THREE IN TEN CHILDREN ARE IN

COLOMBIAN POVERTY: UNICEF

MEMBERS:PAULA ANDREA ARTEAGALEIDY MANRIQUE ZABALAJARVEY MONROY CAROGABRIELA NEIZA OSPINADANIEL VENEGAS BAQUERO

MANUELA BELTRAN UNIVERSITY

THREE IN TEN CHILDREN ARE IN COLOMBIAN POVERTY: UNICEF

(JARVEY): Many children do not have access to covered services that are key to their development.

(LEIDY): A UNICEF report on child poverty in Colombia revealed that in 2011, 34 of 100 children suffering from multidimensional poverty.

(PAULA): While it is a high figure and cares, its reduction is remarkable: in 2008 accounted for 43 percent of the child population.

(GABRIELA): The study focuses on the variables that are rights of children: education, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, housing, economic security, safety, leisure and recreation, and access to information.

(DANIEL): According to the report, the age group with the highest level of poverty is to children 3 to 5 years, with 37 percent.

(JARVEY): Still teenagers, with 35.2 percent.

(LEIDY): Children 6 to 11 years, with 33.6 percent.

(PAULA): And the children of 0-2 years, with 28.6 percent.

(GABRIELA): In education, UNICEF found that 80 percent of children aged 3-5 years are access to education.

(JARVEY): The director of the Restrepo Barco Fundation, Mario Gomez said that the issue was not only poverty, but also domestic violence and nutritional status.

(LEIDY): Mario Gomez said that the 34 percent of children affected by poverty was the third of the child population.

(PAULA): Gomez said that was urgent to address the nutritional status, especially among indigenous and African populations.

(GABRIELA): He said that it should not be taken as a game recreation and use of leisure time.

(DANIEL): He said that poverty makes crime and guerrilla groups.

(JARVEY): Mario Gomez told the Newspaper El Tiempo that the poorest regions of the country are Chocó, La Guajira, Córdoba, Nariño and San Andrés.

(LEIDY): Gomez said that peace was essential for eradicating poverty and achieving peace in the country.

(PAULA): He said that the efforts should focus on food security, in order to raise levels of micronutrients and learning ability of children.

(GABRIELA): Mario Gomez said that had to ensure water service, because without it there is no life, and to make education coverage and quality.

REFERENCES Tres de cada 10 niños colombianos están en la pobreza. UNICEF. 20 de

Agosto de 2014. El Tiempo. Disponible en: http://www.eltiempo.com/estilo-de-vida/salud/tres-de-cada-diez-ninos-colombianos-estan-en-la-pobreza-unicef/14413564