8/22/2022 - politics-and-society

Children are more than a day

By augusto macias

Children are more than a day

Sunday celebrated in childhood day. Many boys and girls received these gifts they so desire, went out for a walk. Others, instead, had to settle with much less in material terms, by the socioeconomic conditions of their families. Some do not even have the four daily meals. Perhaps this day is good to reflect on the situation of vineyards in the country.

Shortly last week, M., an eleven-year-old girl from the vulnerable neighborhood 21-24 of Barracas in CABA, died subsequently decompensating at school. Although the autopsy reported that the cause of her death was a “bilateral neumopathy”, she had had malnutrition problems, as her family found through medical certificates presented in previous years. “There were two years where a certificate of malnutrition of M was translated and the corresponding diet supplement was given. She at school all the time was hungry and this situation complicated the pedagogical issues,” said Ailén Galante, exprofessor of M.

Indistinctly of the cause, this case has detached the pan of a topic that unfortunately is not enough on schedule: the child vulnerability. In this theme, as in many others, the state seems to function as a call center. The different areas are blamed on each other and derive the problems as if they were called, while the damned wait for someone to solve their problems.

It seems that the national government plans to repair macroeconomics on the back of the weaker, praying that no one complains too much and that the next generation is more fortunate. Thus, he said the new Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa in the Council of the Americas: "without macroeconomic stability there is no social peace, but without social peace there is no macroeconomic stability."

Since the City government, instead of forgetting, they prefer to blame. Recently, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, along with his Minister of Education, Soledad Acuña, decided to sentence families in a situation of poverty if their children have more than 25% faults. They will do so through the Citizenship program Porteña, which consists of a prepaid card for the acquisition of basic products, for those who do not arrive at the end of the month, which also adds extra money for having school children. The benefit reaches 41.669 homes and impacts 100,057 people in total, being 23,686 of those under the age of 18. On average, each family group receives about 15,000 monthly weights.

" Minister Soledad Acuña goes out saying she wants to cut the plans because she thinks the pibes will travel to Disney, when our reality is another. Boys don't come because they don't have shoes or shelter clothes. They have a lot of needs, that we do not come to cover even if we make multiple efforts”, said Galante.

This logic originates in the dangerous prejudice that families in poverty do not care about the well-being of their children, are bad or lazy, and leaves aside the responsibility of the State to assist them, see case by case and help them to fulfill the school journey. Because the worst of the scenarios is a detached and malnourished child.

To avoid this, several organizations that mitigate the weight of reality. The “Toto” Father of Vedia, from the parish of the Miracles of Caacupé, with great presence in the area, is one of them. "I do not think there is widespread malnutrition in the neighborhood, but it is true that food in the dining room is not enough. The presence of the State is erratic and insufficient"He explained.

This month, UNICEF revealed a survey that indicates that more than a million girls, children and adolescents in this country have stopped eating some food - fasting, lunch, snack or dinner - for lack of money, a situation that also affects 3 million adults. According to this survey, one in three families cannot cover their current expenses and 50% cannot waste school expenses, including buying books and useful.

In this context, and in memory of M., a march will be held on Monday 22 August at 5 p.m. “Together with political and barrieal organizations, we will leave school and make a caravan to the head of government in Park Patricio”He added Galante.

Fortunately, within the neighborhood 21-24 of Barracas, there are people who will take care of children, girls and their families in their day. " This Sunday we will support and collaborate with the festivities that organizes each chapel. But in addition, the parish, which has twelve chapels and eight dinners, will celebrate the day of the child, but September 11. Here we will give each boy a toy”.

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augusto macias

augusto macias

Hi, I'm Augusto Macias, student of Social Communication Sciences at UBA. I work as a journalistic producer on different radios and sporadicly as a notary. I am interested in politics both local and international. I also like to travel to discover new landscapes and learn how people live in different parts of the world. In fact, I did it for a year and a half before returning to Argentina to continue my studies.

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