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Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the number of families that do not have adequate nutrition increased in Colombia. Dayana Pérez, who lives in Barranquilla and suffers from a visual impairment, is one of those affected, because sometimes she has no way to feed her children.
From the age of 14, life began to become complex for Dayana, when she was diagnosed with glaucoma, a disease that over the years left her without vision and for which she had to suspend her college studies.
Today, at 26 years old, he affirms that the situation has not improved, because the lack of vision was added to the economic crisis generated by the pandemic and, therefore, he has not managed to find a job.
“When I can, I get 20,000 pesos, I buy gelatin and I go from house to house and so that gives me a profit of 20,000 and I try to squeeze as much of it as I can,” he says.
However, Dayana Pérez does not manage to sell these exquisite desserts every day. She assures that, on several occasions, she and her children have had to go to sleep without eating.
“Many times my soul breaks when my children tell me that they are hungry and sometimes I don’t have anything to give them,” he says.
The pandemic made his situation more difficult, because he also stopped receiving the help of some people and relatives who were reaching out to him.
“Sometimes, what I could give my children was bread and coffee, as sometimes I gave it to them alone,” he says.
Dayana is a reflection of the serious food condition that more than 10 million people live in Colombia, according to figures provided by the World Food Program.
“The food banks have made a gigantic effort, we have delivered a little more than 45,000 tons of food this year, we have benefited 1,800,000 Colombians in vulnerable conditions,” said Juan Carlos Buitrago, executive director of the Red de Bancos de Colombian food.
From the Mayor’s Office of Barranquilla they carry out social programs aimed at vulnerable families. For example, according to Juan Manuel Alvarado, Secretary of Planning, during the quarantine to combat the
coronavirus (COVID-19
“446,000 food aid was delivered to the population that needed it most”.
Meanwhile, Dayana and her children only hope that the pandemic passes and that the announced aid reaches their home.
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