More than a million women in Bogotá, Colombia, do unpaid family caregiver work full-time. The country has launched a groundbreaking program called 'Care Blocks' to ease their burden.
More than a million women in Bogotá, Colombia, do unpaid family caregiver work full-time. The country has launched a groundbreaking program called"Care Blocks" to ease their burden.dance performance at a"care block" center in Bogotá, Colombia. The class is one of the free services offered to anyone in the neighborhood who is an unpaid caregiver for their family.dance performance at a"care block" center in Bogotá, Colombia.
Infante, standing center, has been a full-time family caregiver for nearly a decade. She says that the dance and cardio classes are the only chance she has to exercise and meet other caregivers in the community.Ruth Infante, 42, is a single mother of three who has been coming to this care block for a year. Wearing a brightly colored shirt, black jeans, blue sneakers and glasses with big black frames, Infante is clearly enjoying herself, smiling and chatting with others during breaks.
"The motto of the care blocks is we take care of people that take care of others," notes Carbajal."That's really important for the people that come here, because they begin to feel appreciated. They begin to feel recognized for the work that they're doing." "My mother was devastated," she says."My father was devastated. So were my children. If I ever had a breaking point, it was then."
The new program for the city's caregivers is trying to shake up this strict division of labor, improve caregiver well-being and connect them with paid job opportunities.Many of the women who come to the care block want to finish primary and secondary education, says Carbajal. Others are trying to expand or open a small business or find a job with a regular paycheck.At the care block, Ruth Salamanca, right, takes eighth- and ninth-grade classes and is eager to finish high school.
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