50 and any other type of support, which was sometimes granted.165 50.102. On February 18, 2000, officials of the INDI visited the settlement of the Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa Communities to “gather data.” During this visit, according to the report prepared by those officials, they verified “the precariousness of their means due to the impossibility of entering the territory they claim to carry out their traditional practices, such as hunting, fishing, and gathering[, as well] as the scarcity of drinking water due to the protracted drought caused by lack of rainfall in the area.” With regard to education, they were able to establish that they “have precarious schools, up to 6th grade, with items provided by the Ministry of Education, for which they require school supplies.”166 50.103. In March 2000 the State, through the INDI and in compliance with presidential decree No. 3789/99 (supra para. 50.100), delivered to the Yakye Axa Community food, school supplies (notebooks, rulers, pencils, erasers, white chalk, dictionaries, and books) and medicine to treat frequent ailings such as skin problems, bronchial and stomach problems, headaches, fever, and anemia. An official of the Registry Office issued birth certificates for school-age children and others who required them.167 50.104. Likewise, in September and November 2001 and in January, April, July and September 2002 the State, through the INDI, delivered food supplies to the Yakye Axa Community in compliance with Presidential Decree No. 3789 (supra para. 50.100). The food supplies delivered have usually been rice, noodles, cookies, “yerba común,” oil, flour, beans, cornmeal, salt, sugar, meat, and soap.168 50.105. In July 2002 the State, through the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, provided medical care to the members of the Yakye Axa Community. Medical care included vaccination of 84 individuals (M.E.F -15 to 49 years old- D.T. or T.T; D.P.T – under one year old-; Sabin- under one year old-; against measlesone year old-; D.P.T- reinforcement from one to four years; and Sabin and against measles- reinforcement-), medical supplies (vaginal ovule, Paracetamol drops and ferrous sulphate), educational lecture, immunization, IRA and personal hygiene. The service was provided by four professional nurses, a nurse’s aide, and eight nursing students.169 165 See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and statement by Oscar Centurión rendered before a notary public on February 22, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations, and costs, Volume III, volumes 781 to 787). 166 See report prepared by Claudio Miltos and Augusto Ortigoza, officials of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena, on February 25, 2000 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 3, volumes 188 to 190). 167 See report prepared by Claudio Miltos, official of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena, on March 30, 2000 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 3, volumes 180 to 184). 168 See vouchers of purchase and delivery of food to the Yakye Axa Community (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 3, volumes 144 to 179). 169 See report prepared by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare on the visit to the Yakye Axa Community and the medical care provided on August 2, 2000 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 3, volumes 147 to 148).