Residents write down their dreams for the 'post-pandemic' period

5,000 wishes on the "Wall of Hope" in Lima

Sentences of different colors and sizes expressing wishes on the wall.

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Residents of the Peruvian capital (Lima) unleash their hopes that they want to be fulfilled after the epidemic subsides, writing them on the so-called "wall of hope", for example expressing their desire not to wear masks, kiss parents, and go to beaches and clubs when the Covid-19 pandemic ends. ».

The “Wall of Hope” - composed of the Ardoz Tablets with nearly 5,000 wishes written on them in chalk - has become a landmark in the Miraflores region, south of the capital, where 10 million people live.

With the advent of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and the end of the lockdown measures, the people of Lima are to bloom again in the parks where the panels have been erected.

And they like to stop by to read what others have written.

"I want to see my family in Italy again," written in pink chalk, and in purple: "I want to walk freely without a muzzle."

At first, he placed the two large blackboards, which were eight meters long and three meters high, to complete a sentence beginning with "I want" on a single line.

Soon, however, their 98 lines were filled, and every inch was covered.

"Fear is contagious, and so is hope," said Alejandro Delgado, the official in charge of the "Soia Collective" non-governmental organization that organized the initiative.

She wrote sentences of different colors and sizes expressing wishes for travel and meeting a dear person, and national thoughts and demands.

For example, it was written: "I want to go to Turin to attend a Juventus match," "travel around the world," and "visit Venezuela with my girlfriend."

"We all need more freedom in these times," said Lisette Failaka, 26.

This is what I discover from reading what has been written, and this is what I feel on my part, and I also want to travel. ”

The eagerness to part with loved ones is clear, as the example of the books: “Going to Chile to see my sister” shows.

• «I want to walk freely without a muzzle» .. Among the wishes.

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