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Sports Complex Construction |
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SantA Matilde COMMUNITY
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The Problem |
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Santa Matilde is home to 330 families who
survived Hurricane Mitch in October 1998. They have been
settled together as a community since 2003. The children
at Santa Matilde have no recreational resources and many
young male adults have turned to drugs or alcohol as a
social activity. Good male role models are needed to set
an example for the younger children. Both boys and girls
need physical education to make them healthy and strong.
Dedicated sports fields, athletic equipment and uniforms
are virtually nonexistent.
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OUR Approach |
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constructing recreational facilities, community members have the
opportunity to participate in something positive. The teens of
the community will have a place to socialize without getting
caught up in drugs and alcohol, a very common problem among
Nicaragua’s youth. |
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Why |
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With little income to devote to community
infrastructure, Amigos would like to provide the capital
for improvement of physical living conditions. Our
recreational programs are geared toward the youth of
community. |
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The Plan |
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We want to construct a multi-purpose
athletic complex at Santa Matilde to serve the
surrounding community. The complex will consist of a
concrete basketball/soccer court with a grandstand and
field house. A grass baseball and soccer field will be
installed nearby. We want to partner with the City of
Chinandega
to organize a competitive sports league for men, giving
them an outlet for recreational activity and encouraging
teamwork and civic pride. We want to supply the teams
with the proper athletic equipment. The athletic complex
will also serve the Santa Matilde school for physical
education classes. |
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Experience |
We completed a similar sports complex at Villa Catalina that
opened to great fanfare in July of 2007. The entire community
celebrated the inaugural soccer games, as members of the Amigos
for Christ micro loan program sold snacks to the crowd. Teams
from Villa Catalina and surrounding areas competed with pride
and the whole experience reinforced our belief that organized
athletic activity strengthens individuals and communities.
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