\n\u00a0<\/strong>The ball is already moving in 20 public schools,<\/strong>pioneers in the implementation of the Goals for a Better Life\u201d program that seeks to develop skills and competencies through dribbles, jockeys and volleys.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is what the Colombianitos Foundation Inc. refers to as \u201cLet’s play for peace\u201d pedagogy<\/strong>and which, thanks to the commitment of Mayor Enrique Pe\u00f1alosa’s government to improve interaction and school environments, is reaching the District’s students for the first time in 2017.<\/strong>
\nUnder the premise that a<\/strong>soccer match is like life itself<\/strong>because in it one imagines, builds, lives, cries and experiences joys and frustrations, 6,400 children and young people<\/strong>strengthen their discipline, perseverance and, especially, learn to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts peacefully, and communicate assertively.
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\n<\/div>\n“In Bogot\u00e1, we understand that our children and young people are our top priority<\/strong>, and that is why we are making every effort to ensure that they have the opportunities and scenarios for a comprehensive education, so that they learn more and become more sociable and happier citizens<\/strong>,” said Mayor Enrique Pe\u00f1alosa.
\n\u201cGoals for a Better Life\u201d began with the training of teachers from public schools<\/strong>who will be facilitators of the program in their institutions. They received certified theoretical-practical training to learn in depth about the program’s methodology and how to introduce it into the practices and activities of their classes.
\nGelber Alfonso, a physical education teacher at the Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n School in the town of Usaqu\u00e9n, stressed that “this is a very significant intervention at this moment in time that the country is experiencing in the face of peace. By bringing these tools into our classroom we build a more peaceful society with better interaction.”
\n“Through this program we bring the students closer together and make the fields a setting for meaningful learning for our students<\/strong>, which contributes to school fellowship and the creation of a peaceful Bogot\u00e1,” highlights Mar\u00eda Victoria Angulo, the district’s Education Secretary.
\nThe “King Sport\u201d joins the program of Bogota to transform its schools into scenarios of reunification and reconciliation. With a goal of 11 billion Colombian Pesos to be invested in 2017, <\/strong>it has already implemented strategies for the early prevention of alcohol consumption<\/strong>, the re-signification and appropriation of the territory through artistic interventions,<\/strong>and the implementation of the Peace Chair with a focus on citizen culture<\/strong>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n