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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke Taylor

A sense of optimism and the chance to chat: how Bogotá is giving respect to unpaid carers

Adela Rubiano Hurtado and her granddaughter, Adriana, in their living room.
Adela Rubiano Hurtado and her granddaughter, Adriana. All photos by Luke Taylor Photograph: Luke Taylor/The Guardian

Adela Rubiano Hurtado does not feel there was a point when she made the decision to care for her granddaughter. It was just that when Rubiano’s daughter became pregnant at 15, and could not care for the baby, there was no one else.

“I never considered it a job or a career,” the 67-year-old says from an armchair in her house overlooking the urban sprawl creeping up the mountains of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá. “Who else was going to do it?”

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