El rostro de la pobreza en el cantón Gonzanamá de la provincia de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: Thepurposeofthisresearchistoanalyzethesocialandeconomicrealityofpeopleconsidered to be poor in the canton of Gonzanamá in the province of Loja. The methodologyapplied was Participative Action Research with the technique of life stories through telematicapproaches with the focal group and two heads of household of the rural parish Nambacolaand one of the urban parish Gonzanamá according to data by NBI of the Integrated SystemofKnowledge and SocialStatistics.The main results are that of the total number of categories surveyed, the most influential inthe households of these parishes are health, where the main problem is the lack of medicalattentionandscarcemedicine,andthecategoryofeducationduetolackofinterestinstudyingbecause they have priorities such as getting married or working. Finally, recommendations werema defor public policies sothat official sinchar geofthe categories ofhealth, education,food, housing and income can make better decisions either for the benefit of the elderly anddisabledpopulation orforthe entire Gonzanameña community.