Project name
Sports and leisure activities as a medium of building a social structure for territorial peace
Organization
Fundación Social Paz y Esperanza
Project information
The municipality of Algeciras in the Huila Province in southern Colombia is a region that has been severely affected by the armed conflict. It was a bastion of the FARC that made peace with the Colombian government in 2016. Despite the peace agreement, there are regular conflicts there and several massacres this year. In addition to projects to reintegrate former FARC fighters into civil life, there are other civil society projects to pacify the region. This includes the “Fundación Social Paz y Esperanza” (Social Foundation for Peace and Hope) with its project “Sports and leisure activities as a medium of building a social structure for territorial peace”. There are difficulties, especially in times of COVID19, with cash funding of financial resources. Because the project is important for promoting playful and sporting activities in leisure time and to encourage children and young people to use their leisure time in a meaningful way, to prevent risk situations such as forced recruitment or to minimize substance use, we will support the project.
Sport is important for the full development of young people, the promotion of their physical and mental health and the development of valuable social contacts. That is, sport can break down barriers that otherwise divide societies and make it an effective tool in support of conflict prevention and peace building (Sport for Development and Peace).
Amount of money
1700 Euro
Implementation period
From the end of 2020 to 2021
General objective
In the municipality of Algeciras, the promotion of playful and sporting activities in leisure time in order to encourage children and young people to use their leisure time in a meaningful way, to prevent risk situations such as forced recruitment or to minimize substance use.
Specific objective
Promotion creative recreational opportunities to make adequate use of free time to improve the wellbeing of communities in terms of their emotional development.
This means promote sports such as football. The sporting activities are seen as an alternative life project and / or promote the talents.
Implementation of sports and leisure activities as well as activities for the children and the elderly as part of their integral development.
