SchoolsEstela RomeroDecember 01, 2019

"Ignacio López Rayón"

SchoolsEstela RomeroDecember 01, 2019

SCHOOL VISIT.-

We continue to visit one of the elementary schools at the closest surroundings to “El Rosario” Sanctuary, a “county” with the most density of population in the ragion, indeed. This is one more of the few schools having a lunch room service, —as you will continue to notice as we progress in our visits—, where mothers alternate days cooking for their own children. Children pay from 3 to 5 pesos per lunch serving, which as mentioned already; menus stick to suggested diet-routines designed by nutrition experts colaborating with our educational authorities designing such programs for schools. Today, children enjoyed a dish of red chili “enchiladas” (a chili-soaked bended tortilla with chicken meat and chopped onion filling), dressed up with cheese and sour cream, and a small smashed-beans portion beside. Mexico is among the first countries in the world with the most problems with overweight conditions in our childhood. Installing lunch-room services at schools is up to each school’s director, teachers and parents. Both parties, —principal and teachers and parents—, volunteer at coordinating the works for managing running the lunch room service for their children at the school facilities. México is having serious problems with nutrition aspects in our childhood, due to the invasion in the market of junk food and soda availability, a problem which consequences might be dramatic in the medium-long term time, which will make us lament being such a rich country in natural resources, variety of vegetables, fruits, grains, and all kinds of meat and sea food. One of the highest priorities of our social agenda as a nation is to address families through visits, conferences and printed publications and campaigns to come back to traditional and nutritious cooking at home in order to revert the statistics in this social problem in our society. Such programs and information are full running in big cities but local authorities at small villages and towns are being rather slow to bring such information to our local families. Again, the whole presentation, exchanging of anecdotes, and analysis on our ecosystem current status compared to that our parents and grandparents lived 2-3 decades ago, made our children show a high interest and will of colaboration in order to rescue and protect our flora and fauna with immediate actions at home and at school!. Children were very excited to think that through their letters, where they reinforced their knowledge on species in risk in their own region sharing habitat with Monarch butterflies, they will indeed encourage their counterpart students in the north to reflect on the topic, asking them if they have similar situations where they live and which actions they are taking to protect and rescue their own ecosystems!.The location of these schools allow children to watch Monarchs flying all over during the day, while the sun is shining and they look for nectar and water all around. The capacity of the camera can only show an impression of the many Monarchs flying high up in the sky !!!.