
The alarming figures show that 25 million Argentines are poor, nearly 8 million live in extreme poverty and food insecurity affects 32.2% of children and adolescents.

The alarming figures show that 25 million Argentines are poor, nearly 8 million live in extreme poverty and food insecurity affects 32.2% of children and adolescents.

A recent UNICEF study reveals that nearly 10 million children in Argentina have reduced their consumption of meat and dairy due to a lack of financial resources. Compared with 2023, there has been a 24% increase in the consumption of noodles and flour, while the intake of fruit and vegetables has dropped alarmingly by 58%.

Child poverty in Argentina has reached alarming levels. According to a report by the consultancy ExQuanti, based on data from the INDEC Permanent Household Survey (EPH), seven out of ten children live in households mired in poverty, a critical situation that has intensified in the first quarter of this year.

In northern Argentina, thousands of people live without access to water or basic rights. Learn how Pata Pila works to change this structural reality.

During World Breastfeeding Week, Pata Pila shows how in northern Argentina breastfeeding is also a fight against hunger, poverty and lack of access to health care.

Pata Pila turns 10, working in Argentina's most vulnerable communities, with real impact on the health, nutrition and rights of thousands of children, mothers and families in extreme poverty.