Peace Building Through Football (Soccer)

Send us Fan MailSoccer becomes a practical pathway to peace when we pair skills training with family-focused lessons on respect, safety, and belonging. Ron and Marcos share how a “Soccer Plus” model that began in 1994 now scales through Rotary to serve kids from Cabo San Lucas to communities across Africa. • defining Harmony Through Soccer as peace building through football • tracing the origin story from Boy Scouts outreach in 1994 • using soccer as a universal entryway into families and communities • combining a skills clinic with social emotional learning and parent engagement • focusing on anti-bullying, gang prevention, good citizenship, and healthy families • connecting the program to Rotary’s Four-Way Test and areas of focus • designing a model that is inclusive, local, measurable, and easy to replicate • planning partnerships, funding paths, and safe delivery with youth protection You can head over to YouTube and you can go to the Action to Impact Podcast Videocast. If you're interested in helping the keep the shows strong, do check out uh my buzz route. And last, if you have somebody that would be great on the show from anywhere in the world who is turning their actions into impact, let me know. RotarianPod at gmail.com.Support the showJoin me as I talk to those "amazing people turning their Actions 2 Impact all over the world. #BE THE CHANGE