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Campus Sinaloa

Ética, Ciudadanía y Profesión
Reporte de Experiencias Ciudadanas
Tutor profesor: Magali Lara Lugo
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Viernes, 11 de septiembre, 2015

“Prendas que benefician”
Durante el semestre Agosto-Diciembre del año 2012 tuve la posibilidad de entrar al programa del Tec. De Monterrey de Servicio Social Comunitario. En ese momento yo decidí incorporarme al Banco de Ropa. Esta asociación se dedica a donar y vender ropa a un precio simbólico, además de que va a comunidades alejadas y desterradas en la ciudad, todo con el fin de dar beneficios a personas con bajos recursos, la mercancía va desde calcetas hasta juguetes para niños. A lo largo del programa me di cuenta que esta asociación tiene ya muchos años de haberse establecido y que no tienen mucha presencia en Culiacán Sinaloa, y mucho menos en todo el estado. Sin embargo tienen muchas prendas que les lleva la gente que le sobra todo tipo de ropa en su familia. Han sido un gran ejemplo debido que lo que tienen no lo pueden vender a un precio muy alto no importa si la mercancía está en muy buenas condiciones sin embargo han tenido que sobrevivir gracias a apoyos del gobierno y otras asociaciones. Es impresionante a la cantidad de sociedades a las cuales han logrado impactar. Tienen un gran equipo, sin el cual no sería posible lo que están haciendo hoy en día.
Dentro de las múltiples actividades que realizamos se encuentra el visitar a un par de comunidades ubicadas cercas de culiacancito, y los lugares aledaños de Culiacán, en las cuales el Banco de Ropa ha estado presente durante un largo periodo de tiempo ya. Es algo impresionante como es que en estas comunidades te reciben de una manera muy bonita ya que te tratan con una amabilidad muy diferente a la de la ciudad, una vez hasta me toco desayunar con la familia donde poníamos la ropa a vender. Son personas que viven de manera muy humilde y sin embargo te ofrecen lo que puedan. Es gente que puede que no tenga la mejor educación sin embargo no se comportan como nosotros “Los de la ciudad” de mala manera o de mala actitud se comportan muy respetuosos y con actitud de convivir sanamente con la sociedad. Nuestro equipo se preparó con anterioridad con distintas actividades para ir a realizar la visitar a estas comunidades. La intención de todo esto era primero observar la comunidad y hacer un análisis de que es lo que les falta y que es más necesario. Básicamente hacer un diagnóstico de esta comunidad y detectar las áreas de oportunidad que se pudieran mejorar. Y como segundo objetivo era convivir con los miembros de esa comunidad para pasar una buena tarde. Organizamos diversas formas de comprar en nuestras mini tiendas como nosotros les llamábamos, además de que les advertíamos a la gente que si no mejoraban su comportamiento no los dejaríamos comprar nada de nuestros anaqueles y así se tornaba un ambiente controlado y benefactora para todos gracias a esto todo fue muy gratificante al ver como todas estas actividades fueron muy bien aceptadas por las personas de estas comunidades. En estas comunidades existen de todo tipo de personas desde las que son muy abiertas a convivir con todos hasta las que siempre están con alguna queja, sin embargo la mayoría son personas que están dispuestas a abrirse y convivir con extraños con tal de pasar una buena tarde. No les importa nada más, más que la diversión. Desde el momento en que llegamos fueron muy abiertos y no tardamos nada en estar conviviendo con ellos como si nos conociéramos de hace tiempo atrás. Se trata de comunidades con muy pocos miembros pero que viven de manera muy ordenada. Todos tienen muy claro su rol e interactúan sin problema. Es de admirar como son comunidades marginadas y sin embargo no les falta nada. En cambio nosotros que tenemos muchas cosas comparadas con ellos, muchas veces somos infelices y creemos que algo nos falta. La sociedad consumista de la actualidad nos obliga a estar siempre comprando siempre sin existir realmente la necesidad.
Uno de los conflictos con el cual estuve muy involucrado es que estaba muy raro el servicio que existía en el Banco de Ropa ya que había veces que no se encontraba en encargado porque en ese momento se encontraba peleado con el banco de ropa por diversos motivos y existían días que no hacíamos nada. Por otro lado me había comprometido a ayudar al “Banco de Ropa” en lo que fuera necesario y cuando hubiera alguna actividad de recolectar ropa ayudarles en seleccionarla y por otro tenía el compromiso con el Tecnológico de Monterrey. Adicional a esto se sumaba el estar estudiando y ya que es una institución muy desgastante en cuanto a las materias tan variadas y a diferentes horarios me di a la tarea a formar un sistema en donde diera prioridad a hacer mis tareas de diario y posteriormente hacer el servicio social. Además de que se hiso un compromiso con mis padres y conmigo mismo para sacar adelante la carrera y las materias que cursaba en ese semestre.

Dentro de las actividades que realizamos ese semestre fueron, torneos deportivos para reunir fondos para las posadas de fin de año en las comunidades, colecta en Diciembre en la cual tuvimos mucho éxito debido a la generosidad de los saltillenses así como también por la dedicación y esfuerzo de los miembros de Navidad en el Campo, ya que estuvimos intensas jornadas colectando para llegar a la meta que nos habíamos propuesto. Otra actividad fue la mencionada con anterioridad, las visitas a la comunidad. Fueron varias visitas ya que las primeras fueron de diagnóstico, para poder al final del semestre presentarles un plan para mejoras a implementar en dicha comunidad, así como también para convivir sanamente con los miembros de dicha comunidad y ayudarles en lo que estuviera a nuestro alcance. Tuvimos también una actividad la cual consistía en visitar escuelas de la ciudad en busca de gente que quisiera donar juguetes para utilizar para las posadas que teníamos pensadas realizar en Diciembre. Esta actividad también fue muy interesante ya que nos dimos cuenta que la sociedad saltillense es generosa y está buscando ayudar a los más necesitados continuamente. Adicional a estas actividades, teníamos que juntarnos casi semanalmente para ir organizando y poniéndonos de acuerdo con las actividades a realizar.

Como todas estas actividades además el compromiso en escuela y oficina llegue a tener conflictos. Sin embargo me vi en la necesidad de atender a todos y cada uno de ellos por los compromisos que yo había hecho con las demás personas. Tenía que salirme de la oficina algunas veces en horas de trabajo para atender los pendientes del Servicio Social y después reponerlas quedándome en la oficina hasta después de la hora normal de salida. A veces me pasaba lo contrario, tenía que ausentarme de alguna junta del servicio por tener alguna junta de trabajo, sin embargo tenía que reponer esas actividades de Navidad en el Campo con alguna actividad extra que se requiriera. Hubo ocasiones en las cuales llegue a tener problema en la oficina o en el servicio hasta que llegue a programar todo de manera tal que pudiera acudir a todas las citas o intercambiar actividades. Dialogando con personal de la oficina así como los encargados de Navidad en el Campo logre entenderme con ellos y generar soluciones en lugar de conflictos.
No me caracterizo por ser una persona mal quedada. Soy de la idea de que si te comprometes a algo, hay que cumplirlo por encima de todo. Fue de esa manera que logre sacar este semestre tan pesado que tuve. Lo único que tuve que hacer era, hacer entender a las personas encima de mí que yo iba a cumplir con lo prometido, simplemente tenía que sincronizar mi agenda entre trabajo, servicio y escuela. Ellos tenían que entender que estaba comprometido, lo único que necesitaba era flexibilidad en los horario, finalmente el resultado iba a ser el mismo, yo iba a cumplirles con lo prometido.
Fue un semestre muy enriquecedor para mí ya que de estar acostumbrado tener compromiso nada más con la escuela, ese semestre tuve compromiso también en el trabajo y en el servicio. Fue sin duda un semestre muy cargado pero tuve la madures necesaria para salir airoso en todas estas actividades. Me sirvió ampliamente para conocer el dinamismo del mundo actual. Hay que estar moviéndonos continuamente y a una velocidad suficiente para que la sociedad no nos deje atrás.

TRASCENDENCIA DE MI SSC.
En esta experiencia de vida yo rescato dos aprendizajes que me dejan muy claro lo que la gente de hoy en día desea y piensa, el lado humanitario que la gente tiene en las zonas rurales y el lado humanitario que existe en la ciudad, en el lado de la comunidad es algo muy bonito el ser bien visto o bienvenido por parte de todas las personas que tratas de ayudar, y sin embargo no muy lejos de estas comunidades existe la ciudad en donde el pensamiento es muy diferente a lo que se vive en las zonas rurales. Gracias a esto me di cuenta que todos nosotros somos muy privilegiados al haber nacido en donde lo hicimos y con todos los beneficios que contamos. Me percato de la situación de muchas otras personas y me doy cada vez más cuenta de que hemos sido bendecidos de haber nacido así. Sin embargo no es solo agradecimiento, sino que al encontrarnos en esta posición tan privilegiada, por esto es que me da mucho gusto aportar un poco a aquellos que no lo están. Yo soy de las personas que cree que existe una obligación de parte de nosotros de ayudar a aquellos que no se pueden solventar solos, sin embargo no ayudarlos solamente si no que ellos también busquen la forma de salir adelante, no solo ayudándoles llevándoles las ropa si no que ellos busquen una manera de sacar dinero trabajando para que ellos también tengan su propia ropa no solo de nosotros si no que de otras partes con una mayor calidad y aunque no cuentan con las herramientas suficientes para salir delante de sus problemas. Carecen de tantas cosas que sin ayuda de la sociedad no van a poder salir de sus problemas. Y hablando de soluciones, estoy seguro de que existen infinidad de cosas que se pueden realizar para mejorar la vida de estas sociedades tan humildes. Por un lado, el tema de la educación el Banco de Ropa, no está muy involucrado, y que es indispensable para que las personas se superen. Una sociedad sin educación, es una sociedad que está destinada al fracaso. Por otro lado fomentar los valores y el espíritu de convivencia para que interactúen de manera ordenada y responsable fue una de nuestras principales causas.
Por otro lado esta experiencia me ayudo a darme cuenta de que la de mi preparación ya queda atrás mi adolescencia ya es del pasado. Esta nueva etapa está llena de nuevos retos sociales, profesionales que antes no existían en mi cabeza. Ya con las experiencias reales, compromisos con diferentes personas que se tienen que llevar acabo; esta etapa de maduración se va dando poco a poco y por pasos, pero estos pasos mucho más rápidos y sin tener errores ya que no existen dos oportunidades. Hay que tener bien puestos los pies en la tierra, así como bien organizada la agenda para poder sacar adelante todos los pendientes que se vayan presentando sobre todo tener bien equilibrado tu vida social y laboral. Hay que estar preparados para el día a día, y planear muy bien el futuro. Gracias!!

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