We participated in this innovative initiative together with the Inclusive Sport Program of the City of Buenos Aires during 2018 and 2019. Our aim was to strengthen grassroots organizations and social leaders of vulnerable communities from the Southside of the City of Buenos Aires so that they could plan and implement appropriate social sports activities for the development and inclusion of boys, girls and teenagers in their communities.
The aim of the intervention approach adopted was to empower and strengthen capacities for the definition of priorities and needs, identify viable action alternatives for the resolution of problems, design and execute programs and projects and evaluate achievements and difficulties. Other goals established were to articulate and implement alliances with other social actors and public institutions to circumvent challenges, and set up mechanisms that will be helpful to expand the potential and scale of such organizations.
We concentrated our attention in the reinforcing of six grassroots organizations in the Cildañez, Bajo Flores, Piletones, Lugano, Villa 20 and Bajo Flores neighborhoods through the training of their representatives and workshop leaders and the development of entertaining pedagogical courses for children and adolescents.
