Vero: the midwife at the Amazon's heart
This young indigenous woman from Ecuador assists the women of her Achuar community in childbirth. Considered sacred, mothers traditionally gave birth alone in the jungle. Her story is the seventh of the series 'Rainforest Defenders' about leaders fighting for the conservation of forests. Português Spanish
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