Cuba attempts to provide the basic necessities like health care and education equally to all citizens, especially children, however there remains much room for improvement. Despite Cuba's ideals of equality, the general status of children in Cuba depends on their families economic situation and place of residence. Many problems Cuban children face are brought about by the history of communism and the trade embargo with the United States.
Our website contains the following topics:
The purpose of this website is to portray the lives of children living
in
Cuba. It was designed by Lauren Clark, Jenn Hamm, Julia Hitchings,
and
Sandi Yarow, as part of a collaborative web project in a freshman writing
seminar: Children and
Society, taught at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, by
Professor
April
Brayfield.
December 18, 1998