From the Uruguayan Federation of Teachers – Primary Education Workers (SMO-PET)a statement was issued expressing concern about the “cut” in food.
He himself holds the letter that is “200 million pesos.” “The expenditure on food and its execution in 2020 indicates a cut in food of 200 million pesos.” He begins by expressing the document of the FUM. It alleges that “the absence of public balance sheets on what happened in 2021, suggests that the execution of the Primary Tax in the food category has continued to decline.” He goes on to add that “Our country is going through an economic crisis where the most vulnerable sectors are the disadvantaged. Poverty continues to increase and we know that many of our children are only receiving food from the school center.
There is “hunger” is indicated from the FUM
“We are at a time where poverty is advancing.” In addition, children and adolescents are suffering from hunger, it is the responsibility of the State to guarantee the right to food.
«We have concrete examples and situations that describe the current situation of school cafeterias; budget cuts that generate a drop in the quality of what is offered, items that were not adjusted due to totally insufficient IPD ($31.54 per day per child), lack of personnel to attend school canteens, delays in items to guarantee in date the payment to suppliers of the dining rooms, “he maintains.
“The restructuring of the school feeding program that ignores the reality of schools and the removal of food tickets that were given during the health emergency.” “We are especially sensitive to the situation that our childhood is going through, that is why we claim the need to attend to their diet, not one day, but every day”
