This Friday, December 2, at the Luis Fernando Montoya artificial turf field in the city of Manizalesplays the grand final of the Claro Cup for Colombia 2022After four days of competition in the round-robin phase, the teams of Atlantic Siape and Independent of Chocó – in the Builder category with boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 13 – and Holy Redeemer of the Atlantic Y Tolima warrior – in the category Promoter with young people between 13 and 16 years –.
264 players have arrived in Manizales since last November 28 to play the final phase of the competition that will see nearly 3,200 children and adolescents from vulnerable communities from 12 departments of the country: Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, La Guajira, Antioquia, Risaralda, Quindío, Caldas, Cauca, Tolima, Casanare and Meta, and more than 50 vulnerable communities and Areas most affected by the armed conflict (municipalities ZOMAC).
Through this initiative, in which football is a medium, the participants succeeded in transforming their lives with technology, education and sport. The conferences held every weekend became the space so that, through the methodology of Football for peace through football with hearteach participant was able to strengthen their values and life skills and learn tools to make better decisions in difficult contexts.
Source: El heraldo
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