The Ministry of Social Development (Mides) provided a social aid package in the townships of El Capuri, El Toro, Chepo, Chumical, Las Minas, Los Pozos, Monagrillo, San Juan Bautista and La Arena in the province of Herrera, during the Tour of Community Work 110 of the president, Laurentino Cortizo.
During the tour, Mides handed over the keys to four recently remodeled Comprehensive Early Childhood Centers (CAIPI): Divino Niño (Los Pozos), for an amount of 37,541.63 balboas; Mis Pasitos (La Arena) for the sum of 59,819.83 balboas; San Juan Bautista for a value of 79,148.62 balboas and La Semilla (Monagrillo) for 34,838.74 balboas, for a total investment of 211,348.82 balboas. The remodeling of these CAIPI will benefit a total of 143 boys and girls.
These centers, according to the Minister María Inés Castillo, have the objective of promoting the comprehensive development of children under 4 years of age, in order to contribute to their training and to the strengthening of a stable and secure relationship between the child, his or her family and community. And a second objective, which is the productive inclusion of mothers who can leave their children learning while they study or work.
Mides also distributed “Cuidarte Backpacks”, in order to provide care to children from 0 to 48 months in rural and hard-to-reach areas, who today remain without coverage. The backpack contains educational materials so that the little ones receive early stimulation, allowing them to develop three sensitive areas: motor, verbal and social.
The selected contents are grouped by age and have simple instructions that caregivers (fathers, mothers or others) can follow to stimulate their children’s development at home, all through play.
In total, the guide has 24 activities, each one with specific social and cognitive development objectives for each stage of development, which will help improve family ties, while strengthening their language skills, motor skills and knowledge and social interaction.
“The Government Action Plan establishes as a priority the expansion of early childhood care coverage, a commitment that is being fulfilled with the investment in the CAIPI and with innovative care modalities such as Mochila Cuidarte,” Castillo said.
During President Cortizo’s 110 community work tour, Minister Castillo, accompanied by Deputy Minister Milagros Ramos Castro, also delivered ten social key cards to new beneficiaries of the 120 at 65 program, for an amount of 3,600 balboas. . In addition, they delivered supplies for the care of older adults, boys and girls from the communities, for the sum of 3,500 balboas.
In addition, Mides provided a kit of productive assets and tools to beneficiaries of the Family Networks Program, to promote the creation of new family networks, a program that seeks to promote social capital and the productive inclusion of beneficiaries of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs. . In Herrera, the Family Networks program is implemented in four (4) districts (Las Minas, Pesé, Ocú and Los Pozos) and 11 districts (Chepo, El Toro, Quebrada El Ciprián, El Capurí, La Pitaloza, La Arena, Cerro Paja , Las Llanas, El Tijera, Cerro Largo and El Ciruelo). It should be noted that in this province 151 families are being served, belonging to the 15 districts of the Beehive Plan.
On the other hand, the National Directorate of Literacy of the Mides granted five certificates of the Muévete por Panamá program to new literates, who completed the course using the “Yo, Sí Pod” method, the same method that in the province of Herrera has managed to teach how to read. and write to more than 77 people in the 36 months of public management.
Move for Panama is implemented in seven districts, 14 townships and 20 communities, especially in the townships of the Beehive Plan.
