00:00My name is Ruth Gómez Infante, I have 42 years old and I live in San Cristóbal,
00:07in the village of La Belleza.
00:08I work to be a caregiver.
00:11I have three children, I have my dad, my mom, and I have a sister and a sister.
00:17I live with them.
00:18I have 42 years old.
00:20I come here to this village.
00:23The day of the day begins at 5, we have kids to school.
00:28Dayana, as she is from elementary school, sale at 11.30am,
00:35so Dayana has to take her and have to collect her.
00:38I leave her in the school and I go to the Manzana activities.
00:47The Manzanas de Cuidado is the fulfillment of a pact
00:51that the alcaldess did in campaign with women and feminist organizations
00:54to recognize the care workers in the district.
00:58It allows three things in particular.
01:00One, the recognition of the care workers.
01:02Two, reduce the charge of the care workers.
01:06Three, the redistribution of the care workers in families and men.
01:10Thanks to the care we can continue our life,
01:13develop our projects, fulfill our dreams.
01:16The coordinator, within the group of the Manzana,
01:20emite a chronogram in the week.
01:22We have such activities, Monday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday,
01:25and you have to adjust the time,
01:28and you come two hours to an activity,
01:30whatever you want, whatever you like,
01:33to relax, to get out of the problems,
01:38so that we reduce the stress level that is handled
01:42during the care that we do in the house.
01:52Every day of every mom that comes here,
01:56who is a caregiver, is organized.
01:58It's different.
01:59It's different.
02:00It's different.
02:01It's different.
02:02It's different.
02:03So, the Manzana, what it does is adjust to the needs of each mom.
02:09There are moms who come in the morning.
02:11There are moms who are easy to come in the afternoon.
02:15So, the goal of the Manzana is to cover all the population.
02:20We have the culmination of the bachelor's degree
02:22and the basic studies in articulation with the Secretariat of Education.
02:25It's a super demanding service.
02:27It has a very high interest by the care workers.
02:30We have a complementary training.
02:32It's the Secretariat of Women in Articulation with the SENA,
02:35where women can be formed in flexible periods
02:38and in very short spaces.
02:40We have approximately a month.
02:41We have a respiration service.
02:42So, within the respiration service,
02:44the articulation is very important.
02:46It's very important to integrate social
02:47and with the Recreation and Sport.
02:49They can access to natation,
02:51to the bike,
02:52to physical activity, yoga,
02:54to dance,
02:55all those spaces that give them well-being.
03:00We have other important services that I would say
03:03would not work in the Manzana if they weren't,
03:05which are the care services,
03:07which is the Art of Cuidarte,
03:08which is the strategy
03:09that leads the social integration
03:10for the care of children and children
03:12from 1 to 11 years old.
03:13So, the women go to all the services
03:15that I told you earlier,
03:16with the tranquility
03:17that they can leave their children
03:19to the care of professionals.
03:20We have learned about the rights of women,
03:24about violence,
03:26about statistics of crimes
03:28against women,
03:30both workers and caregivers.
03:33I started to learn
03:34with mothers with multiple disabilities,
03:37which was a very beautiful experience.
03:40people who need 100%
03:44all the attention of the state.
03:47Those are things that,
03:49as a person,
03:51they are very sensitive to one
03:53and they also generate awareness
03:55of what one is representing
03:59as leader of the Manzana.
04:05Things to improve?
04:06Yes, many, many,
04:08through time.
04:10I know it's going to be a great project
04:12for the district,
04:13both the care system
04:14and the national care system.
04:17It would be very nice
04:18to not only think about
04:19Bogotá as a care care system,
04:21but also in Colombia,
04:23what are Guajira,
04:25Chocó,
04:25which are populations
04:26in extreme poverty.
04:28Not that the entities
04:30wait for the people to arrive,
04:33but that the entities
04:35arrive to the people.
04:37And this is a project
04:38of the Manzana del Cuidado.
04:39I think that
04:40the more information
04:41you have,
04:42the more you have to spread.
04:43The only thing we need
04:45to access is
04:46to be able to be
04:47that they are interested
04:48in the services,
04:49come to the Manzanas,
04:50all our Manzanas del Cuidado
04:52have a coordinator,
04:53she is there all the time
04:55to provide information
04:55to the citizens
04:56and they share their time
04:58and the people
04:59can program themselves.
05:00We don't have any
05:01requirements
05:02of income,
05:03but they are only
05:04as a care person.
05:07The Manzana del Cuidado
05:09to the Manzana del Cuidado
05:12to the Manzana del Cuidado.
05:13The Manzana del Cuidado
05:15is to be able to provide information
05:15to the Manzana del Cuidado.
05:20the Manzana del Cuidado.
05:20The Manzana del Cuidado
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