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Green Promoters The goal of the Green Promoters Project is to sensitize the youth of Manchay with regard to our current environmental challenges and the possible green path of sustainability. It includes workshops and classes in Urban Agriculture, Recycling, and Personal Development. In addition, we have the possibility of expanding and taking some of these initiatives to other districts, as well as offering opportunities to engage in environmental awareness events such as: The Green Film Festival of “Kuyapanakuy,” (which was organized by Conservamos por Naturaleza), the LOOP (Life Out of Plastic) exhibit, and “What our seas hide.” During 2014, these green-promoters will help in implementing approximately 20 periurban orchards and vegetable gardens in the area of San Pablo Mirador.
Street Soccer Gangs and Soccer Hooliganism are problems that not only affect the youth of Manchay but Peruvian adolescents throughout the country. To provide our participants with a different outlook, we implemented the Street Soccer workshop; its main objective is to cultivate respect, solidarity, and commitment in participants, ages 13-18 years old. Within the community of San Pablo Mirador, Manchay, there are 20 people—both youth and adults—committed to showcasing these core values via Street Soccer workshops. Street Soccer is a movement spread around 64 countries, which overtly promotes these values through the game of soccer.