A few weeks ago, the zonal coordinator 3 of the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES), María José Pontón, reported that they had received an alert that children were being rented to go begging or carry out other activities in the streets of Ambato.
“We have had some children’s alarms that have also been rented, that they rent to do work, for example, sales elsewhere. As they are small children, there have been cases that we are in this monitoring, there have been reports by the ECU911, because we work hand in hand with them, of the rent of some children in begging issues, so that they go to beg elsewhere money or also go to work in houses and others”, said the official days ago.
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To find out the results of the investigations that, he said, were being carried out, through communication from the MIES of zone 3 since Tuesday, this newspaper tried to schedule an interview with Pontón. They asked for the topic to be discussed to make a memory aid, but then it was indicated that the official could not attend on Wednesday because she had an event in Riobamba.
Despite the insistence, even to see if there was another official who would grant an interview, until the publication of this journalistic note there was no response.
However, Lieutenant Patricio Chapues, head of the National Directorate of Specialized Police for Children and Adolescents (Dinapen) in Tungurahua, commented that there is a case being investigated (trafficking in persons), that there is a group of citizens with children carrying out begging activities in different parts where there are traffic lights in the city of Ambateña.
He mentioned that the investigation will determine whether or not the children who are accompanied by adults are relatives, or if that is the case, whether they have been rented to beg. He maintained that the work has been done for some time and it is expected to see the results in the short term.
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Meanwhile, the president of the San Fernando Parish Council, Miguel Cayambe, said that in his area for some years there has been no rental of children so that they go begging, although he did acknowledge that when parents go down with their children to sell some agricultural products in the surroundings of the markets, the little ones sit on the sidewalks, “they extend their little hands and there are people who give them coins.”
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This is also begging, warned the head of the Dinapen in Tungurahua, Patricio Chapues, and stressed that in these cases investigations are also carried out and if the situation is recurring, the human trafficking unit is activated.
The lieutenant also commented that due to the complaints they have had, they work with other institutions to control begging and violation of rights, and that those who have been found in some places have been made aware that this activity is prohibited in the country. and that children cannot be in the streets in these acts.
He indicated that most of them are foreigners who move between one sector of Ambato and another.
He explained that in view of the proximity of Christmas, coordination will be made with the different institutions responsible for the protection of rights and vulnerability in order to prevent them from going out to beg in the province.
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The presidents of the parish councils of Pilahuín, María Caiza, and of Quisapincha, Luis Pimbomaza, coincided in pointing out that in these sectors there are no cases of renting children to beg, but that given the proximity of Christmas they work with the councils ( leaders) to socialize among the communities the dangers they run when they go down to “ask for Christmas” in the cities.
They also ensured that it coordinates with the institutions that on these dates make the treats so that they reach the vulnerable sectors and thus prevent them from going down to the cities to beg. (YO)
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