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KIDS TOWN

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La Parada (Bus stop) is a rural neighbourhood
of the area of Brandsen, 60 km from Bs.As.

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As in many other places in Argentina,
it suffers the devastating consequences

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of the capitalistic policies that were implanted
in Latin America in the past decades

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These policies, executed by large corporations
and their collaborating governments,

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condemn these countries to unemployment,
hunger and poverty...

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...to keep up the standard of living of Europe
and the Western World standard of living.

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We are at the neighbourhood of La Parada,
6 km from Brandsen, in a rural area…

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Well, here we are, living like everybody else,

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you know, we live on whatever there is,
working decently.

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There are more that 70 families,
and more than 80 kids,

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from 0 to 14 years old

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We all live here

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and work with the land

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take care of the animals, bring the horses,
look for wood.

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It's cold here, isn't it?

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Yes, to fetch wood, everything is destroyed around here.

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If the Administration would care a little,
if they were conscious

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not only the local authorities
but the ones of the province

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or if the State administration

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could give us a job we would not have
so many unemployed,

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so many "picketeros"

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or people that have to steal.

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We struggle here.

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This land has owners but the landowners

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have not lived here in the last 30 years.

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This land is vacant and it could give good benefits.

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The first thing is to finish the first aid room,

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we are making a new health unit,

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you know, we started with a library,

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then a nursery school,

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a community wardrobe.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSEMBLY

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We are reactivating the library,

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if someone has books or the possibility to get some

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or knows someone who can give them to us…

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in particular books that we can use

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because they have given us
worthless books, story books…

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I've been thinking that,

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since there are many kids here

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and there is no playing area,
an square, no cinema,

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you know, on week ends

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we could make a sort of a movie section,

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Nobody goes to the movies

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there is none here, it is not possible to take the kids,
they get very impressed.

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We have been at the zoo,

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and now we are thinking about
going to the Kid's town

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to spend the day,

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at 5 pesos per family,

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then to make a ruffle,

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a draw of the cake

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To make a ruffle and give
10 numbers per family,

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we could sell 10 numbers at 5 pesos each,

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it would be 15 pesos per family with ten numbers.

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In this way we could gather money for the bus.

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We have a day to sow trees with the kids.

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It is not just to have a tree,

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it is important,

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to live in this area is nice if it is wooded.

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Trees are sawn down but
are never replanted.

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That's right
(another person said this as affirmation)

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Then we'll try to get as many trees as possible,

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and we can place them in the first aid room

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and if we have some left over,
I hope we have some left over,

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we can place them somewhere else
and wood a little.

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That's right, it good.

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Excuse me a minute, Marcelo,

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may I have your chair for the kids that are eating?

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Do you want this one too?

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No, only this one, thank you.

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It is OK to do it this way?

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POPULAR DINING ROOM

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Only one? Oh, I want to die

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Come, come, come

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Hi, what are you looking at?

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See you tomorrow kids,

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see you tomorrow Miss Liliana.

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Turn around and come in order to dining room,

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without pushing each other

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CITY SCHOOL

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Well, we are at a rural school

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School number 18 at La Parada

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Tell us how is the school, if you like it

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Yes, I like it

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because everybody is nice here.

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Sometimes the teacher tells us how to behave,

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that we shouldn't fight with each other,

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that we should take care of ourselves
and everything

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It is essential to access a kindergarten,
even the last room

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TEACHERS OF SCHOOL NUMBER 18

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The Standard of learning is low

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We have kids coming here that don't know
how to grab a pencil

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because they have many
younger brothers and sisters,

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they don't have a notebook,

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a sheet of paper,

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a pencil.

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Problems, we don't have what we need
even if we ask for it.

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We don't have it because the school
has no right to school material,

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it depends on the number of kids registered.

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No rural school has all that material.

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City schools get more help,

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like assistance,

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assistant teachers that we don't have here.

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As regarding the materials,

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kids need everything,

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we do too,

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but this year the only thing they sent was

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33 pairs of sneakers

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and sheets of paper.

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We are giving this away slowly

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because if you give it to all of it at once, you know.

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Then, well,

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notebooks, rules, pencils sharpeners,
folders, colour pencils, rubbers…

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all of it.

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Last year we receive a donation
thanks to the principal,

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but not this year.

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He took the money from his own pocket
to buy notebooks and pencils.

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Then, well, this year the Council only
sent tennis shoes and sheets of paper,

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nothing else, not even overalls.

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You start with all these problems
plus other that parents have,

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children whose parents are out of work.

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Well, it happens everywhere,

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but you can see it a lot at this school.

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Most parents don't have a job

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and live on the "working plan",

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then they get 150 pesos

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and they have to buy pencils,
rulers, books for school,

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plus to dress the kids,

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maintain the family, they are large families.

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Poor things… between us,

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I believe that out of 35 only 3 have boots.

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For example, he comes from a weekend
where he did not eat well.

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He comes feeling hungry,

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in a bad mood, desperate, gets sick…

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how is this kid going to be willing to learn?

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We had a girl

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who did not want to stand up
and did not want to sing

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How can she care about the San Lorenzo's march,

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about San Martin and all of it

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if she is thinking about her little brothers
and sisters at home,

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wondering if they are Ok,

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if they have enough to eat,

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about what she is going to eat for dinner…

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their minds are far away, somewhere else.

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The rights of children

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No child should be mishandled and
no child should work before the right age.

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THANK YOU

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To the whole neighbourhood of La Parada
for their incredible hospitability...

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...and their will to go on.

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If you feel that you can help taking part of the construction
of the more habitable neighbourhood (electricity, water, etc.).

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Sending working tools, books or with money,
please get in touch with us, thank you.