worked on three interviews with Griselda De Vitto, director and mentor of ladders. The process was to be given to day trying to find my observations the sensitivity of a person from a small place that works for the common good. was purely an empirical study, participatory and to share moments of the life of this woman. Get in her skin at times to feel the most happy and sad feelings according to each interview we had. I lived and shared with her several days of his life. I witnessed several of her classes and photo documented these events. In addition, I collected notes and reports from newspapers and magazines about the problems suffered by this group in times of having to face their ejectment. Similarly, the axis of history is a historical micro story, a story at least, of a common being that sometimes do not recognize as a maker of humanitarian issues. Someone who is beyond the means and complicated agendas, but every morning it country serving more than seventy children with disabilities
These pages try to slip in a few lines the history of an institution born of the need for a group of parents in the area west of the Rosario. As they exist by the millions in the world that the face of adversity, bureaucracy and lack of answers makes the struggle continued and tireless work. Griselda is the protagonist of my story. A desperate mother, concerned for the welfare of his daughter and her family. A lady, anonymous for media empires and economic grades. begin this story I asked all Griselda is in Argentina. I reached all my spare time to tell the stories of mothers in struggle. I hope this story will serve to realize how alien that sometimes we are faced with difficult situations. We also serve to remove the selfishness of our minds and be more participatory. To not look different from the others why not measure the social parameters imposed by fashion and considerable intellectual abilities by the rule. This story is not just moving, it generates in us more than a tear or a feeling of joy. We move in the damn chair and remote slave to act, and realize that someone on this blessed planet needs us. Diego Montejo
Griselda Brown Eyes, brown hair, a white overalls with blue lathe body guards. The 52-year history enrendan in her struggle, effort and patience. It Griselda, teacher, born in San Justo Buenos Aires Province, who previously received at the city of San Nicolás, where he had to emigrate to 15 years for family reasons, I felt the gift of education often have few. Griselda professed teaching at home and gave classes in various subjects, in addition, if responsible for settling with his parents some of the frustrations of her younger sister. Study: piano, French, and English and became a teacher at Mercy College of the City of San Nicolás. After fulfilling the desire of teachers and begin the activity, Griselda a family and was born in 1979 his first son who decides to call Sebastian. So far, the world of special schools for Griselda and family were somewhat distant, enjoying his son, his early marriage and a great career. few years later the family needed to grow, Griselda felt the need to have another child. Become pregnant, ultrasound physicians and obstetricians and all the control that requires a new birth, were the steps you took this woman. "It's a girl," Griselda inform their relatives, but there was something that the fate and life had predicted. The girl had a good chance of having Down syndrome, detailed medical studies. Despite these difficulties and not give way past the young man decided to have her daughter, who was born with the disease early by professionals in previous studies, they called Carla. The new mother came across a strange new world and the journey that involves a boy of these features in a parka and uninformed society. Carla received from Griselda and her husband the most special affection, suffered from a high hyperactivity, in the first years of life went through all the special schools in the city of Rosario, but none managed to adapt. Then again the place of employment makes this group of workers have to leave again and take ties elsewhere. was far away, a place unknown to Griselda and her husband, the end of the earth, to Argentina, where the cold and the sea combine to make your landscape one of the most stunning natural beauty of the planet. That place was Ushuaia, a new family life and the expected expectations. Carla enter the special school in Ushuaia. "It is admirable that school, love the guys who treat, "says Griselda with great emotion in his eyes, as if the desolate island nostalgia and bring her time when her daughter was happy. But the experience was short and two years after the bags of this family returned to trashumar corner of our country. Returning to the city of Rosario.
scarce in those days work. Rosario again had to face various commitments and Carla need to attend a special school. Many efforts were made by parents for the child to start their activity in ETNADE (Workshop for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities), a school located in the street workshop Pasco 3737. But the vicissitudes of the economy were stronger than energy, most could not afford the expenses and fees of the place. At that time despite the pain it caused decided out of the institution. Like every mother Griselda went ahead with their struggle and found a free and disinterested in West Park recreation group coordinated by Sergio Pasquet who is now assistant Silvia Trocolli: Secretary for Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Province of Santa Fe . One problem is that Sergio is not only responsible for coordinating the space in the park but was also in charge of all persons with disabilities in the west, is that sometimes had to attend some in their home or about drugs. This made the entertainment space losing record and the boys were not present for several days. The breasts of the boys accompanied Sergio one morning while their children were doing homework in the park. Sam Why not looking for a club or neighborhood kids can be done every day?, Rain or shine, it would be good since I see that the group has established an excellent relationship between you guys and also between popes. Sergio times and help the town were few and the containment of the children was at stake, put their best but sometimes its obligations far exceeded his enormous heart. Griselda would be good to get in a campaign to seek extra for our children. The other moms and Griselda joined with his strength took the reins of the search site. Pasco to 5300, Azcuénaga neighborhood south after several meetings with various entities Griselda gets a meeting with the Board of Directors of the place. It was a cold afternoon and the commission was waiting in the offices of the neighborhood to Griselda and three other moms. Griselda "Good afternoon, mothers are the group that we talk to you for the need for a physical space for our children, as he discussed by telephone. Boys were working in the park west but the continuity of activities was limited, sometimes due to weather conditions and others for lack of staff of the Municipality. More than 20 children with different diseases, we need your help. President of The Neighborhood "We discussed at executive committee meeting and we are able to offer our parabolic day you they need it at no cost. Griselda's joy overflowed its face, the shock invaded the office, between smiles and tears of emotion Griselda and the other moms felt the relief of the first step on a bug doing that was just beginning. a href = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVA1TR1gfN-nSWDJ7lyClMJGbMb-OenWQOqdY35jA_BtW_QVSclNMfxwQYGujJ7lqPQF-GaJgo8w_6Y0klVg9DOgcHtjdAr9sYvPy_uXghcsuzXGw0u1uQfkD-p-YBv_C41KwJpjxM5g/s1600-h/Gonzalo, + Claudius + Juan.jpg">
Steps being born in the neighborhood and there was a rumor that there was a new possibility of inclusion for children with disabilities and joined the 20 regular attendees a group of 20 guys over. Upon learning of this situation Undersecretary Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Province of Santa Fe: Silvia Griselda telephoned Trocolli: Silvia Griselda Trocolli-Hi!, I learned about hard work being carried out in the neighborhood Azcuénaga The province offers you two teachers to help them. Across Griselda Phone listen carefully. Griselda 'm excited, it's so necessary for us teachers, I do not know how to thank you. Silvia Trocolli-you do not have to thank me, it is our obligation. On Monday it was up to work in the institution of these two teachers, also before that day I'd like to see some things to talk about how we will carry out the tasks with the kids. Griselda could not believe it and automatically phoned to alert all parents of novelty. Schools in the area began to learn what was happening in the Neighborhood Azcuénaga south. At that point we began to work with other pathologies, not only with children with disabilities different, but also with conventional school children with serious learning problems, hyperactivity and psychosis, among other traumas. Viviana meets Griselda, the speech therapist and the place Carla, the daughter of Griselda and the Neighborhood psychologist, to whom we posed: "Can we do some work with children from mainstream schools?, already many cases we receive and we must find some solution for them. Viviana replied: "I think we have fantastic idea articular joint projects with educational institutions, and with a good plan I think working there will be no problem." After this reunión el plantel profesional de la entidad elaboró los proyectos de trabajo que fueron relevados a las distintas escuelas de la zona y el resultado fue sorprendente ya que le vinculo con las instituciones comenzó con una fluidez asombrosa y atrajo un grueso de chicos que no esperaban. En 1995 llega a la institución Martin un niño Down de cinco años que había pasado por distintos jardines de infantes convencionales. Su mama llego una mañana y hablo con una de las maestras: “mire le comento, mi hijo ha pasado por varios jardines de infantes convencionales pero ya, es imposible que él pueda asistir a este tipo de lugares, solamente lo traigo para que haga recreación” , la maestra analizo el Martin case and was included in the little school kids. That day the teacher keep thinking if only the kids needed recreation or could go further with them. Begin to teach them some things that were useful for life. The teacher talked about it with Griselda and took the challenge. "Griselda, today came a mom with a child with Down Syndrome slightly, I kept thinking if we could include something besides math games, language, not things they will be useful for developing life, we could put Martin as a pilot and then Sir including others. " Griselda approved the idea: "I feel sensational but I have to talk to Silvia Trocolli. " . Griselda days later went to the office of Silvia Trocolli was September 1995, Griselda wait his turn and was treated kindly by Silvia: hello Griselda What brings you here? Griselda Silvia sat opposite on your desktop: "Some days ago we received a new case and it seemed interesting to all teachers begin to give some extra content in addition to recreation, we want to take this boy as a pilot and then integrate the other to the content. " Silvia said: "The idea is good for this would have to build an NGO think this will allow you the opportunity to access some subsidies, and when you have the Legal things will be different, but nobody prevents you start with this work while doing the relevant proceedings. " Start birth of the NGO as such, form a committee comprised of parents and teachers, created a statute of the organization. Griselda travels to Santa Fe to obtain the data required for civilian organization. Everything was so that the Legal was delivered, but the bureaucracy instigated against Griselda and had to seek other paths. Griselda speak with a member of the neighborhood that had a relationship with Senator Roxana Latorre and furthermore, was the husband of the psychologist and the neighborhood Steps. "You bring me the papers have Roxana can do for us, I'll notice you and any developments" , this young man said Griselda. Days after receiving news for a possible meeting with the Senator. The day came and attended Roxana Latorre Griselda and a group of members of the committee. "I wanted to tell you have my cooperation, I insist that they have presented in Santa Fe all the papers and the file number of the process, once this is why I am in charge of this out as soon as possible" . The papers were presented in November 1995 and the Legal was delivered on 26 December that year.
Problems with the neighbors.
The year 2005 had ended with many surprises for Griselda and other members of the commission already had longed for legal status. In the summer had continued to be as Griselda plastic basin moved their Solís club where kids put together a summer camp. was March 2006, a new school year began, but the members of the commission of the neighborhood and were not the same and did not think like the previous commission. "Look Griselda do not know how it was dealing with the previous commission, but we need the guys in addition to being in your company to be associated with the neighborhood, you are also using a free physical space as is the situation in our institution we having to ask you to pay for that space ". There was no deal with the new neighborhood and steps set out with new direction. A new home, a new problem Camilo Aldana 1836 heart of the west. An old wall, a house corroded by time. Moisture eats away the walls of the property. To the right of the wall, a metal door through which you enter a courtyard. The measures of property, meager. The structure is kept in the same condition since 1996 when it occupied the house Steps to provide service to the community. One of the problems facing the organization is always funding. Griselda besides being the head of the organization was giving private lessons to other neighborhood children, among whom was a son of Nora Bianchi. A young kindergarten teacher who taught at the Rainbow garden. Nora was interested in the work of Griselda and connected with Marta Giménez who was in charge of finance of the garden. Marta was a close friend of Elvira Martinez, who then served as Deputy Secretary Alberto Natale. Marta bonded with Elvio Griselda Martinez, who interceded with Alberto Natale to get a year of subsidized rent from the House of Representatives of the Province of Santa Fe Meanwhile, the year he was still going on and the members of steps needed to find a solution to the problem because in 2007 it would be impossible to sustain the rent. Contact with Roxana Latorre was not lost. Griselda's link with Senator remained intact. Emerge in 1997 Work Plans and the opening of the decentralized units. Roxana Latorre communicated with Griselda: "I found out the difficulty found in the future to sustain the rent property. I recommend you speak with Mirta Rosa, she is the Director of the Decentralized Unit number 7. I talked with her so you can lend a hand. " Mirta Rosa Griselda got them and the group of parents some subsidies and building materials to realize the dream of its own structure. The land was obtained after certain steps in the municipality, in Cochabamba and Felipe Street More. Work began with a marathon effort. The next school year approached. There were foundations, water pipes, electricity and gas connections. The floors were of red tiles, but every morning when returning the workers to continue building, the shortage of materials was more than remarkable. Theft of pipes, ceramics and bricks that were stacked to build the place. Came a point where Griselda went to the Special Construction Bureau of the Municipality to terminate the donation of the land, and that under these conditions the end of the work was not guaranteed. Now in place that could be rung up the Health Center Doctor Maradona. Activities continued for another year in the old house on Calle Camilo Aldana.
Another move more. The Street house had been girl Camilo Aldana and building conditions were not conducive place to work Griselda correct and the other teachers. At that time the organization starts to use the mode of full-time students, this meant that at noon the children receive a meal. The situation was not the best, months before had lost the possibility of personal space, coupled with this situation of not feeling comfortable in the place you were. Griselda Lt. lived on the street. Agneta almost Pellegrini for some years, the home side were available rental property. The house was small but much more welcoming than the old property of the street Camilo Aldana. The grants were no longer available to them, so the effort would be twofold. At present the institution begins to sustain the income of the Cooperative, plus money for some services that were added to all the neighborhood community, such as primary health care and dentistry. But the joy was short lived because the next year the property owner asked for a raise and the house was not available to the NGO. The relationship with this owner was until 2003.
A final place, we do not move more.
homeless again, it seemed normal to Griselda and steps managers did not want to leave the neighborhood so insisted on the search for a new space surrounding streets to the west. It was a problem to move out of range as most of the students came from schools in the area. Griselda One morning I walked with her daughter Carla Cullen down the street when I see a sign that read: "owner rents", Griselda took the data and immediately contacted the owner. Within days, the NGO was already working there. The exact address was Cullen 1842. Griselda is considered willful, that is one of the strongest signs of character that managed to keep up today with his convictions. Never faltered, even though they already had the new house, financial problems and the specter of eviction again was present. The rent was paid regularly, sometimes a little late and other term. In July 2006 could not pay the month and that he began to have a debt to the owner. Since funds were limited and just to pay the monthly rent that share your interests remained pending and enlarged the debt. At such times the owner's mother dies and the house is the responsibility of the husband of the daughter of the owner, Antonio Bernad, who did not accept any type of arrangement and automatically reached the eviction process. was many lawyers who sought to defend the interests of the institution but gave no concrete solutions to Griselda and the other parents. The situation was rampant and the fate of those things one day one of the popes brought novelty to Griselda, " There is a place called the People Department where they work these cases and can help with the eviction suit," " Where is asked Griselda? "Street Entre Rios 343, today I saw on TV that were in an evacuation," said the man . Griselda did not wait another minute took his things and left for the place. While traveling on 153 women did not know he was to be found. He got out of collective jumps and Entre Rios and drive south a few hundred yards where he was the office of the People Department. Griselda went automatically to the gallery and was attended by Dr. Natacha Villalonga. Natacha "Good morning what I can be useful? Griselda - Look, I am the director of a children with disabilities paa. I heard of you by a parent of a student of the institution that saw them on television. Our situation is uncontrollable and we are in an eviction suit and do not know what to do. We went through three lawyers, the only thing they did was worsen the case. Natacha "Do not worry us, we will help. Bring all papers and property have started to work. Griselda came pallets to Dr. Villalonga and the work of the lawyer began. Requested a hearing with the judge Escalante who was in charge of the case. Did not achieve the task. Griselda One morning began its activities as usual, when he was startled by the sound of the bell. He approached the door and answered. "Yeah, what you want? "Look, I'm Carlos dedola, the court officer and I have an eviction order, are you Griselda?", "Yes I am, spend, spend." Griselda 's face was flooded with sadness. That morning, accompanied Ana Clara a speech therapist serving with the NGO. "Try to make contact with you for fifteen days," said the Officer of Justice. "It hurts the soul but in a fortnight has to leave the house" . For Griselda these were the most painful words that could be heard from the mouth of that man. At one point Ana Clara gets in the talk and the doctor kept Dedola Griselda: "Do not want to see the guys, meet them?, Are playing in the backyard." Dedola smoked a small cigar. Accepted the request of Ana Clara. When you see the guys playing, his face noticeably change color had turned white ice, as if something inside him said he was making a grave error. From that moment on, things changed dramatically, again requested a hearing with the judge and was granted. From the day the judge began to be on the side of ladders. Since then the integration of the parents association was more pronounced. The commitment doubled and Griselda enlarged chest and moved on. Debt until the court hearing went well beyond the thirteen thousand dollars, as Mr. Berne had accepted more payments. Antonio's lawyer Bern, was Dr. Edward Sirman defending the interests of owners without knowing where the property was and how was it. The debt continues to rise. On December 1, 1997 who was governor at that time, the engineer Jorge Obeid Griselda presents a check for ten thousand dollars in grants to pay the debt. It tells the judge in this situation. The judge quoted the parties to an agreement. However, as the debt exceeded three thousand dollars per grant awarded, Dr. Edward Sirman not accepted the deal and remained a debt of three thousand dollars pending. Those three thousand dollars could not be paid again and again the problem. Griselda made an agreement with the attorney to pay that debt with a fee of six hundred dollars per month, that without the court knowing that danger and it fell trial. Sirman Dr. Griselda never gave a receipt for these charges which resulted in November 2008 a new problem as there was no way to verify that the members of Steps had paid the debt. In a new hearing before a judge could not be verified nothing was Griselda word against that of the lawyer and the owners. " raise the money and pay the debt once and Griselda and ended up with this once," said the Judge . Griselda started to see who could lend the money to keep the house, but could not get it. One afternoon Griselda gets a call from the court where they say that an anonymous had donated the money and the house was saved. The media coverage of the case came in addition to this anonymous donor, which actually was the same judge in the case, other local business people who kindly gave money to save the institution. Today NGOs still works there, the house building conditions are optimal. It has three bedrooms, large patio and kitchen. They are trying some parts for better performance.
"What is Steps? Steps is an institution that started with recreational and ended up being the only center of inclusion for children with disabilities that contains all areas necessary for their education. The work of the institution is based on the work of staff early stimulation and speech therapy, psychological cabinet, education curriculum and also has joint schools in the area west of the city, where children of these institutions with serious problems NGOs working on learning in school curriculums and school support for improved educational quality. These activities with the children articulated schools turn works against regular classes. Children with more severe diseases who can not attend traditional schools just do their educational work in the civil partnership. The company has with cooking workshop, art and drawing, school support and psychological. Attend today more than seventy children of various Logan city of Rosario, and even neighboring towns. The entity has a specific education policy does not attempt to train them intellectually, but with humanity and with activities that are useful to defend themselves in life. At a meeting of parents Griselda speaks on these issues and a pope states: "My son used it to know the square root of two, when going to the store you cheat him again" . Griselda understand these situations and she is mother of a Down child and often his daughter Carla has passed through these situations.
