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Help me live

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Description: With your help, Jangelicas will do everything possible so that the project (Help me to Live) has the greatest possible impact, under a humanitarian approach with special emphasis on caring for pregnant mothers and indigenous children between 0 and 5 years of age, in good condition. malnutrition in the department of La Guajira, Republic of Colombia; with the aim of reducing child deaths due to malnutrition. Justification To begin with, it is necessary to contextualize the geographical, economic, social and demographic conditions of the department of La Guajira, Republic of Colombia: “In the Department of La Guajira, about 45% of its population is indigenous, especially the Wayúu ethnic group, a people made up of approximately 271000 people, located in the north of Colombia, in a territory where the climate varies from arid to dry, consisting of dry forests and large desert plains. The Wayúus are distributed in 21 reservations, of which the largest are those of Media and Alta Guajira. His native language is Wayuunaiki. Its economy is based mainly on grazing, sowing, bartering and handicrafts; However, due to the current lack of rain in the territory, they do not depend on agriculture, but on the commercialization of their handicrafts. Their social organization is by clans and matrilineal in nature. The main problems they face as a people are the lack of access to drinking water and the presence of armed groups in their territory. " Dialnet-PerspectivasComunitariasAlrededorDeLaDesnutricionI-7924111.pdf As the article shows, malnutrition responds to various factors and children from indigenous communities are the most affected by the problem. It is also worth paying attention to the following article taken from an ombudsman report “The Ombudsman's Office carried out an accompaniment and monitoring visit in the field from May 26 to 29, 2021. In this visit, the entity included a tour of the Ciruelos and Malawuiaka communities in Riohacha; El Pájaro and La Manzana townships, and Mayapo ranch in Manaure. In addition, from the village of Wimpeshi in Maicao, where it verified the guarantee of rights to health, water, food and safety of the boys and girls of the Wayuu indigenous people. The defender assured that the death of children under 5 years of age has decreased in the last 3 years. These cases went from 20 cases in 2018 to 13 cases in 2020. However, he said that "it is an unacceptable situation that this year 17 Wayuu children have died for this cause," said the Ombudsman. In addition, he warned that in relation to the prevalence of global malnutrition in children under 5 years of age there is an increase, going from 187 cases in 2019 to 390 cases in 2020. " Por desnutrición en la Guajira han muerto 17 niños este 2021 (msn.com) From the previous report we can highlight that the problem of malnutrition in La Guajira is in force and every day far from decreasing it increases, which motivates us to intervene the problem with humanitarian aid, with the aim of reducing deaths in indigenous children due to malnutrition and to guarantee life to infants suffering from chronic malnutrition. Problematic Death of non-indigenous children between the ages of 0 and 5 due to malnutrition and malnutrition problems in pregnant mothers in the department of La Guajira,
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