La vida de nos Itinerante is a workshop program that seeks to train journalists, photographers and human rights activists from across the country in narrative journalism and the resources it has to offer, and provide them with tools to create stories from events that take place in their own regions. It is a learning experience for all […]
On June 28, 2017, Valjova Saavedra decided to jump from a viaduct in Mérida. She was 18 years old. At that time, specialists and researchers had already warned about a surge in the suicide rate in Venezuela, particularly in that Andean region.
It starts in the stomach. When we have had nothing to eat, this organ, which stores and processes food, pushes into the small intestine the food particles that had not been fully digested before, so that the body can absorb their nutrients.
Moments of crisis stretch the experience of life, creating stories that showcase it to its fullest. Stories. The experience of living. People. Crisis. Those elements, combined in one same point, lead to the birth of La vida de nos.
La Vida de Nos is an organization dedicated to fostering collective memory and identity through the art of telling stories that provide an insight into today’s Venezuela.
