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Erwin Ronquillo, an official with the government program Ecuador Grows Without Malnutrition, is worried about hunger in his country.
歐文·龍基略是一名負責政府項目“Ecuador Grows Without Malnutrition”的官員，他擔心厄瓜多爾的饑餓問題。
Ronquillo said child malnutrition is chronic among Ecuador's population.
龍基略說，兒童營養不良在厄瓜多爾人口中是長期存在的。
It is seen everywhere, but hits hardest in rural areas and among the country's Native peoples, he said.
他說，這種問題隨處可見，但農村地區和該國的土著人民受其影響最大。
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF keeps information related to children and their development for countries around the world.
聯合國兒童基金會為世界各國保存有關兒童及其發育的信息。
UNICEF information suggests that one in three Ecuadorian children suffers from malnutrition.
聯合國兒童基金會的信息顯示，三分之一的厄瓜多爾兒童營養不良。
Of those, about 41 percent are Native.
其中約41%是原住民。
Neiri Espinosa is a mother whose partner left her.
內里·埃斯皮諾薩是一位母親，她的伴侶離開了她。
She lives in a neighborhood of the capital city, Quito, called Pisulí.
她住在首都基多的一個名叫皮蘇里的社區。
She said her children, who are eight and four years old, do not usually eat meat.
她說，她的孩子一個8歲，一個4歲，他們通常不吃肉。
Both children appear to be younger because of their height and the thinness of the youngest girl.
由于兩個孩子的身高和小女兒的瘦弱，他們看起來都更小。
Sometimes the family buys chicken, but not often, Espinosa said.
埃斯皮諾薩說，他們家有時會買雞肉，但不經常買。
"It is difficult to get any job as a domestic worker, worse after the pandemic," she said.
她說：“家政工很難找到工作，疫情爆發后更是如此。”
Monica Cabrera is with the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion.
莫妮卡·卡布雷拉就職于經濟和社會包容部。
She works in the Camal Metropolitano neighborhood on the southern edge of Quito.
她在基多南部邊緣的Camal Metropolitano社區工作。
It is a high-risk area.
這是一個高風險地區。
Cabrera has been robbed several times there.
卡布雷拉在那里被搶劫過幾次。
She visits the homes of at least 25 young mothers.
她走訪了至少25名年輕母親的家。
Two of the mothers are minors: 15 and 17 years old.
其中兩名母親是未成年人，分別為15歲和17歲。
Her job is to support the group of mothers while they are pregnant until their children reach one year of age.
她的工作是在這群母親懷孕期間支持她們，直到她們的孩子長到一歲。
Cabrera said the poorest people in the city are usually Native migrants from rural areas.
卡布雷拉說，城市中最貧窮的人通常是來自農村地區的土著移民。
They try to earn a living by selling waste materials, making building materials, or selling products on the streets.
他們試圖通過賣廢舊材料、制作建筑材料或在街上賣產品來謀生。
"Those who have more have the luxury of eating twice a day," Cabrera said.
卡布雷拉說：“那些吃得多的人一天能吃兩頓飯。”
She said she knows of families that eat only once a day and sometimes not even that.
她說，她知道有些家庭一天只吃一頓飯，有時甚至都吃不上飯。
UNICEF's numbers suggest that 50 percent of Ecuadorian households with children had difficulty getting the necessary food in 2021 because of the pandemic.
聯合國兒童基金會的數據顯示，由于新冠疫情，2021年，厄瓜多爾50%有孩子的家庭難以獲得必要的食物。
As a result, 27 percent of children had their development affected because of chronic malnutrition, the agency said.
該機構表示，因此，27%的兒童因為慢性營養不良而影響了他們的發育。
In addition, 72 percent of children lacked basic services for development, such as health and education, UNICEF said.
聯合國兒童基金會表示，此外，72%的兒童缺乏基本的發育服務，如衛生和教育。
Ecuador's government is led by President Guillermo Lasso, a former banker.
厄瓜多爾政府由前銀行家吉列爾莫·拉索總統領導。
The government has pledged to fight chronic malnutrition.
政府已承諾對抗慢性營養不良。
It has promised to spend $350 million a year to improve health, family, education, and support services.
政府承諾每年支出3.5億美元來改善醫療、家庭、教育和援助服務。
Tania Herrara lives with her parents and has a baby, Sara Milena.
塔尼婭·赫拉拉和她的父母住在一起，她有一個孩子，叫薩拉·米萊娜。
Herrara receives a $50 monthly stipend from the government to support the baby.
赫拉拉每月從政府那里獲得50美元的津貼來撫養這個孩子。
To receive that money, she promised to join all child support activities that she is asked to attend.
為了得到這筆錢，她承諾參加所有要求她參加的兒童援助活動。
Her parents currently support the family.
目前是她的父母在養活這家人。
They earn between $5 and $7 a day.
他們每天掙5到7美元。
That amount must feed five adults.
這些錢足夠養活五個成年人。
It also must serve to support the new arrival.
此外還得用來供養新到來的人。
The adults hope to eat something twice a day.
成年人希望一天吃兩頓飯。
The family has lived in Quito for several years.
這家人已經在基多生活了好幾年了。
They can only pay for chicken meat from time to time.
他們只能偶爾買雞肉。
The baby is breastfed.
嬰兒是用母乳喂養的。
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