SOMOS - Un Gol por Caracas (A Goal for Caracas) delivers sports equipment to soccer schools in Petare
More than 1.500 boys, girls, and adolescents from the Children and Youth League of the Municipality of Sucre will benefit from the delivery of the sports equipment. A female soccer community tournament will be part of the program's activities
SOMOS - Un Gol por Caracas organized a special day for this program on October 3rd at the facilities of the Mesuca Sports Complex in Petare, to promote development through soccer in this community, where it contributed sports equipment.
With this activity, CAF, Development Bank of America, the Fundación Amigos del Deportivo Petare (FADP), Proyecto Paz Latinoamérica (PPLA) and the Desarrollo Para el Desarrollo (DPD) foundation, advance in their joint work that uses soccer as an educational and social inclusion tool in Petare. The project is part of SOMOS, sports network for development in Latin America, a CAF initiative implemented in several countries of the region.
Approximately 18 soccer schools of the Sucre Municipal League will receive sports equipment which will directly benefit more than 1.500 boys, girls, and youths. The contribution is a complement to the training that SOMOS, together with Fundación Amigos del Deportivo Petare (FADP), Proyecto Paz Latinoamérica (PPLA) and the Desarrollo Para el Desarrollo (DPD) foundation have offered during the past two years to develop the social skills and strengthen the values of the children of Petare.
As part of the activities that have been planned, the event included the inauguration of the Petare Female Community Soccer Tournament, where more than 400 girls and adolescents from different sectors of the Municipality of Petare participated.
The female championship represents a new achievement for SOMOS-Un Gol por Caracas which, through the program, promotes gender equality and the development of social skills for girls.
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