This document discusses a UNICEF report on child poverty in Colombia. It notes that 34 out of every 100 Colombian children suffer from multidimensional poverty. The age groups with the highest levels of poverty are children aged 3-5 years at 37% and teenagers at 35.2%. Mario Gomez of the Restrepo Barco Foundation commented that efforts should focus on food security, water access, education coverage and quality to help alleviate child poverty in Colombia, which disproportionately impacts regions like Chocó, La Guajira, Córdoba, Nariño and San Andrés. Peace is also seen as essential to reducing poverty.

1. MEMBERS:
PAULA ANDREA ARTEAGA
LEIDY MANRIQUE ZABALA
JARVEY MONROY CARO
GABRIELA NEIZA OSPINA
DANIEL VENEGAS BAQUERO
MANUELA BELTRAN UNIVERSITY

2. (JARVEY): Many children do not have access to covered services that are key to their development.
(LEIDY): A UNICEF report on child poverty in Colombia revealed that in 2011, 34 of 100 children
suffering from multidimensional poverty.

3. (PAULA): While it is a high figure and cares, its
reduction is remarkable: in 2008 accounted for 43
percent of the child population.
(GABRIELA): The study focuses on the variables that are
rights of children: education, nutrition, health, water
and sanitation, housing, economic security, safety,
leisure and recreation, and access to information.

4. (DANIEL): According to the report, the age group with the highest level of poverty is to children
3 to 5 years, with 37 percent.
(JARVEY): Still teenagers, with 35.2 percent.
(LEIDY): Children 6 to 11 years, with 33.6 percent.
(PAULA): And the children of 0-2 years, with 28.6 percent.
(GABRIELA): In education, UNICEF found that 80 percent of children aged 3-5 years are access
to education.

5. (JARVEY): The director of the Restrepo Barco Fundation, Mario Gomez said that the issue was
not only poverty, but also domestic violence and nutritional status.
(LEIDY): Mario Gomez said that the 34 percent of children affected by poverty was the third of
the child population.
(PAULA): Gomez said that was urgent to address the nutritional status, especially among
indigenous and African populations.
(GABRIELA): He said that it should not be taken as a game recreation and use of leisure time.

6. (DANIEL): He said that poverty makes crime and
guerrilla groups.
(JARVEY): Mario Gomez told the Newspaper El
Tiempo that the poorest regions of the country
are Chocó, La Guajira, Córdoba, Nariño and San
Andrés.
(LEIDY): Gomez said that peace was essential for
eradicating poverty and achieving peace in the
country.

7. (PAULA): He said that the efforts should focus on
food security, in order to raise levels of
micronutrients and learning ability of children.
(GABRIELA): Mario Gomez said that had to
ensure water service, because without it there is
no life, and to make education coverage and
quality.

8.  Tres de cada 10 niños colombianos están en la pobreza. UNICEF. 20 de Agosto de
2014. El Tiempo. Disponible en: http://www.eltiempo.com/estilo-de-vida/salud/tres-de-cada-
diez-ninos-colombianos-estan-en-la-pobreza-unicef/14413564