The Mayan Journey | Quintana Roo

Inhabitants of Yalchén and San Silverio exposed their shortcomings and areas of opportunity

With an unprecedented participatory exercise to identify public problems, in which the indigenous population was sensitized by being listened to, the Tulum Hotel Association and the Public Administration Institute of the State of Quintana Roo (Iapqroo) carried out community diagnoses in the communities. from Yalchén and San Silverio.

León Lizárraga Cubedo, president of the Iapqroo board of directors, explained by way of introduction what the Citizen Agenda for Sustainable Development of Tulum consists of and thanked the attendees for their participation, emphasizing that it is necessary to listen to citizens so that governments can plan and correctly implement public policies to solve public problems.

The residents of Yalchén identified the main problems they have at home, on their block, in the community and in the municipality. In the case of this first exercise, he highlighted the lack of medicines in the health center, the practical non-existence of insecurity problems, the fact that it would be preferred that all streets had sidewalks before they were invested in paving, generalized problems of public lighting and bureaucratic obstacles to marketing the dragon fruit.

Some of the opportunities detected are the need to support the cultivation of the huano palm to preserve the architecture and construction traditions of their communities, before procuring material housing; Likewise, the lack of computer equipment, internet and cell phones to access online education, which today, due to the pandemic, constitutes an urgent need to continue with the education of girls, boys and young people.

While in San Silverio he highlighted the lack of medicines in the health center (due to the change in health jurisdiction), the educational backwardness generated by the lack of technological means such as computer, cell phone and internet; the need for veneering on the roadsides that connect the town, the fact that it would be preferred that all streets had sidewalks before paving was invested, the lack of adequate sports spaces, the lack of lights; as well as the null opportunity of access to programs for a firm floor or improvement of their homes, since most of these problems are caused by the lack of definition of the territorial limits between the municipalities of Tulum and Felipe Carrillo Puerto, which causes that no can land federal and state resources to address these problems.

As windows of opportunity, the citizens of this indigenous community proposed greater communication with their authorities, empowering the citizen more to work together and solve their problems.

With the information collected, the Iapqroo will proceed with the methodology to identify, define and prioritize public problems detected, to incorporate them into the proposal of the municipal development plan for the next municipal government.

Edition: Mirna Abreu

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