Edición N°8 – Artículo 10
Una estudiante y la pandemia
A student and the pandemic
Autora: Daysi Carolina Orellana Fajardo
Resumen
En las siguientes páginas redacto una experiencia bastante personal al haber tenido que enfrentar una pandemia siendo estudiante y vivir en carne propia las necesidades que aquejan a miles de familias ecuatorianas: el no disponer de recursos económicos para cubrir las necesidades básicas como vestimenta, alimentación o educación que una persona requiere. Es una situación realmente triste y difícil de imaginar, pero qué ocurre en todo el mundo y es más común de lo que parece. La investigación realizada tiene como objetivo analizar las tasas de desempleo y pobreza en el país durante la pandemia por la COVID-19, además de generar conciencia en los lectores sobre la misma para aprender a valorar la vida. El análisis se llevó a cabo de manera responsable y con énfasis en el caso, reflejando resultados alarmantes que exponen a una sociedad devastada por la pandemia y falta de trabajo lo que desemboca en actos delictivos ejecutados por dicha población, de esta manera, la inseguridad y peligro en las calles también se incrementa. Por ello se espera que las autoridades desarrollen mejores estrategias, para combatir la situación y superar poco a poco las épocas difíciles que atraviesa el país y el mundo.
Palabras clave: pandemia, cuarentena desempleo, pobreza, población, COVID-19.
Abstract
In the following pages I write about a very personal experience of having had to face a pandemic as a student and live in the flesh the needs that afflict thousands of Ecuadorian families: not having the economic resources to cover the basic needs such as clothing, food or education that a person requires. It is a really sad and difficult situation to imagine, but it happens all over the world and it is more common than it seems. The research carried out aims to analyse the unemployment and poverty rates in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to raise awareness among readers about it in order to learn to value life. The analysis was carried out in a responsible manner and with emphasis on the case, reflecting alarming results that expose a society devastated by the pandemic and lack of work, which leads to criminal acts carried out by this population, thus increasing insecurity and danger in the streets. It is therefore hoped that the authorities will develop better strategies to combat the situation and gradually overcome the difficult times the country and the world are going through.
Keywords: pandemic, quarantine, unemployment, poverty, population, COVID-19.
Edición N°8
Fecha de publicación: 30 julio del 2021.
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