51 e) Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage suffered by the members of the Yakye Axa Indigenous Community 50.106. The members of the Yakye Axa Community and their leaders incurred a number of expenses in connection with the steps taken for their land claims. While these steps are not specifically judicial or administrative, they have caused pecuniary damage to the members of the Community.170 50.107. The members of the Community have received support from the nongovernmental organization Tierra Viva in terms of health and food, and also from other private individuals.171 50.108. Lack of guarantees regarding the right to communal property has kept the members of the Community in a state of fear, unrest, and concern. This situation has made them vulnerable to the threats and harassments of others, which together with lack of protection by the State has led to feelings of anguish and powerlessness among the members of the Yakye Axa Community.172 50.109. The very bad living conditions of the members of the Community settled alongside the public road have caused them non-pecuniary damage.173 50.110. The health of the members of the Yakye Axa Community, specifically the children and the elderly, has suffered severely due to their living conditions.174 50.111. Due to lack of community land, the members of the Yakye Axa Community have been unable to carry out their traditional ceremonies or their traditional subsistence activities. Continuity of their culture has also suffered due to the death 170 See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005. 171 See expert opinion of Pablo Balmaceda rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and copies of invoices regarding the purchase of food and medicine for the Yakye Axa Community (file with appendixes to the final written of the representatives, volumes 480 to 783). 172 See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Tomás Galeano rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and testimony of Inocencia Gómez rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005. 173 See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Tomás Galeano rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Inocencia Gómez rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005, and statement by Albino Fernández rendered before a notary public on February 10, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations, and costs. Volume III, volume 637). 174 See testimony of Esteban López rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Tomás Galeano rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; testimony of Inocencia Gómez rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005; statement by Albino Fernández rendered before a notary public on February 10, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations, and costs, Volume III, volume 637), public health medical report on the Yakye Axa Community prepared by Pablo Balmaceda (file with appendixes to the brief with pleadings and motions, appendix 1, volumes 1555 to 1563), and expert opinion of Pablo Balmaceda rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 4, 2005.