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Soccer For Peace Foundation supports projects in Colombia that use soccer's calling power to teach and practice peace-building values. Core values including honesty, solidarity, respect and tolerance are applied and rewarded during and after play.
Soccer for Peace programs also include a nutritional component as well as values workshops, psychological services, tournaments and parent training.
The Soccer For Peace methodology is applied during the soccer training facet of programs, as follows:
- A minimum of two girls and two boys per team.
- Each boy and girl plays the same amount of time during the game.
- There are no referees. In their place are advisors (tutors), who act as facilitators.
- Conflicts that arise during the game must be solved by the players themselves.
- The first goal of each team must be scored by a girl.
- Children are encouraged to follow core values. They receive points for doing so.
- The game consists of three periods. During the first period, all players agree to follow the rules of coexistence. During the second period, the game is played. During the third period, players evaluate themselves, as well as their opponents, and the final score is established.
- The advisor facilitates the agreements of coexistence during the first period and the self-evaluation in the third period. The advisor also mediates potential conflicts, and takes notes on the game.
- The winning team accumulates the most number of credits, which are then converted into points for the tournament’s scoreboard.
- If at the end of the tournaments, there is a draw, the team with the most points, as a result of values applied during the game, will be declared the winner.
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