We live in a country where one in four children is at risk of poverty and I am not sure that our rulers care too much, especially when they seem to be more worried about continuing to occupy their chair despite not deserving it than doing something to earn it.
UNICEF has recently published a report assessing the economic situation of children in 29 industrialized countries and SpainAs expected, it has one of the highest child poverty rates.
It is estimated that about 20% of children live in homes where the income level is 50% below the average income, calculated at 14,000 euros per year for a family of 4 members. It is not the country that is worse, since Latvia, the United States and Romania lead that classification, but it is clear that we have a problem when we see that in material well-being we are 24 of 29 and that in education we are in position 26. In addition, In the Neet Rate, which assesses the proportion of young people between 15 and 19 who neither study nor work, the increase has been spectacular compared to previous years.
Child poverty can be avoided
Child poverty is not inevitable, says UNICEF, as it depends on the type of social policies that are carried out and how income is distributed. In a country where corruption is the order of the day, where there are airports that have never been used and where astronomical amounts are destined to Defense, among other things, it is clear that the children, who are the ones who complain the least, are left in line and in the future, well let them spread.
However, much will have to be shaken, because the consequences of a childhood with few means, with few resources, with a minimum education and health, will see them all their lives (and then it is much harder to solve it). That is why children, who are the future, should be more protected, much more.
Signature Collection
In 2010 the government of Spain undertook to reduce the number of children in poverty by 250,000 until 2020. As in Spain, the commitments are wet paper, because we don't even have enough integrity to do what we promise, The number of children at risk has not only not dropped, but continues to increase.
Given this situation UNICEF has launched an action collecting signatures to urge politicians and administrations to fulfill the commitments they once acquired (which is already sad, having to sign to do what they said they were going to do).
