“The children of the disappeared are not helped by anyone”, the call of collectives for “Children's Day”

“Let's not forget them” ask the collectives of Mothers Seekers of Sonora and Seekers for Peace, this in request of community support for the celebration of April 30, “Children's Day”, for those children with relatives who are missing.

Regarding the activities that these groups will carry out, they indicated that they require clothes for the little ones, toys, shoes, bags of sweets, as well as soft drinks and cake.

In the case of the group of Mothers Seekers of Sonora, those interested in making a donation support to Mrs. Cecilia Patricia Flores on their social networks, and in the case of Seekers for Peace, with Cecilia Grijalva they can make donations to the Facebook account number.

It should be noted that for some years, these groups have been organizing this event, as a way of attending to the childhoods that experience the constant absence of their relatives, not only for those who disappear, but also for those who go out in search of them.

During the meeting of Social Movements in Sonora, which took place on March 26, the group emphasized the oblivion in which the authorities have left the subject:

“The children of the disappeared are not helped by anyone, I have never listened to an authority that cares about helping orphans, even though we have asked for it, there are children who do not even have anything to eat. We look for weight for weight to donate to moms who stayed with their children's children,” said Cecilia Flores, founder of the Mothers Seekers Collective of Sonora.

In addition, according to Cecilia's statements, it has already asked various Governments to address the problem, however, it has not been successful.

“We support them on Three Kings Day and Children's Day, with how little or much we can give them,” he said.

It should be added that, although there is no number that specifies how many children there are under these circumstances, it is known that in Mexico, organized crime in different forms has left more than 30,000 children orphaned, according to data provided by the National Human Rights Commission in 2019.

“I hope they don't look at children as they look at fathers, as if they don't exist,” said the founder of Mothers Seekers of Sonora at that event. The search group also assured that within its collective, there are many girls and boys who have lost their parents and that this is replicated in all the states where there are missing persons.

The fact is that children live, not only the absence of their father figures, but also the disintegration of the family and the stage in which they live:

“I remember the case of a companion, whose son asked if he was in the mountains looking for his daddy, how is it that a little boy's childhood is changed? instead of enjoying the carts, the games, he has been asking her about her dad” say the members of the group.

“Being with some children who question you and ask you, when their dad is coming back, why their dad abandoned them or left with another woman, because their dad no longer buys them gifts at Christmas, or doesn't call them, it's very painful for me, and for all the moms who suffer this, for all those grandmothers who stayed with their grandchildren because they took their father , to the mother or both,” said Flores.

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