During every weekend in August, the Municipality of Concordia organized, promoted, and supported the holding of celebrations in squares, parks, clubs, and public spaces. With artistic shows, children's games, sports activities, bicycle raffles, and gifts for boys and girls, the festivals brought together thousands of families in every corner of the city.
Currently, the Month of Childhood is much more than just the celebrations in August. This initiative, started several years ago by the Conased Foundation, represents today one of the most important social and cultural programs on the local government's agenda.
“The Month of All Children is an essential part of the public policies of inclusion with development promoted by the administration of mayor Enrique Cresto, with articulated work between different municipal areas, institutions, and neighborhood organizations,” highlighted the municipal director of Minors and Family, Noelia Vargas, in this regard.
“This week we held a meeting with the entire team, in which we were also accompanied by the president of the Conased Foundation, Leticia Ponzinibbio. We took stock of the activities carried out in August and evaluated the way in which this project has grown in recent years, from when Enrique and Leticia organized the teams that went out from the Foundation to tour the neighborhoods to the massive festivals that we are holding today. Without a doubt, it is a program with a very positive social impact that people have taken as their own, as an achievement of all, and that is why it is important to give it continuity over time,” argued the official.
TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT ALL STAGES
“Today in the neighborhoods there are groups of adolescents and young people who, when they were children, participated in the festivals and today help us organize them. This is very significant, because it clearly marks that there is awareness in the neighborhoods about the importance of putting the right of children to be happy in the foreground and working in the present with an eye on the future,” remarked the vice president of the Deliberative Council, Claudia Villalba, for her part.
“In the legislative sphere, we have concrete proposals so that the Deliberative Council enables the long-term continuity of these programs promoted by the administration of mayor Enrique Cresto, in the conviction that - beyond the periods of municipal administrations and the imprint that mayors give to their governments - it is important that good public policies become State policies and have long-term continuity,” explained the legislator.
In the same vein, Dr. Mauro García, Secretary of Health of the local government, stressed that “it is very important that in these last years the Month of All Children has been firmly consolidated as a community construction of unity, teamwork, visibility of children's rights, and moments shared with the family,” he reasoned.
“The Municipality of Concordia has support, development promotion, and containment programs that accompany the child from before birth to youth. Health and social assistance programs, sports, cultural, and training programs in each of the neighborhoods,” he detailed.
“This is, without a doubt, a municipality present with the people at the center of public policies and an eye on the future. That is why we really enjoy the opportunity that these celebrations offer us to share with families the achievements reached and renew the commitment to do even much more,” he emphasized.
BUILDING THE FUTURE
“With a balance that in numbers adds up to hundreds of festivals, bicycles for thousands of boys and girls, and unforgettable moments shared with the family, the celebration of the Month of All Children is much more than celebrations and joy in the neighborhoods, it is the imprint of a Mayor who governs with the responsibility of acting in the present with an eye on future generations,” defined the Secretary of Social Development Amadero Cresto for his part.
“Everything we do today so that children are happier and have access to better possibilities to fully develop their dreams and projects is an advance in the construction of a fairer city with opportunities for all,” concluded the official.