live. Even better if the local government will help by contributing plants, digging tools, transportation to the sites, or even pay for the people doing the work.
Prepare for Water Wars People.
I'm staying right by the Great Lakes!
I must say also that the people leave there towns for work in lima settle in mountains free rent pitch there tents no running water no toilets they just come n suffer more ,then children born into this.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
Jesus
So sad.here in my country philippines and my province we all have water that we need.its unlimited.but we have so many complains in life.now i appreciate more our life.God bless peru.
Same problem in the Philippines like in Peru and other third world countries, its the CORRUPTION!
Peru has a vast amazon forest, it should have an abundance of water
Yes, the documentary is misleading. Most of the things shown in the docu are not from drought problems but from lack of infraestructure for water sanitation and distribution. Most of those favelas are settled on hyper arid desert mountains, where they settle and then wait for the government to construct the basic necessities.
Well done, thank you.
I'm from the Philippines, I have boyfriend from Peru🥺 I felt sad in this country because lack of water, he told me ,he wants me to bring on here country but now I saw the situation I feel sad🥺 I can't deny I can't live lack of water🥲 but I understand him so much I love him,huhu😞 here in Philippines abundance waterfalls, beaches,etc, I'm so lucky♥️
I have lived in that area (In Villa El Salvador) for a while in 2012 for several social projects and in education as well. Water already was a problem in that time and still today. Its a serious problem which needs attention. I have seen people being so creative keeping or getting water during that experience that even today I live very conscious with water here in Europe because of that. I'd like to see some more projects to support water supply any tips about it welcome.
is that area have rainy season?? im from indonesia by the way. in my place summer season longer than rainy season. I worry about situation in future that water is big problem in my country.
Is hilarious to see the ex Mayor of Lima talking when she did less than zero in her period and she is currently processing for corruption; she is not a reliable source to speak of changes and talk about like she really cares about the situation of the rurals areas or souranded areas of Lima.
By the way shortages of water as a result of farming is not accurate; the main problem here is the government which did not put any effort in infrastructure to improve the sewer and water system.
Thats why basic services should be managed without politicians. Half of the budget to them and whatever they postulate for and half of the subject to experts.
and vegans think they are saving the environment lol, im from chile and avocado crops cause massive droughts so hipsters can enjoy their avocado toasts
Confirmado esa mujer tiene procesos por corrupción. Ese problema de água en Perú no es de ahora "por el calentamiento global" como dice esta ex alcaldesa de Lima, siempre faltó água en Perú y nunca hicieron nada porque los camiones que llevan água (que es caríssima) es un monopólio para lucrar
Someone give this man the money to mass produce this for his people and for others that will benefit from it around the world
I mean they would have but I guess buying Twitter, hypothetical money , and day trips to space is more important. 😒
Living in many countries is Brutal especially for poor people
All of Africa.South America Central Asia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan and South East Asia and the Middle East
Hell Holes
You are a typical Westerner who know nothing about geography. You know, De Caprio hate to take shower because of 8 years long drought in California. Australia also has water problem. I live in tropical South East Asia and my country Indonesia has thousands of rivers, literally. Even we export bottle water. And flood is among of our problems during rainy season.
What about south asia? India Pakistan Bangladesh Srilanka , all in there.
@@rajugeorge6358 spot on
Theyve got no drinking water but lots of coca cola what an irony
Yeah even more so coca cola owns a brand of ( water ) label /bottle too
@@jimibaked4235 and whats wrong with that ?
@@pietrojenkins6901 of course its wrong, water should be manage and controled by the govt for people to use not controled by corp for commercial use meanwhile people are dying of thirst
Coca-Cola knows what they’re doing
You meam inca cola they don't drink coca.
✨🌎 Economic & Environmental Justice for these Peruvian Peoples 👍
JESUS CHRIST IS GOD ALMIGHTY! He died for ur sins and rose again! He is the way the truth and the life SHARE THE GOSPEL EVERYWHERE 🙌 and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Colossians 3:23 KJV 🌹💯
Lima es una ciudad fundada sobre un desierto.
They should start charging those tourist with water fees
This makes me realise to drink more of my water and be 🥹 thankful
I think people also need to gather rain water and boil it to drink
Poor government respond to this such basic necessities is the Major problem I pray for immediate actions for these poor people
Im very greatful to live in Sweden with clean tap water and a 100,000 lakes of beautiful water. It should be like this every where with clean water to drink.
Better to live in Peru than Sweden... the feminist utopia
All i can do is for them to learn make that carrying tool above the shoulders that way it can be easily made the lifting lessen by 70 percent harwork by carrying those gallon of water
Sometimes U get that strange feeling that this is a movie runnin' out there. But then U see it's real....
The world has become a sad institution of poor people feeding the rich.
and vegans think they are saving the environment lol, im from chile and avocado crops cause massive droughts so hipsters can enjoy their avocado toasts
We are heading towards the same outcomes here in the US where people in the western states have settled in desert and drought stricken areas. Then drain the groundwater and pipe in from other states to grow crops and create false green communities. This foolishness is robbing our ground waters, and rivers for people to live in deserts and worse to grow crops where they should not be grown. Maybe we should all start thinking about living in area's that have adequate rainfall and are naturally green. Peru's problems are similar, people need to stop trying to live and grow in deserts.
This is true, but also the deserts mostly get that way from misuse of resources, especially overgrazing and monoculture farming. The Sahara used to be green and vibrant! Most likely the American Southwest was, as well, but ancient people used up the resources and only now are we beginning projects to recharge the aquifers. If we did that across the Southwest, it could fully recover in our lifetimes.
Often times though, people living in desserts or rural areas are too poor to afford living near areas with more resources. It's cyclic, generations of poverty and it's hard to get out of.
God bless you all ❤
Soon coming to a neighborhood near you... Las Vegas.. California.. The Mid West . Oh yeah it's coming..
Midwest....no.. lol..we are good here. Plenty of precipitation you klown..
I,m watching this while looking at Lake Superior from my window on a rainy day.
it might be difficult for them but if i was in their situation i'll strive to leave the place and live somewhere else
Immature people complain about everything but have no idea what others go through. Appreciate what you have and stop crying like a little boy
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?
South American states knows the manner that water is harnessed naturally, as well as in sciences and engineering standards, the way Curitiba Brazil does the appreciancias of water, and water treatment. It is indeed Imprezza, for its citizens to be restored in such ways. The huge water tanks and installations of water sprays are good examples, as well as the solar powered ones. SMEs..././../.. ./ENGRS/Water specialists/Chemical ENGRS/as well as safety specialists/that are well coordinated with one another regarding coordination and expertise application. Private and Public sectors attested. Respectively:G.M Industrias.
they should use water desalination from seawater same technique used here in KSA
😍😍
Lay connect up high to prevent burst the lower pull
Cacti open it hold water too pick your crop and wait for
🇺🇸CRAZY, cause here in America we WASTE so much water daily.. We have large swimming pools, we water our grass daily so it will be nice and green, we take hour long showers and baths with the tubs filled up, plus we let our kids play outside with water.. So sad..
i feel so ashame that i have said my life was so difficult 🥺 may God help Peru 💜
we don't have a drought problem, with have an infraestructure problem. There's obviously climate change and it's affecting all the world, but in this instance the documentary is kinda misleading.
God will sure bless them mighty rainfall
When we Prayer
I saw on my visit miles of garbage and people living on these monstrous piles of garbage..... Very disturbing..... Not Far.. Outside Lima
They're high up in the mountain and there are no trees to be seen.
Barrels for use, measure the amount, how often we must go to river
In my country we have water and people will complain of days water interruption, like water company in certain areas will stop the water for certain time in a day, mostly because of too much rain or there hasn't been any rain and the water treatment plants have lower level of water.
And people do not understand that. All will complain. Including me as I work and you can't basically make everything done without water. But Compare to the situation in this country. You'll realize you're still be thankful. For now on. I won't be complaining.😔
About 40% of the Peruvian population lives in the Western part of Peru (the coastal part). Western Peru is mostly desert. About 36% live in the mountain regions of Peru. Eastern Peru, which makes up around 12% of the Peruvian population, is tropical jungle and has plenty of rivers that mostly feed into the Amazon river. About 1/3 of the entire population ( the entire population of Peru is around 33 million) live in a small area which makes up the Callao - Lima metro area.
Once a legend shared, only when the last tree is chopped down, the last river dried up, the last fish poisoned. It will be only when we realised we can't eat money.
Meu Deus eu tava prestando atenção o cachorrinho tava com sede ele não deixava o dono enquanto tava com os bujao de água
Come here in Philippines visit and enjoy more water specially in Visayas province 🥰🥰🥰
How do they shower if so little water?
How do donations get sent to them?
WHERE TO FIND WATER
They can collect the water from the rain into Big plastic or Metal Bucks
And pla e it closer to their needs
Kit hen or gardening both etc
Is a practice here in the USA as well by farmers who are wealthy and is a method I will adopt too
To those plastic or metal can be add a pipe that runs to the kitchen. Or water faucet too
No big deal
there is no rain, big part of Peru is dessert, because of cold Humbelt current
this is heartbreaking. why cant we fix this?
This is such an uninformed video... just look at a map of peru, most of peru is equatorial rainforest with massive amounts of rain, most of the fruit production is in the humid eastern mountain slopes with plenty of water... the water shortages are in the desertic high plateaus and the west of peru where most of the population lives and there is no industrial fruit production there, water has always been scarce there even before humans set foot there... It is like saying there are water shortages in the sahara because Spain produces to much fruit and vegetables...
They blame everything on global warming but I bet there’s wasn’t water in their deserts 100 years ago.
Why don't favor the relocation of people, no sense to waste gas to carry water.
and vegans think they are saving the environment lol, im from chile and avocado crops cause massive droughts so hipsters can enjoy their avocado toasts
@@frankerz8339 You're comment is all over. Are you a troll?
@@bseco7827 Bro it's a favela this people settled there illegaly, the only way to "relocate" them is by force.
The problem is not relocation, because Lima is sorrounded by 3 rivers and there is plenty of water to give the people, the problem it's that the infraestructure (piping, sanitation) doesn't reach the favelas showed in this documentary. Lima is supposed to be a lush green valley sorrounded by hyper arid hills (which you can see in the video), so the problem is: the lack of infraestructure in these places. There's plenty of water all around Peru, in fact we are like the 5th country with most water reserves
The first scenes in the documentary also bring up something important: exporting exotic foods to the other side of the planet (in this case from Peru to Finland) which has its own emissions. It's ridiculous that in a cold Nordic country like Finland you expect to enjoy the luxuries of living in the South by making everyone pay the price in terms of causing damage to the environment. Accept the conditions of the place where you live and don't ruin the environment just because you want the perks of other countries as well.
Those people move from the mountains to Lima. For a better life, but this is what they have to face. On the mountains life is better, they have water from manantiales, lakes rivers, etc. also they can grow produce and eat better. People think that Lima in the city of the opportunities, but is not like that.
There's always a way around the bureaucratic rules that people set up. If I were that woman that had running water, I would tell the people to come at night or I just wouldn't tell anybody that I was giving my water away. how would anybody know?
Without water a human cannot Live
Thats why basic services should be managed outside politics. Half of the budget to them and whatever they postulate for.
What a depressing situation.
They should try deep well. There will be digging but the water will be cleaner and available.
Use the grey water for trees! Use an earth toilet!
Why does the sound keep going in and out? This is to important to have poor sound quality.
But extreme to test in such way depending upon his knowledge do care
Start planting as much plants as possible
Maybe grow more trees 🌲 to help the Climate change I think the trees can produce rain 🌧
This is crazy! 🤔 Peru is the third largest country in South America. That is home to a section of Amazon rainforest. It's has a variety of landscape mountain, beaches, rainforest. All these are evidence to that that water scarcity is impossible this is not Africa. It's fertile land I think if there government can't do about this they must be self- sufficient to look for an alternative to lessen the water scarcity. Without access to running their citizens is at risk for lack of proper sanitation that would lead the rising of diseases.
Brazil is the largest nation in South America. Peru is third largest after Argentina. You need to remember that 40% of the Peruvian population lives on the desert western coast. That is around 13 million people. Out of 13 million of the people living on the coast, 11 million live in a small area that makes up the Callao - Lima metro area.
@@ab9840 really?
@@ab9840 it's correct
Peruvian government's corruption make so difficult for the country to create project in a big scale. Most people in Peru sees politician jobs as way to make them rich quick. The country has so many touristic attractions and charge highly prices to the tourist; at the end all those revenues goes to the capital of Lima where they keep %85 and only %15 goes back for sites maintenance. Corruption and Centralization are a huge problem in this Andean country .
@@mayatsnyc Yeah that was exactly happened to most countries around the world. It's true it's impossible that Peru are experiencing such condition. Don't worry sir it's a matter of time. Once the people of Peru can no longer tolerate this change would come.🤔
Where the heck in the video is the subject??? -- The Real Price of Exotic Fruit & Veg -- while the problem on water in Peru is real, this video is plain bullshit for misleading title.
it is observed that there are no trees. would planting trees suitable to this country be of help?
Dafat may cloud seedling
Jamas se me ocurre pensar que no saldrá agua cuando abro el grifo. Que cosa tan terrible
The beach is sweet the city well the country where the problems dwell
He see nothing there think people don't reside we spend a lot of time inside
Defer the river at spot of force
Smells of burning mean we rush
Migration to the coastal cities continuously feed the water scarcity. This problem carries on for very long time. The prospect is gloomy. Population explosion and concentración seems to be relentless.
I was wondering if they cannot plant trees suitable for their environment
Those Indians are barking to the wrong tree ~ they need to complain to their government 🤨!
I don’t know about Lucuma trees but those prickly pear cactus are suitable.
Those big farming agriculture companies deserve what they get for being greedy. They took it away from the poor and now they are cursed.
Vapor his distilled takes long, water cleanse do on your own
Distance from mama house in case explodes have no tools if wrong it goes
Please to plants more tree 🌴🌴🌴🌴
Peru is nice but, is lot poor people they need help please.
How recent is this coverage? I believe this to either be dated material or a continuous battle even after several years but the silent portions indicate that it’s also copyright protected . There’s got to be a solution to all this- just like Purim’s death is the answer to Ukraine’s problems.
Corruption is a problem not a water
I had no idea how much of a problem this is
O'Lord My God needs Provided n this place of Lima 🇵🇪
Water schools foods Salvation n Jesus Christ born again Saved by God Amazing Grace I pray hallelujah and Amen
❤❤❤ from Auckland New Zealand 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
this is also the result of garbage there and here. we most also give attention how to manage our garbage .
They import mr.andrew millson to teach them how to harvest water..and to make water from swale.....
Plant a tree that can produce water
There are two stories being told here…Viva La Peruvian Indígena, the meek shall inherit her & We will heal her.
It is always unfair for the poor and rich countries or individual
El problema de la falta de água en Perú no es como dice la señora. Siempre existió la falta de água y nunca fue hecho nada al respecto.
q falta de agua si en la sierra abunda por montones aqui el problema es lima q esta sobre poblada los cerros q no son habitables los invaden sin importales nada sin planificacion deberian quedarse en la sierra q aya hay todo
Corruption is the number one
Can't they search for underground water and dig a well. How did ppl do it in the old days? Everyone keeps flinging around the word crisis when some simple common sense solutions would work just fine
I wonder if permaculture will work in this environment?
No sign of tree 🌲 around.
PERO NO ENTIENDO PORQUE TIENEN MÁS HIJOS
SAYA NABI TUHAN
MENGUBAH SEMUA TANAH DI PERU MENJADI TANAH YANG SUBUR.
AMEN
Caranya?
Why would you want to bring children into that environment.. 🤦 I hope they find a solution.