The Minister of Youth visits Naüm to learn about the reality of Son Roca

PalmThe Minister of Youth and Childhood, Sira Rego, has visited the Naüm Foundation with the aim of learning firsthand about the protection and good treatment policy promoted by the entity, within the framework of the deployment of the Organic Law for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents (LOPIVI). During the visit, the minister was able to approach the work carried out by the Foundation in terms of guaranteeing rights, preventing violence, and promoting the well-being of children, adolescents, and young people in situations of special vulnerability.

In this context, Sira Rego met with the children and adolescents who are part of Naüm's Children and Adolescents Participation Council. This space for real participation allows children and young people to express their opinions, share proposals, and convey their concerns, influencing the entity's decisions.

In this regard, the Council has consolidated itself as a fundamental tool for guaranteeing the right to participation, ensuring that children, adolescents, and young people feel heard, recognized, and taken into account, both within the Foundation and in their role as active citizens in society.

Likewise, the Minister of Youth and Childhood met with a group of young people who were previously in foster care in the Balearic Islands and are pursuing Basic Vocational Training in Plumbing and Domestic Climate Control at the Naüm Foundation. During the meeting, the young people recounted the situations they experienced after turning 18 and leaving the protection system. This is because, in addition to facing significant administrative difficulties and the absence of a family or social support network, they have been forced into situations of residential exclusion, even ending up living on the street, despite being in education.

The management team of the Naüm Foundation, led by Margalida Jordà, has highlighted that this reality blocks their emancipation processes and severely limits their real opportunities for personal, educational, and professional development, and therefore, they have recalled that addressing this issue requires placing young people at the center of policies.

Furthermore, the group of young participants in the ISTMO project, a cultural and community initiative driven by the Othman Ktiri Foundation and developed in collaboration with the Naüm Foundation and the production company Quindrop, took advantage of the minister's presence to conduct a brief interview with her, which will be part of the project's audiovisual pieces and the collective documentary in development.

Finally, the management team of the Naüm Foundation explained the social reality of the Son Roca neighborhood, emphasizing that understanding its situation makes it possible to highlight a broader issue that occurs in other neighborhoods in the country. For all these reasons, the Entity has highlighted the importance of continuing to promote comprehensive public policies that address social inequalities from a community-based, preventive perspective focused on the rights of children and youth.