EMPOWERING GIRLS TO RISE OUT OF POVERTY through sports, education, and leadership opportunities.
EMPOWERING GIRLS TO RISE OUT OF POVERTY through
sports, education, and leadership opportunities.
socio-economic barriers, and unites communities from different backgrounds,
and with a ball at our feet we all speak the same language.
socio-economic barriers, and unites communities from different backgrounds, and with a ball at our feet we all speak the same language.
SOCCER transcends cultural boundaries
SOCCER transcends
cultural boundaries
Girls don't want to play.
Girls don't
want to play.
In 2015, that is what we were told.
We knew that wasn't true.
WHY PARAGUAY
Today, girls are showing up to the field without carrying the shame of being a FEMALE soccer player.
Girls are missing out on essential life skills ONLY gained in sports.
In 2018, the FIRST EVER ALL Girls recreation soccer team IN Coronel Bogado, Paraguay was formed.
In 2018, the FIRST EVER ALL Girls recreation soccer team IN Coronel Bogado, Paraguay was formed.
In 2016, in a small Paraguayan rural community we set out to change the cultural mindset around girls playing the #1 loved sport in the world, soccer. We believed this was the gateway to helping girls gain the confidence needed to become a stronger voice in their own community.
The truth was they weren't allowed or encouraged to play simply because they were girls. In fact, in many areas around the world girls are not provided opportunities to play soccer for the same reason. Girls are missing out on important life skills only gained in sports that their counterparts are gaining daily leaving them steps behind to success.
