{"id":3115617,"date":"2001-08-01T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2001-08-01T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/novillas-y-lapices\/"},"modified":"2001-08-01T00:00:54","modified_gmt":"2001-08-01T04:00:54","slug":"novillas-y-lapices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/","title":{"rendered":"Novillas y l\u00e1pices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acabo de leer un art\u00edculo en <em>Christian Science Monitor<\/em> titulado \u201cAyuda para los agricultores de Uganda: Una novilla para empezar una familia\u00bb, de Danna Harman (22\/3\/01). Me llam\u00f3 la atenci\u00f3n porque mi Meeting en las afueras de Boston lleva a\u00f1os ayudando a un Meeting de Friends mucho m\u00e1s grande en la Kenia rural, al lado de Uganda. Los diversos programas de novillas en Uganda proporcionan vacas a familias cualificadas como medio para ayudarles a salir de la pobreza. El art\u00edculo afirma que los programas son a largo plazo, no una soluci\u00f3n r\u00e1pida, y que tienen mucho \u00e9xito. Evelyn Kaledia, una ni\u00f1a de diez a\u00f1os cuya familia se ha beneficiado del programa, se pregunt\u00f3 en voz alta si su familia podr\u00eda permitirse alg\u00fan d\u00eda unos l\u00e1pices de colores para ella. Un deseo modesto.     <\/p>\n<p>Esto me trajo de vuelta a agosto de 1983. Mi esposa y yo nos casamos el 3 de agosto y estuvimos en una gira laboral de dos semanas por Nicaragua. Cuando salimos del aeropuerto de Managua, fuimos abordados por un grupo de ni\u00f1os de la calle descalzos que nos ped\u00edan l\u00e1pices mientras esper\u00e1bamos nuestro autob\u00fas tur\u00edstico. Nuestro gu\u00eda o los empleados del aeropuerto nos dijeron que no anim\u00e1ramos a los ni\u00f1os d\u00e1ndoles l\u00e1pices. Parece poco probable que alguno de nosotros llevara l\u00e1pices de madera en los bolsillos de todos modos. Me pareci\u00f3 extra\u00f1o que estos chicos pidieran l\u00e1pices en lugar de dinero o chicle, etc. Nunca recib\u00ed una respuesta satisfactoria de por qu\u00e9. Todav\u00eda recuerdo a un chico, alto y delgado y sonriente, descalzo como todos los dem\u00e1s chicos, pantalones cortos y camisa rota, de unos diez a doce a\u00f1os, y sordo. Tengo un primo mayor sordo. Quiz\u00e1s por eso recuerdo a este chico. Lleg\u00f3 nuestro autob\u00fas tur\u00edstico y no volv\u00ed a ver a este ni\u00f1o. Nos quedamos en Managua, devastada por el terremoto, durante un par de d\u00edas, y luego salimos a las provincias. Mientras est\u00e1bamos en Managua nos reunimos con uno de los nueve miembros de la Direcci\u00f3n Sandinista. Su oficina estaba en una choza Quonset con goteras. Agosto es la estaci\u00f3n lluviosa. Me impresion\u00f3 cuando mencion\u00f3 a los ni\u00f1os de la calle y dijo que su objetivo, su sue\u00f1o, era establecer escuelas y programas para estos ni\u00f1os para sacarlos de la calle y ayudarles a tener un futuro. Me record\u00f3 al Padre Edward Flanagan de Boys Town dos generaciones antes. Pero, dijo que poco se pod\u00eda hacer mientras la guerra de la Contra asolaba las provincias. Simplemente no hab\u00eda recursos. La gente hu\u00eda de las provincias, de las zonas de guerra, y ven\u00eda a la seguridad de las ciudades. Estaban desempleados y sin hogar, pero a salvo. La CIA estaba minando el puerto y financiando a los Contras con el dinero de nuestros impuestos. Los que est\u00e1bamos en la gira laboral, todos estadounidenses, \u00e9ramos muy conscientes de ello. Cuando los Contras atacaban un pueblo, mataban a los hombres y reclutaban a los chicos en el ej\u00e9rcito de la Contra. Violaban a las chicas y mujeres j\u00f3venes y las secuestraban. No es de extra\u00f1ar que la gente huyera del campo.                         <\/p>\n<p>Bueno, la CIA rompi\u00f3 la Revoluci\u00f3n Sandinista con la contrarrevoluci\u00f3n en el campo, los embargos y la destrucci\u00f3n de la econom\u00eda. Los sandinistas perdieron la presidencia en una elecci\u00f3n. Sus maravillosos programas sociales y experimentos se marchitaron bajo presidentes \u201camigos de Estados Unidos\u00bb, de modo que Nicaragua es de nuevo un pa\u00eds seguro, asolado por la pobreza, del Tercer Mundo, con un desempleo masivo y pocas esperanzas para el futuro.   <\/p>\n<p>El chico sordo del aeropuerto, si todav\u00eda vive, estar\u00eda cerca de los 30, el doble de la edad de mi hijo, Mark. Estoy seguro de que nunca recibi\u00f3 el tipo de escolarizaci\u00f3n que recibi\u00f3 mi primo en la Escuela para Sordos de Boston. S\u00f3lo puedo imaginar c\u00f3mo ser\u00eda Nicaragua hoy si el Presidente Reagan hubiera mantenido una simple pol\u00edtica de \u201cno intervenci\u00f3n\u00bb hacia los sandinistas y hubiera permitido a la gente de buena voluntad proporcionar quiz\u00e1s novillas para los agricultores nicarag\u00fcenses empobrecidos y tal vez algunos l\u00e1pices para sus hijos.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acabo de leer un art\u00edculo en Christian Science Monitor titulado \u201cAyuda para los agricultores de Uganda: Una novilla para empezar&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9799],"tags":[11517,11478,11523],"fpb_issue_category":[],"class_list":["post-3115617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cronicas","tag-america-central","tag-internacional","tag-preocupaciones-sociales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Novillas y l\u00e1pices - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Novillas y l\u00e1pices - Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acabo de leer un art\u00edculo en Christian Science Monitor titulado \u201cAyuda para los agricultores de Uganda: Una novilla para empezar&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2001-08-01T04:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FJ_generic_featured_FINAL.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"KevinColemanJoyce\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"KevinColemanJoyce\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"KevinColemanJoyce\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eb91e7cdc871b0b673d947fdcdaa9798\"},\"headline\":\"Novillas y l\u00e1pices\",\"datePublished\":\"2001-08-01T04:00:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":740,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Am\u00e9rica Central\",\"Internacional\",\"Preocupaciones sociales\"],\"articleSection\":[\"cr\u00f3nicas\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/\",\"name\":\"Novillas y l\u00e1pices - Friends Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2001-08-01T04:00:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/novillas-y-lapices\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/inicio\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Novillas y l\u00e1pices\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"description\":\"Comunicar la experiencia cu\u00e1quera para conectar y profundizar en la vida espiritual\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"width\":617,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Friends Journal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/friendsjournal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/friendsournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/friendsjournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/3154709\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/friendsjournal\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eb91e7cdc871b0b673d947fdcdaa9798\",\"name\":\"KevinColemanJoyce\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"KevinColemanJoyce\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/author\\\/kevincolemanjoyce\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Novillas y l\u00e1pices - Friends Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Novillas y l\u00e1pices - Friends Journal","og_description":"Acabo de leer un art\u00edculo en Christian Science Monitor titulado \u201cAyuda para los agricultores de Uganda: Una novilla para empezar&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/","og_site_name":"Friends Journal","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","article_published_time":"2001-08-01T04:00:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":779,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FJ_generic_featured_FINAL.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"KevinColemanJoyce","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@friendsournal","twitter_site":"@friendsournal","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"KevinColemanJoyce","Est. reading time":"4 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/"},"author":{"name":"KevinColemanJoyce","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/eb91e7cdc871b0b673d947fdcdaa9798"},"headline":"Novillas y l\u00e1pices","datePublished":"2001-08-01T04:00:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/"},"wordCount":740,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#organization"},"keywords":["Am\u00e9rica Central","Internacional","Preocupaciones sociales"],"articleSection":["cr\u00f3nicas"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/","name":"Novillas y l\u00e1pices - Friends Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#website"},"datePublished":"2001-08-01T04:00:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/novillas-y-lapices\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/inicio\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Novillas y l\u00e1pices"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/","name":"Friends Journal","description":"Comunicar la experiencia cu\u00e1quera para conectar y profundizar en la vida espiritual","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#organization","name":"Friends Journal","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","width":617,"height":74,"caption":"Friends Journal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/friendsournal","https:\/\/instagram.com\/friendsjournal","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3154709","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/friendsjournal"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/eb91e7cdc871b0b673d947fdcdaa9798","name":"KevinColemanJoyce","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"KevinColemanJoyce"},"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/author\/kevincolemanjoyce\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Friends Journal","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/","push-errors":false,"acf":{"author_name":"Kevin Coleman Joyce","bio":"<p>Kevin Coleman Joyce es miembro del South Shore Preparative Meeting, que se re\u00fane en el New England Friends Home, Hingham, Mass.<\/p>\n","issue":"Agosto de 2001"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3115617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115617"},{"taxonomy":"fpb_issue_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fpb_issue_category?post=3115617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}