“La 25” is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to train teenagers with integrity, responsibility and ethics through sports, mainly through football. We provide our participants appropriate development experiences with personalized
guidance allowing them to discover and to channel their academic, ethic and technical potentials and capabilities. “La 25 Sport” currently focuses all its efforts in Urabá, one of the most affected areas in Colombia by poverty and armed conflict.
Urabá Context
- Between 1990 and 2013, Uraba´s homicide rate for every 100.000 persons was higher than the national rate.
- Reported violent incidents reached 24.000 in 14 of Uraba´s municipalities in the last 10 years.
- 70% of teenagers that actually have the opportunity to get a bachelor´s degree chose to join criminal organizations or find a way to survive through micro-trafficking due to the lack of opportunities. Unemployment is one of the challenges youth faces every
day.
- Uraba is the region with the highest population density rate in Antioquia, 15.1%. (Antioquia is the Colombian state where the Uraba region is located).
- Domestic violence indicator rate for every 10.000 persons is one of the highest for Antioquia.
- Uraba´s Forced displacement represents 25% of the total national rate.
From Urabá to the world
Despite this situation, the region stands out in most of Colombian sports delegations. Uraba´s population represents only 1% of Colombian inhabitants but 10% of the top athletes in national teams. This presence is also representative
in football teams.
“La 25” headquaters are located in Uraba because we believe that one of the key aspects of the training and educational process is to have their families and community working together with our team.
We invite you to be part ofthe future of the youth in Urba by donating for the following developing projects:
- Education: Teenagers have the opportunity to study at the best private school in the Uraba area sponsored by La 25. The scolarship include uniforms, nutritional support, supplies and everything they need to have as their main focus becoming
better students and human biengs.
- Nutritional Support: based on evaluations made by Nutritionists, we provide our teenagers with the food and nutritional complements they need to stay healthy and strong. Overcoming malnutrition and poverty empowers them to stay focus on
their objectives of becoming better professionals and athletes.
- Health Insurance: In order to have acces to specialists and medical attention, La 25 also sponsors health and accidents insurance with a local company. We also, as part of the process, have a complete medical
evaluation of each participant. For this, we used specific equipment to measure their current health condition and their cappacity of developing new conditions in the future. Dental service is also available.
- Psychological Support: We have four Phsycologist watching very close the mental health of the team. The social and familiar environment they are growing up with is most of the times a threat. Giving them all
the tools reduce the gap of this contrasting environments.
- La 25 Homes: La 25 have two houses, onle located in Apartado Uraba and the other one in Medellin. Both of them seek to provide shelter for the teenagers living very far from Apartado and also a home when they
need to travel to Medellin for training purposes.
For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/La-25-Export/697287086990415
