By Ricardo Ortiz, Megan Zuley, Erin Ewin | Project Leader, Presiden of Globemed at Penn State
Good morning Donor,
Thank you for your past and continued support of the partnership between Globemed at Penn State and ACUDESBAL. Your support is greatly appreciated by both us as a student organization and the people of Bajo Lempa, El Salvador. For the garden project in 2012-2014 to the Youth Empowerment program we were able to implement in the past year support has been greatly appreciated.
For the past six months ACUDESBAL was able to hold a large scale soccer tournament involving members for the 29 different communities that make up Bajo Lempa. In total there were 24 male teams and 16 female teams who took part in the events. A total of 558 people were able to take part in the tournament with benefits extending to their families and the surrounding communities who were able to come and see the game as well as have a revenue stream due to the fans coming to see the games and show support. In addition to this the tournament committee mandated that the players attend monthly capacity building sessions with education ranging from anger management and crisis control to sex education and safe practices. The players were also required to sign contracts dictating that they could not smoke, drink, or break the law while they were participating in the tournament or the entire team would be disqualified. These components served to lower the crime rate in the communities as well as educate the population and encourage kids to make more proactive use of their time while providing a reward for their behavior.
The winner of the Men’s tournament was Community El Zamoran the winner of the women’s tournament was Community San Juan Del Gozo.
We hope that you would continue to support the work of ACUDESBAL in improving lives and education of the youth in Bajo Lempa and the global community overall. Our work would not be possible without your support. We are close to reaching our fundraising goal for the year.
Help us empower the development of youths in Bajo Lempa. I encourage you to read more about our project, and make a small but important donation to our cause here --> http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/improve-nutrition-for-children-in-el-salvador/
Thank you for taking the time to read this email.
Globemed at Penn State
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