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This article presents an anthropological analysis of food assistance programs for indigenous children from rural areas in the province of Salta, Argentina, and the department of Guainía, Colombia. An ethnographic approach is used to assess the implementation of the National Food Security Plan in Argentina and the Community Wellbeing Homes in Colombia. Anthropological analysis brings into focus how the recognition of special rights of indigenous children translates into policies focused on children's bodies that overlook the historic, social and political processes that led indigenous populations to suffer from food insecurity. Thus, we suggest that childcare configures a contested field between state officials and adult caregivers, in which indigenous otherness is understood as the main cause of malnutrition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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