Bullying is a problem in Ecuador that affects many children, especially those who are shy. Campaigns aim to stop bullying, such as one by UNICEF that operates in Ecuador. Bullying can occur physically, verbally, emotionally, and in racist or sexual ways. Statistics show that 32% of kids are sometimes hit or insulted by friends, while 22.6% of victims are ages 6-11 and 20.1% are ages 15-17. Bullying should be stopped as it makes victims more shy, scared, and can cause home problems, spreading like a virus.

1. Bullying in Ecuador
Bullying had been existing through all the time, the difference is that before it
doesen´t had this name. Bullying is something to worry about and it is
specially found on kids specially that are shy; this is why there are a lot of
campaigns that have as a goal to stop bullying. The most recognized campaign
against bullying is UNICEF that is also ubicated in Ecuador.
The one who bullies have two reasons of doing it:
first, he wants to feel bigger tan the others or second
he have serious house problems with the family and
he or she try to solve that by bullying.
Some statics realized shows that 980 kids and teens:
+ A 32% is ´´sometimes´´ hitted or insulted by his
or hers friends
+ The 22.6% are kids in a range of 6 – 11 years old
+ And the 20.1% are teens from 15 to 17 years old
In general 7 of 10 kids in Ecuador have been witnesses of making fun of
someone or by insulting.
In within the campaign of the UNICEF ´now that you see´ is aplying in all
the schools in Ecuador.
The bullying in Ecuador and in all around the world should finish because one
thing is important and is that the ones that are bullying make the one suffering
bully more shy, scared and could generate house problems, so it is like an
spreading of problems just like a virus that have to finish on time so it
doesen´t became worst.
Finally the bullying can be presented physically,
Verbally, emotionally, racist or even sexualist.

2. Bibliography:
 (Comercio, 2015) - http://www.elcomercio.com/tag/bullying
 (Dubravcic, 2016) - http://www.cosas.com.ec/2613-bullying.html
 Unicef - Buscar con Google. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2016, from
https://www.google.com.ec/search?q=unicef
 Bullying – USFQ (n.d.) 2012 from
http://repositorio.usfq.edu.ec/bitstream/23000/1774/1/106659.pdf