Cuestionario Simulador Gratuito ENEM 2012 - Segunda Aplicação | Pratique Online | Página 19

Home is where the heart is

The heart of psychosocial care is to be found in the home and it is here that the main trust of external efforts to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable children must be directed. The best way to support the wellbeing of young children affected by HIV/AIDS is to strengthen and reinforce the circles of care that surround children. Some children — especially those living outside families, on the streets or institutions, with chronically ill caregivers, and orphans — are more vulnerable and especially require psychosocial care and support. However, this social support needs to be provided in family settings, with the same characteristics of commitment, stability, and individualized affectionate care. The primary aim of all psychosocial support programmes should be an encouraging and enabling family support, including foster care, and placing and maintaining young children in stable and affectionate family environments. Only secondarily should direct services be provided to affected children.

Sefarditas o la melancolía de ser judío español

El nombre de Sefarad, como es denominada España en lengua hebrea, despierta en gentes de Estambul o de Nueva York, de Sofía o de Caracas, el vago recuerdo de una casa abandonada precipitadamente bajo la noche. Por eso muchas de estas gentes, descendientes de los judíos españoles expulsados en 1492, conservan las viejas llaves de los hogares de sus antepasados en España. Se ha escrito que jamás una nación ha tenido unos hijos tan fieles como ellos, que después de quinientos años de exilio siguen llamándose “sefarditas” (españoles) y mantienen celosamente el idioma “sefardita” y las costumbres de sus orígenes. En la cocina y en los lances de amor, en las fiestas y en las ceremonias religiosas, los sefarditas viven todavía la melancolía de ser españoles.

Scared fit

My body was telling me things I did not want to hear. In February 2010, my doctor confirmed what my body was telling me. My not feeling well was a result of years of neglecting my body and diet. At 62, I had developed high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and my cholesterol was going through the roof. At 4’ 10” and weighing 227 pounds, the problem was in the mirror looking back at me. My doctor said, “lose weight, start eating healthy, and start exercising if you want to live to a ripe old age”. Needless to say, I was  scared I wouldn’t see my grandkids and great-grandkids grow up.