The changes in rural areas made by Prospera are very noticeable. School attendance has increase drastically, in some areas is up to 85%, while the rates of malnutrition and anemia have drop according to Ray Suarez (PBS July 2009).
We had the opportunity to visit a school south of Guadalajara, where indigenous students benefit from the scholarships provided by Prospera. With the scholarship, the students can finish with their high school education and continue with college. They get $1200.00 pesos a month to pay for tuition, room, and board. The object of this school is, for students to finish college and go back to their native cities to help and be the leaders of their towns. Many of the former students have gone back to the school to
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Prospera, gives money to mothers, empowering them, and making daughters more valuable to the family than before. It helps by making healthier families and helping the children finished high school. Santiago Levy from PBS, said that, “The amount of money that the kid brings into the household matters for the household. So, in a way, you are not really providing additional income. You are changing the source of the income. What you are saying is, your kid will be equally valuable to you if he’s in the school, as opposed if he is in the street begging for money.” (PBS.org) The parents need to make sure they give priority and value to school. If a child can bring the same amount by working on the streets than by going to school, what makes the government think that they will be sent to school. Is important in this global economy for children to get educated, to have a better future and better opportunities to avoid staying in …show more content…
Not only they learned a skill that they can use later in life to earn a living, but it also keeps them safe from cartels and prostitution.
What the government locks, after the implementation of this programs is more jobs. What is going to happen with the educated children, if they can find jobs. Jobs that are well payed and that will help them get out of poverty. On PBS Mario Luis Fuentes, an economist in social welfare at the University of Mexico, says “the government should be more focused on job creation, because, even for the poor kids who finish their education, Mexico still has few jobs.”
The government needs to look at Spain where the unemployment is very high among young adults. Young adults must move back to their parent’s homes because they can’t find a job. (Escobar,