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The Valley of Rabones, oil painting by Clina Polloni. Once I had a farm in the beautiful Valley of Rabones, in the central region of Chile, is called “Region del Maule”.
I lived in my farm for ten of the most happy years of my life. My heart is in deep sorrow for all the beautiful people that I met with spirits as clean as the clear waters of the "Rio Putagan" that embraces this rural land, surrounded by white adobe homes with colorful flowers and rich harvest. The closest city to Rabones is Linares at 22 Kilometers.
"We are receiving funds to help the poorest people, who are in the countryside," Father Waldo Alfaro, head of the Caritas Chile office in Linares, told Catholic News Service. "The adobe houses common in the poorest rural regions are the ones that collapsed," he said. Linares is in the Maule region, where most of the quake deaths occurred. "This is an area where the poorest rural residents live," Father Alfaro said. "Aid is not reaching them because these are very small villages." Three trucks left Linares early March 2 to distribute supplies, especially food and water, to residents in the farming region.
I have been trying to get in touch with my friends in Rabones, but it has been impossible.
Clina
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