Post by account_disabled on Feb 22, 2024 2:30:47 GMT -5
It's even scary to talk (or write) about earthquakes in September. Last year, "Citizenship in Construction" published just on the morning of the 19th of the ninth month, the article that borrowed the title of a work by Jesús Gardea Rocha, "September and the other days", where the risks due to natural disasters were pointed out. that the country faces and how voluntary action can contribute to reducing the havoc that is generated in different affected communities and... he trembled. From one year to now, unfortunately for many families affected by those earthquakes, their situation has not improved since many of them lost their home or saw it partially affected and aid has flowed slowly. However, the solidarity characteristic of Mexicans generated several initiatives to mobilize resources during the emergency, financing for subsequent reconstruction and the reestablishment of economic conditions. We are moving forward but with different asymmetries, but an essential protagonist of these achievements is undoubtedly the spontaneous volunteerism of people who got involved in those bitter days and many others continue to provide service, especially in housing reconstruction, even after 365 days have passed. In recent weeks, some forums have been registered on the state of volunteering in Mexico, as is the particular case of UN Volunteers and some local meetings focused on public universities such as the Autonomous University of Yucatán and some civil society organizations. The media have attested to deliveries of homes built, either with money from the Trust for Mexico, or, through the private efforts of some companies, their foundations in collaboration with civil society organizations.
This was the case in recent weeks for Citibanamex, Banorte Finland Mobile Number List and Fundación Gigante. When looking to the future to address new emergencies, some of the challenges that our country faces in terms of civil protection and citizen participation in its solidarity form come to mind: volunteering that is linked to SDG 11 “Sustainable Cities and Communities”, which includes the concept of resilience of populations, that is, the capacity that they have and develop to deal with different adversities that include natural disasters. This is where the questions arise: Who will organize in the next government the voluntary efforts of citizens who join in civil protection tasks? Will there be a public strategy to organize solidarity aid in other disasters? Will volunteer training centers finally be encouraged? Will there be consistent actions and will there be financial resources? As readers of "Citizenship in Construction" know, during the six-year term of Ernesto Zedillo the National Volunteering was buried, and since then there has been no great government interest, regardless of the political party of origin of the federal executive, to organize voluntary efforts at least in matter of civil protection. With Vicente Fox, the then National Volunteer Award was born, which would later disappear due to circumstances that can be taken up in another space (and in fact several passages have been narrated in this editorial space). With Felipe Calderón, thanks to the timely intervention of Jacqueline Butcher García Colín, the award resurfaced with another name and 3 categories. The current six-year term closes like that of its predecessors, without a clear government effort, without the possibility of a public policy to promote organized volunteering being seen on the horizon.
Promoting a public policy regarding volunteering would be vital to meet the goals and indicators that are contemplated in SDGs 11, 16 and 17, where the government is the one that benefits most from the service provided by citizens through the voluntary service. Precisely SDG 16: “Peace, Justice and Solid Institutions” and 17: “Partnerships to achieve the objectives” are both a starting point and an arrival point to channel, organize and enhance voluntary action that encompasses the other objectives. In this public policy, the temptations to establish controls on formal volunteer groups must be removed because they would go against the spirit of generosity that characterizes the volunteers. Citizens working New AnSer Center The Mexican Volunteer Alliance congratulates the private assistance institution Aqui Nadie se Rende for the opening of the AnSer Center, which is located in the south of the city and was inaugurated on August 31. Laura Vidales has been making a great effort with the support of her family and hundreds of supporters, friends and volunteers. Further proof of the social value of organizations that complement public efforts in health care. One more testimony about the purposes pursued by Sustainable Development Goal no. 3 “Health and Wellbeing” and how intersectoral alliances generate more resources for the community. Justy Elyser Tato receives recognition in Spain A few days ago in Spain, Mexican Justy Elyser Tato received the Gold Medal for Altruistic Merit for his 25-year career dedicated to promoting and participating in humanitarian volunteering.
This was the case in recent weeks for Citibanamex, Banorte Finland Mobile Number List and Fundación Gigante. When looking to the future to address new emergencies, some of the challenges that our country faces in terms of civil protection and citizen participation in its solidarity form come to mind: volunteering that is linked to SDG 11 “Sustainable Cities and Communities”, which includes the concept of resilience of populations, that is, the capacity that they have and develop to deal with different adversities that include natural disasters. This is where the questions arise: Who will organize in the next government the voluntary efforts of citizens who join in civil protection tasks? Will there be a public strategy to organize solidarity aid in other disasters? Will volunteer training centers finally be encouraged? Will there be consistent actions and will there be financial resources? As readers of "Citizenship in Construction" know, during the six-year term of Ernesto Zedillo the National Volunteering was buried, and since then there has been no great government interest, regardless of the political party of origin of the federal executive, to organize voluntary efforts at least in matter of civil protection. With Vicente Fox, the then National Volunteer Award was born, which would later disappear due to circumstances that can be taken up in another space (and in fact several passages have been narrated in this editorial space). With Felipe Calderón, thanks to the timely intervention of Jacqueline Butcher García Colín, the award resurfaced with another name and 3 categories. The current six-year term closes like that of its predecessors, without a clear government effort, without the possibility of a public policy to promote organized volunteering being seen on the horizon.
Promoting a public policy regarding volunteering would be vital to meet the goals and indicators that are contemplated in SDGs 11, 16 and 17, where the government is the one that benefits most from the service provided by citizens through the voluntary service. Precisely SDG 16: “Peace, Justice and Solid Institutions” and 17: “Partnerships to achieve the objectives” are both a starting point and an arrival point to channel, organize and enhance voluntary action that encompasses the other objectives. In this public policy, the temptations to establish controls on formal volunteer groups must be removed because they would go against the spirit of generosity that characterizes the volunteers. Citizens working New AnSer Center The Mexican Volunteer Alliance congratulates the private assistance institution Aqui Nadie se Rende for the opening of the AnSer Center, which is located in the south of the city and was inaugurated on August 31. Laura Vidales has been making a great effort with the support of her family and hundreds of supporters, friends and volunteers. Further proof of the social value of organizations that complement public efforts in health care. One more testimony about the purposes pursued by Sustainable Development Goal no. 3 “Health and Wellbeing” and how intersectoral alliances generate more resources for the community. Justy Elyser Tato receives recognition in Spain A few days ago in Spain, Mexican Justy Elyser Tato received the Gold Medal for Altruistic Merit for his 25-year career dedicated to promoting and participating in humanitarian volunteering.