Soccer Without Borders Team Leader Nicaragua
ORGANIZATION: Soccer Without Borders
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Team Leaders play a vital role in the day-to-day operation and implementation of SWB programs in Kampala, Uganda and Granada, Nicaragua, learning, teaching, and creating much-needed opportunities for young people to play and learn. The universal language of soccer provides the perfect platform for youth and community engagement, forging meaningful cross-cultural relationships and authentic collaboration with local stakeholders.
Team Leaders' responsibilities are a full-time commitment to coaching, facilitating, program development, and cross-cultural immersion for one year. A year of immersion as a Team Leader is an opportunity to make a deep and lasting impact on an SWB community while honing professional skills and exploring your passions. The Team Leader experience is great preparation for a wide range of career paths, including sports-based youth development, social work, coaching, community development, public health, medicine, education, and more.
More opportunities with Soccer Without Borders
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Soccer Without Borders
Location:
El Final de la Calle Santa Lucia, Granada, NI
Mission Statement
The Soccer Without Borders MISSION is to use soccer as a vehicle for positive change, providing under-served youth with a toolkit to overcome obstacles to growth, inclusion, and personal success.
Description
Girls in Granada, Nicaragua face tremendous challenges: 28% are pregnant by age 18, 52% do not complete primary school, many are expected to raise younger siblings. The chance to become engaged and educated members of society is slim; there are obstacles at every turn. While sport and sports teams have been proven to address these challenges, particularly with girls, 90% of girls in Nicaragua report barriers to participation, and just 13% report playing sports, formally or informally.
Our program gives girls in Granada the social, educational and economic support they need to overcome obstacles to success and achieve their personal goals The team atmosphere and shared identity provides girls with a network of caring peers and mentors that inspires each girl to stay enrolled in school, avoid risky behaviors and make healthy choices. By participating girls earn points that can be exchanged for school supplies, clothes, shoes, toiletries, and soccer equipment. Empowering these girls through soccer, the development of key skills, and connecting them to tangible education and career opportunities can help break the cycle and reset the precedent for what is expected of girls in Nicaragua, and what they expect of themselves.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
La Casa de Tres PisosGranada, Nicaragua
DATE POSTED
May 19, 2016
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- General Education
- Soccer
- Youth Services
- Community Outreach
- Sports Coaching
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training