By Maria Garcia | Project Leader
During the last months of the year, our intervention with children and adolescents in Chiapas consisted of recognizing and strengthening their identity as working children, but mainly, knowing and asserting their rights.
The violence registered in San Cristóbal de las Casas during 2022 was increasing, where a girl and an adolescent died from stray bullets, recruitment to criminal organizations is increasing in adolescents and children up to 10 years of age , causing them to drop out of school, their home and family, as well as to start consuming illegal substances, damaging their physical and mental health.
Education and access to decent work are some tools to prevent risk situations for them, however, it is necessary to reflect more on the subject among adults. For this reason, on December 10, we held a local meeting of working children, with the aim of having them share their reflections on "why they work" and "how they can improve their work and play spaces", as well as learning to organize and demand respect for their rights.
You can learn more about this meeting in the following league https://fb.watch/hAbSXh3j3C/
During this 2022, more than 240 working girls and adolescents from three public markets participated in educational activities.
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On behalf of the entire Melel Xojobal team, we wish you a Happy New Year 2023, and we also appreciate your constant solidarity for this project. We hope to be able to count on her again this year.
Our best wishes to you and yours.
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