Marisol is enrolled in the Kindergarten, Blanca, her mother, told us the following:
“When Marisol was born, it was a surprise. At that time my spouse had leukemia and we were not expecting this pregnancy. She was born at only six months.
When I asked the Corporation if they could receive her they noted that she had a growth and developmental gap of a year and a half. Furthermore they told me something that I did not like and it was that we overprotected her, but I didn’t know what to do with a child so small and fragile.
Not very willingly I started implementing the things they told me and I began to see the progress in her, she began growing a bit, using more words, playing with other children and now the teacher says that she leads games and invents activities for others. . .This makes me happy and at home we are surprised and grateful to the teachers, the doctor and all of the Corporation because my girl is fine thanks to their help.
Now I want to come and collaborate with them, they make the effort to help us and I help in the garden, in weaving class and in the Kindergarten. My older children also come home happy from PAES.”
Sonia is the mother of four children who attend the CES Waldorf program. She is a mother who participated in the relocation of 1998. In this moment she is going through a very critical situation and told us the following:
Wilder is the fourth child. At five years old, his mother disappeared in the city of Cartagena. Members of a paramilitary group abducted her and her whereabouts are unknown. His father decided to travel to the United States of America and abandoned the house, leaving it in charge of the maternal grandmother. He maintained contact with his children in a limited and distant way. The two older brothers left to live with a maternal aunt in another city. These situations have generated in Wilder a large emotional conflict during the last five years.
