Mom Flees Home to the Amazon From COVID-19 Lockdown in Peru, Walks Hundreds of Miles With Daughters

Mom Flees Home to the Amazon From COVID-19 Lockdown in Peru, Walks Hundreds of Miles With Daughters
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Maria Tambo had reached a breaking point. She was scared and desperate. Her children were hungry. They had to leave Lima.

Tambo and her daughters had first come to the Peruvian capital from a remote village in the Amazon rainforest so that her oldest, Amelie, could become the first member of the family to attend university.