José Ibarra exploded with indignation when he saw that the arrangement of his old shoes cost him his salary 4 times as a teacher in Venezuela . And published a tweet
The mood for the ground
"I'm not sorry to say it: with these shoes I am transferred to the l? UCV to teach my salary as a university professor I can not afford to change my insole, "writes José, 41.
This post with this photo generated thousands and thousands of retweets and of "I love" and comments, but mostly generated solidarity ] against the harsh reality that a professor of the Central University of Venezuela, who is public, is almost 3 centuries and is the main country.
Bachelor of Social Work, with a master's degree, and doctoral student in Public Health, José earns 5.9 million bolivars per month: this equates to 1 dollar with 70 cents according to the black market rate and not even for a kilogram of meat.
Repair the shoes cost 20 million bolivars . Very out of reach and an example of the distortions of the collapsed national economy.
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Since he has published his complaint, José received so many donations and so many messages of support that were encouraged and put together the initiative "Shoes of Dignity" to help others.
"The tweet was an explosion of frustration As I am not very busy, no one wanted to see, but I have already received 12 pairs of shoes, of which 9 were given , clothes and money.I created the movement because I still get [Dons] ", tells AFP the teacher, who found himself with 2 pairs of used shoes and new sports shoes. And in the past, he won nearly 3,000 followers on Twitter
José plans to give some of the money "to the most needy teachers, to buy food" " Many fainted because he did not eat well he laments
Colleagues at public universities have been intermittently unemployed for nearly a month in demanding better Salaries
Solidarity Reactions
The Jose Affair has had many repercussions: it has received offers of donations from Argentina and Spain, among other countries. [19659005] "We have a shoe shop in Colombia, we repair and manufacture, how can we send?" Writes a woman asks her not to be offended but would like to send her used shoes. José thanks ..
And a friend sent him Mexiq money for "eating an ice cream or pizza"
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His shoes broke because of the lack of groups ]: the fleet was dramatically reduced because the pieces are rare or not payable.
In the university, explaining. (AFP)
" Buy shoes is impossible Money does not pay me to buy personal items, not even food," says Jose.
Lluvia Habibi the manager of the repair shop, justifies the high prices because the materials are constantly rising.
"People can hit broken shoes, but almost no one can afford a change of footing that is already in 20 or 30 million," says Lluvia.
But he does not leave
José says that he has already lost 15 kilos in the face of the crisis aggravated by lack of liquidity, control of the economy, sanctions of the states And the fall in oil production, which contributes 96% of Venezuelan income.
In his house there is an old sewing machine that his family uses to equip the clothes and put him coins: and they can not buy new clothes either . The study of major universities, including the UCV where José teaches, ensures that poverty in Venezuela climbed to 87% in 2017 which pushed hundreds of thousands of people to emigrate.
Jose wants to stay: to believe that " Venezuela is recoverable ".
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