cost of providing care per child/month is approximately $US 30. At the present time this system provides care for 200,000 children. 41. The Colombian Family Welfare Institute is carrying out a programme of nutritional assistance for mothers and children with the aim of helping to safeguard and improve the nutrition of children under five, pregnant women and nursing mothers covered by the National Health System and the National Family Welfare System. PART 3 3. Special measures of protection and assistance should be taken on behalf of all children and young persons without any discrimination for reasons of parentage or other conditions. Children and young persons should be protected from economic and social exploitation. Their employment in work harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development should be punishable by law. States should also set age limits below which the paid employment of child labour should be prohibited and punishable by law. 42. According to a census carried out in 1985, the total population of Colombia is 27,867,326, of whom 4,819,974 are children under seven. Of this figure, an estimated 2,795,585 children under seven belong to families whose monthly income is less than three times the minimum wage. This population group is characterized by high levels of preventable morbidity and mortality, in association with unsatisfactory environmental conditions. A further significant problem is that of children who are abandoned or neglected and which entails physical, hygiene and nutritional deficiencies, a high risk of accidents and retarded psychological and social development. 43. The foregoing underscores the importance of and the need for improved living conditions to provide children, the family and inhabitants with a social environment capable of facilitating their development as healthy individuals from the emotional, physical and social angles and as active 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the cost of providing care for children, the importance of nutritional assistance, and the need for improved living conditions to facilitate children's development. It also mentions the problem of child labor and the need for protection from economic and social exploitation. These themes suggest that the text is primarily focused on the welfare and well-being of children, which is a concern that falls under the category of Health and Humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief