Mother offers to hand wash clothes so she can buy her son's birthday cake

There is no purer and more selfless love than the one a mother can feel for her children and as an example of this we have a story that in days gone by went viral thanks to social networks.

Francisca Rodríguez is a woman originally from Hermosillo, Sonora, in Mexico. She is a single mother and in the next few days her youngest son will have a birthday.

Desperate for not having enough money to even buy a cake and that her little one's birthday would not go unnoticed, Francisca offered on Facebook to wash clothes by hand in order to be able to raise a little money and thus be able to buy a strawberry cake , just as his almost 5-year-old boy asked for it.

It was through a Facebook group called “Venta al Sur Nvo Hillo, Altares, Agualurca, Mallorca, and its surroundings” where Francisca offered her services.

"I offer hand washing to be able to collect and buy a cake for my child who is about to turn 5 years old and wants a strawberry cake," the mother wrote in that group.

Quickly, Francisca's offer was shared by hundreds of members of the group, who also commented on said publication, and not precisely to occupy her services, but to help her celebrate her son's birthday.

Many people offered to donate everything for her celebration: from food, decorations, piñata and even the long-awaited cake. In addition, several people are already organizing a caravan to celebrate Francisca's son's birthday party next Sunday, August 29.

Every day more families in Mexico cannot buy a birthday cake

According to the poverty measurement of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval), until July 2021 the price of the basic rural basket per person per month is 1,269 pesos (about $62.8 dollars on average). But in the urban area the monthly cost of the basic food basket is 1,761 pesos ($87.2 dollars).

Now, according to the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2020, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), in Mexican households the average total income per quarter is 53,798 pesos ($2,644 dollars).

The thing is that income changes for indigenous people and people from the poorest areas. For example, the average quarterly income of people who speak an indigenous language is 10,221 pesos ($506 dollars), while that of those who consider themselves indigenous is 14,783 pesos ($732 dollars).

Labor poverty statistics show that in Mexico at least 4 out of 10 people do not have enough salary to buy the basic food basket.

Although for some Mexicans buying a birthday cake does not imply any problem, an average cake of 300 pesos ($15 dollars) can reduce the economy of families whose daily salary is less than 200 pesos ($10 dollars).

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