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Play for Peace Club in Guatemala
USAC Club
Founded as Play for Peace Club: 2008
Mentors: Edwin Velázquez
Regional Coordinator: Andrés Armas
Partner Organization: Supervisión de EPS Escuela de Trabajo Social de la USAC
Location: Capital de Guatemala
Focus: Inclusion and social transformation, promoting social entrepreneurship and community healing.
This process of formation of Play for Peace was taken to this entity by management of professionals who knew the impact of the methodology. They made it possible for their students to be a Social Work career to be trained so that they will implement this methodology in their places where they do their internship before graduation. This is the National University and approximately 100 students a year go out to do their practice to different institutions and regions of the country. The methodology of Play for Peace has served to generate inclusion, participation and peace within their group work. This contributes to the fact that the communities can be located and work in a better way for the development of the country.
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.png "Abel Erim Aldana: Transforming Violence to Peaceful Advocacy with Play for Peace.")
Mar 5, 2024In all these years of Play for Peace in Guatemala, we have shared with many organizations, communities, and people who know that this works to achieve changes for peace and a more just world. Abel Erim Aldana has been part of this community since 2008 implementing our work model in his community, Abel is a leader in favor of violence prevention at heart, he lives in one of the most difficult areas of the capital Guatemala.
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.png "Youth have the right to live in peace")
May 19, 2023Trainer, Andres Armas, just recently brought Play for Peace to a new community in Guatemala and said this is “Play for Peace in action. Youth have the right to live in peace. Let's give them those spaces of happiness.”
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.png "PFP Alumni - What Are They up to Now?")
Sep 14, 2022These are just some life stories of people who, in their youth, believed in the importance of PFP for their formation as leaders of peace. They now inspire other people to form new leadership for a better world, there are...
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