Peru Divides the Poor and Rich by a 10 Kilometer Wall

This is not a typical article. This may be a review about this documentary I have watched that I wanted to share with everyone. I got a lot of moral lessons in watching it and I want to write it down and share so I could also promote the documentary itself. It is a documentary in the country of Peru.

It has a title “Peru’s 10 Kilometer Wall of Shame (Rich and Poor Divided)” in Youtube and I provided the link, you can try watch it yourself. It is a poverty documentary by Real Stories. It focuses the problem in Peru where there is a wall built in the 1980s that divides the poor and the rich. It was sad, and is disturbing. I have seen the sad reality for the people that suffers poverty. They do not have water supply, they buy it. And they are not being heard and seen by the government.

A woman was interviewed and she said that back then, when there’s no wall that divides the two societies, they can watch the good life from the other side. They can see swimming pools, big and elegant houses, and they can also see how sad their lives are since they were on the other side. She also mentioned that she only sells sweets and candies, and it cannot cover the needs of her family. It cannot buy healthy foods, vitamins, and it just enough for a day. She cannot also send her kids at school since education is expensive in there. Education is expensive and not a priority from the people in their side. They have to survive, and not study. They have to survive, and not live their lives. The life they have was just very sad. They were born poor, and they believe that the next generations coming from their family will also going to live the life they have right now. They lack hope. They lack from everything, but they must survive.

A teacher was interviewed too, and he said that they only have 760 students in total in their school. And only 10 of them will possibly continue their studies. That is how poverty the worst hindrance to education for the kids. Some kids at the age of 12-15 can usually be seen in the streets working and doing everything to survive. Some just accepted the fact that they are just meant to be in there, in poverty. The teacher also said that, they can never see parents of these kids supporting them in their education. They see only few parents, because they believed that education is not the priority. That saddens me as well.

The last two people interviewed are hitmen. They work as hitmen. Yes, and they kill people for money, hurt people for money, and take the risks just to survive and provide for their family. They said, they have to be cold-hearted to get the job done. They have to remove the emotions when looking to the person they are hurting and killing. And what’s more disturbing is that they started the job at a very young age. They kill people. They hurt people. That is just to survive. Just to get enough money. And just to ease the cries of their children shouting hunger. They forget about hell and morality. They forget to fear God. They forget all of those because they have to survive.

I suggest everyone to watch this documentary. It has a lot of lessons. For me, I realized that I am lucky that I can eat three times a day without killing anybody. We have a house, maybe not too elegant, but at least we have it permanently. I am thankful that I can finish my study. We should always be contented with what we have and be thankful always. We need to appreciate those little things we have and our parents can provide. We are lucky. And we are blessed.

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I hope everyone get to watch documentaries like this to be aware on the social issues that people are usually blind of. I included the link of the documentary above. Try check it out. Have a blessed day!