SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES IN THE MIDST OF THE CRISIS

It is no secret to anyone that Venezuela is currently experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world; and that is due to inflation and the bad economic policies implemented by the government; we are immersed daily in a sea of anguish and intolerance that overwhelms us and often leads us to make wrong decisions in our lives, because of the despair and concern of not knowing how to deal with this crisis that overwhelms us.

According to a study conducted by Patrick Gillespie, CNNMoney On November 22, 2017 "The country is becoming a humanitarian disaster driven by the government's economic policies, which have caused the currency, the bolivar, to collapse in value and prices shoot. There is a shortage of food and medicine throughout Venezuela. " http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2017/11/22/la-espiral-de-la-muerte-la-inflacion-en-venezuela-llega-al-4-000-dice-experto/.
While it is true that the crisis that beset us today hits Venezuelan families hard, it is worth noting that in the midst of this a world of possibilities opens up for small and new entrepreneurs who, in the midst of a stable economy would not have had the same opportunities that occurs in the middle of an adverse situation; This is due to the consumerism we are used to and the strong commercial competition.

Regarding the subject Lic. Diamela Castillo, chemistry professor of the Territorial Polytechnic University of the West of Sucre (UPTOS), in Cariaco Municipio Ribero; Sucre State-Venezuela; Coordinator of the National Training Program: Food Security and Nutritional Culture; tells us that students have undertaken new sustainable projects that help meet the needs basicof the population with new food alternatives to recover our food culture. Among these projects mentions:

1.-Elaboration of handmade soaps, where the base fruit that is the coconut is extracted from trees in the area; being in turn made the oil by the settlers of the place; thus reducing considerably the value of the manufacturing cost and therefore the cost selling the product in the market.

2.- Yucca flour and ocumo; by a distillation process and then ground, this flour is obtained which, submitted to a nutritional analysis, was diagnosed as having a higher protein level than the traditional flour we consume; obtaining in turn a low level of cost in the manufacture of this product because it is a vegetable harvested in the region.

3.-Aubergine vinaigrette and beet vinaigrette; key for human consumption, for its high protein content.

4.-Beverages based on cassava and ocumo it is dehydrated and when grinding a powder is obtained, which with a specific measure of milk and sugar; would come to replace drinks as Nestea and Tang.

5.-Parapara seed-based detergent, ancestral knowledge of the area; being the base component of this fruit the saponin; which allows a natural saponification that effectively whitens and does lather.

6.-chlorine, natural disinfectant made with ash and water. It should be noted that the manufacture of a liquid detergent is currently being studied, combined with the use of the seed of parapara with artisanal bleach.

So what is the learning that all this leaves us; to understand that the humanitarian crisis is a problem that goes through all nations be it small or massive and although it is hard to face it; always at the end of the tunnel there is an exit that opens a world of possibilities for all those who want to implement something new in their lives; that although the new is not the same as the old, it can become better and help to cope with this situation that afflicts us.