Leaving the Wild (Continued)

There seems to be no easy or fast solution in sight either for the Nukak or for the local authorities. Sure seems to be that the Nukak dont want to go back to their traditional land and way of life. In a meeting with the local authorities they have expressed the wish to mount an expedition with a car and a doctor in the search for a good piece of farm land near the jungle, they also expressed the wish to have a school to learn Spanish and educate their children and a medical unit. Whether any of these wishes will come true is in doubt. For the moment the Nukak while they still hunt for monkeys and collect fruits they very much appreciate the modern world with its comforts and attractions that include the regular food supplies they receive from the government under the program for Internally displaced people an attention that has a time limit after which by law a return plan has to be put in place and executed, an impossibility in a land controlled by illegal armed groups.

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