September 7, 2015<\/p>\n\n
* The \u2018Children for Peace\u2019 project has a new hope being sponsored by Drummond Ltd. This has provided support for more than 300 young people between the ages of 7 and 17, from disadvantaged communities in the municipality of Cienaga, to get them involved in a sports and personal growth program.<\/em><\/p>\n\n Approximately 500 children in more than 20 neighborhoods will benefit from the social project over the next three months. As noted by the Director of Culture and Sports for Cienaga, Arnel Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara, the program \u201cseeks to capture children\u2019s attention through sports to discourage issues related to gangs, bullying, use of hallucinogens, teen pregnancy, school dropouts; in short, it aims to improve living conditions for the boys and girls in the municipality.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n For this reason, Drummond Ltd. decided to participate in the development of \u2018Children for Peace,\u2019 contributing 974 pieces of sports equipment for the Colombo Argentina Academy, which included: uniforms, soccer balls for training and competition, equipment bags, training cones, goalkeeper gloves, stopwatches, whistles, training hurdles and first aid kids. The goal of this contribution is to promote and provide access to the sport of soccer, creating healthy habits and lifestyles for young people.<\/p>\n\n \u201cDrummond is a good example for other companies, and it understands that this is a serious project, which makes the company more confident in continuing to support this proposition and [encourages] other organizations to join in, which we greatly appreciate,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>said Arnel Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara.<\/p>\n\n The project is also supported by the Colombo-Argentine coach and professional soccer player, Miguel \u00c1ngel Converti; a group of trainers from the soccer academy \u2013AFA\u2013; and former professional players from Cienaga; which include Jos\u00e9 \u201cEl Mono\u201d Herrera, Wilmar Aguirre, Elkin Amador and Luis Alberto Pereira Polo. Their participation has aroused young people\u2019s interest in being part of the initiative.<\/p>\n\n The measurement and analysis of each participant\u2019s circumstances in terms of their health, education and interpersonal relationships, strengthening the objective of providing sports-related alternatives, is an important aspect of the project and is essential to providing the children with comprehensive training. At the same time the project reinforces values such as friendship, responsibility, punctuality and respect.<\/p>\n\n Living by the motto \u201clet\u2019s not fight, let\u2019s play soccer,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> the Foundation also seeks to create opportunities for parents to receive training and instructions on improving their children\u2019s quality of life.<\/p>\n\n Drummond Ltd. is fully committed to encouraging positive changes in society, especially when it comes to children and young people, who are the future of this country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 7, 2015 * The \u2018Children for Peace\u2019 project has a new hope being sponsored by Drummond Ltd. This has provided support for more than 300 young people between the ages of 7 and 17, from disadvantaged communities in the municipality of Cienaga, to get them involved in a sports and personal growth program. Approximately […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n