Before the coronavirus, poor families in Caracas relied on schools for child care, and meals.
The Caracas Teachers Union estimates that 40 percent of Venezuela’s teachers have quit in the past three years because of low wages. Union President Edgar Machado says the departure rate could increase when children are back in school.
“Teachers are looking for other alternatives,” he said. “Many are not going to return to classrooms.” In recent years, some Venezuelan children dropped out because their schools stopped providing meals. Other schools continued to serve food until the buildings were closed in March. During the lockdown, some soup kitchens are providing children with a daily grab-and-go meal.Paola Ochoa and her family live in a government-built housing complex. Each day at lunchtime, she goes to a kitchen run by Alimenta la Solidaridad, a local group, to pick up a free meal for her 6-year-old daughter.
Ochoa said teachers are sending homework to students by WhatsApp, but not every parent has access to the messaging app. Volunteers at the soup kitchen are helping by creating assignments for children who can’t communicate with their teachers.
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