MONTHLY PROJECT LUIS ANGEL VALDIVIA

ADVANCE 02

TRANSITIONS: AN OVERVIEW IN PERU

INTRODUCTION All our lives consist in changes, but there is a difference between change and transition. Change is situational; transition is psychological. It means that the events outside us do not make the transition but it is the re-orientation and the re-definition we make to be part of those changes. Transitions are well-known because of the disruption in routines and the examination of our lifestyle. Some of them can be predictable or unpredictable. Normally the key to overcome these events is examining the past and use the experience gained to adapt and acquire new skills. The roles, that perception and meaning play in these situations, are discussed. Sometimes we tend to see some events such an Unfinished Business. Of course it means about our past lifestyle which we did not complete some transitions: accepting new job, moving to a different home, or finding a new partner; all this is because we often rush to make a new beginning and consequently, the Unfinished Business from the past prevents us from completing todays transitions. For the young people are difficult pass for transitions, so it would be good if they see lifes changes as season changes, for example: Fall Transition (time to break old patterns), Winter Transition (bring feelings of emptiness, numbness and confusion) and Spring Transition (let go of everything old). So this text is a brief overcome about transitions in Peru, especially in young people, the situation and factors which affect that people.

THE SITUATION IN PERU Our country is not outside from this topic. We have to keep in mind that our country has a great cultural, ethnic, linguistic, socio-economic and geography diversity, and national averages tend to hide the real situation of inequity in which many children and adolescent live.

Other factor is the population, it exceeds 28 million people and the 38% of the total are children and adolescents between 0 and 17 years, and around 60% of this population lives in poverty. In my opinion they are the most vulnerable to experience with difficulty this changes of transitions. It is common here to see children and young people work in the streets, they do not go to the schools and do not make relationships with others who are in the same age. If in one hand, transitions are difficult for the young people who have someone to talk to them how to face it, imagine the other hand They do not have the support to overcome or even to recognize that they are in a period of transition in their lives, so they become adults and the life becomes hard for them. But not everything is bad, some children and young people acquire a maturity and learn by themselves to identify, face and overcome transitions becoming in correct adults teaching their songs and others children their experiences. One example of this case is the people who have to migrate to another country or even to the capital of Peru, they pass for the transition of start from the scratch. For this people the most important transition in their lives is becoming somebody in a further city, and all of this is possible by the education they received not exactly at schools, because the majority of them could not do it, but at home. In the end, I think transitions in this case means that each one begins with an ending, like the majority of transitions, but creating a culture to recognize not all, but the majority of the passages we have to pass in our lives.

CONCLUSIONS -The Peruvian situation is not the unique; there are more examples in other countries that we have to study to improve our childrens situations. -The base of the successful in every transition is developing supportive relationships at work and home, the value of good friend and family is important. Trying to research suggests from people to rely on in difficult situations. - Think about what we like or what we expect for our family bringing good ideas. -Being a courage person helps us feel good about ourselves and if we encourage others to feel good we will have the same sensation. -Take control of our lives using resources available for us. It helps us to respond better.

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