Many Guatemalan Children
Abused
Seventy percent -7 of
every 10 - Guatemalan
children suffer some
kind of physical or
psychological
mistreatment at home, in
school or on the street,
humanitarian Casa
Alianza organization
denounced.
Marking the Day of
Non-Violence against
Children in Guatemala,
Casa Alianza Director
Claudia Rivera lamented
the persistence of these
practices and called on
the population to join
hands with the
government to wipe them
out.
At least 478 children
were killed in 2007, and
in January 2008 alone
the number of children
killed reached 80,
Rivera told Prensa
Latina.
In her opinion, this is
an obvious consequence
of a widespread wave of
violence affecting all
sectors of the
population, mainly the
most defenseless.
"As a society, we must
respond to the challenge
of offering security to
the kids, and this task
is beyond the State's
responsibility; it is up
to all of us," she
stressed. |
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