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In contrast to the open and inviting nature of Casa Pueblo, the FEMA center for Adjuntas, located directly across the street from Casa Pueblo, is closed up and guarded. The main service advertised on the building itself is small loans.

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Raíces Cultural Center co-founders with Casa Pueblo co-founders and current director.

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Doña Tinti Deyá, co-founder of Casa Pueblo.

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Months following Hurricane María, homes remained in need of repair due to lack of access to materials. Debris collected and piled after the storm also remained curbside for months as sanitation services were slow to resume after the storm.

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Just a couple of blocks from the square in Adjuntas. The electric grid was almost completely destroyed in the central mountains of Puerto Rico, with much of it remaining in need of repair for months following the storm in towns like Adjuntas.

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Sign welcoming visitors to Adjuntas, still showing signs of the strength of Hurricane María, with electric lines hanging across the front of the sign three months after the storm passed.

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Electric wires laying across the road in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, January 2018.

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Many roadside streams like this one rose rapidly during Hurricane María and throughout the weeks of heavy rains that occurred in the mountains through the rest of the season. Scenes like this illustrate the regeneration of the natural landscape, as…

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A stream running through the mountains and into the town of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.

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Jehovah Witness disaster relief truck in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.

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In January 2018, it was evident that the natural landscape was beginning its path towards regeneration, while human communities still struggled to provide basic services like a functioning electric grid and running, clean water. Driving over electric…

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Just a couple of blocks from the square in Adjuntas. The electric grid was almost completely destroyed in the central mountains of Puerto Rico, with much of it remaining unrepaired and in disarray for months following the storm in towns like…

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Street and forest regenerating and regrowing after Hurricane Maria’s destruction.

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In the mountains of Adjuntas, many of the natural ecosystems have been struggling to bounce back after being devastated by Hurricane María, but there are signs of regeneration in foliage on farms and in forests. These banana and plantain trees are…

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Hydroponic garden system and greenhouse that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.

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Coffee seedlings for five acres of plantings by Casa Pueblo. The coffee will be farmed and harvested sustainably and available for purchase by visitors to Casa Pueblo as well as local community members. Sales of this coffee help support the…

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Close up of coffee tree leaves on newly planted seedlings in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.

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A baby coffee bush, beginning to take root in the mountains above the pueblo of Adjuntas. The five acres of sustainably farmed and harvested coffee will grow surrounding Radio Casa Pueblo’s solar powered radio transmitter.

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The beginnings of planting five acres of sustainably grown and harvest coffee. This coffee, grown by Casa Pueblo on the land surrounding the solar powered radio transmitter helps Casa Pueblo maintain and sustain itself economically and provide a…

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To the right is the building that houses the batteries and equipment to power their solar powered radio transmissions. To the left are seedlings to be planted across five acres of land for sustainable agriculture, meant to help support the activities…

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Casa Pueblo’s solar powered radio transmitter, up the mountainside from the building holding the solar array and housing the batteries and inverter equipment. This mountainside will soon also be filled with young coffee plants, to be grown and…

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The high mountains of Adjuntas provide the perfect terrain and environment for coffee production. Casa Pueblo will plant five acres of coffee to be grown and harvested sustainably, which will help provide the organization with economic independence…

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Some of the coffee had already been transplanted along the edges of the cleared land.

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These coffee plants will be planted over five acres and grown and harvested using sustainable methods. Sale of the coffee will help fund Casa Pueblo’s programs and help the NGO maintain economic independence.
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