Climate
• Work
• Food
• Livestock
• Housing
• Water
• Electricity
• Sewage
• Churches
• Education
• Health
CLIMATE:
Rodeo is located in the Andes mountains at an altitude over 14,000ft
(4300 meters). Temperatures in Rodeo vary from 4° to 12°C
and there is an average rainfall of 640 mm per year.
WORK:
Almost all families in the area are subsistance farmers. Families
own small plots of land where crops such as potatos, wheat, and
oats are produced mainly for family consumption. Most families
also own livestock. During seeding and harvest time almost all
family members contribute to work in the fields. Children are
typically given responsibility of livestock.
FOOD:
Potatoes are served with nearly every meal. Wheat, oats, barley,
and corn are also common in the area.
LIVESTOCK:
Sheep and cattle are the most common. Some family also own chickens.
TYPICAL HOUSING:
Most homes in the area are made of adobe bricks with straw roofs.
The bricks are hand made by mixing mud and straw and drying the
molded brick in the sun. Houses generally have two rooms. One
is used for sleeping and the other for cooking. Some homes also
have outhouses.
WATER:
Most families in the communities now have access to water systems
installed by either UNICEF or FHI. Usually this is a public tap
from which families carry water to their homes.
ELECTRICITY:
Electricy will be arriving in the communities in June of 2005.
SEWAGE:
Seventy percent of the population have latrines in their homes
through projects carried our by UNICEF and FHI.
CHURCHES:
Most of the population in Rodeo is Catholic. There exist Catholic
churches in most communities. There are also three evanglical
churches in the zone.
EDUCATION:
The community of Rodeo serves as the nucleus of the school system
in the area. Classes are offered up to the second year of high
school in Rodeo. Students who wish to continue their studies must
travel to the complete high school in Ckara Ckara (a half hour
drive from Rodeo). Smaller communities generally offer classes
only for primary school children.
HEALTH ISSUES:
Diarrhea, resperatory infections, malnutrition
