Vicente Pestana was born in São Vicente, in Madeira, and from an early age had the goal in life of helping the farmers of the municipality. The article describes São Vicente as being "the poorest in Madeira" and mentions that the local population lived exclusively from agriculture.
The text contextualizes that, before the April 25th, 1974, Portugal was a poor country, and that within Portuguese territory, Madeira was in an even more economically unfavorable situation. Vicente Pestana recalls this reality of scarcity and hardship.
The article mentions that to study, there were many sacrifices and there was no public school in the region. The few inhabitants who managed to obtain academic education depended on great personal and family effort to do so. The text appears cut off before completing this sentence.
