Fundanis y los derechos de la infancia en maracaibo. Desafíos y respuestas desde la investigación situada

The objective of the research is to analyze the management of social programs and identify their impact on the child and youth population in conditions of vulnerability, which constitutes the beneficiary of the social programs of the Children of the Sol Foundation Care Entity (FUNDANIS) in the Maracaibo municipality of Zulia state. Methodologically, it obeys a situated research conception, of a descriptive-documentary type, with a qualitative approach. The interview with experts in social programs was applied as a data collection instrument, and it was carried out in the Maracaibo municipality of the Zulia state, specifically in the Children of the Sol Foundation Care Entity (FUNDANIS). Identifies the factors that condition the situation suffered by street children in the city of Maracaibo, the consequences derived from the lack of protection for this invisible population, as well as the existing legal and institutional mechanisms in Venezuela that protect rights. of boys, girls and adolescents. The research contributes to filling a gap in knowledge about the situation of the child and adolescent population in vulnerable conditions in the Maracaibo region and the impact of social programs on their well-being, and providingvaluable information for both local authorities and organizations that work in the field of protecting the rights of children and adolescents. The study will serve to support FUNDANIS as an element of dissemination of the social problems to which they respond and will allow society to become aware of the violation of the rights of the child and youth population in the Marabina region.