Location and general information
Categories
Access to Sport - 
Gender Equality - 
Personal development
Access to Sport - Gender Equality - Personal developmentContext
In the Andean regions of Peru, inequality between rural and urban communities is striking. Children and young adults from Quechua-speaking communities growing up in rural, high mountainous areas often have low self-esteem and believe that their culture, traditions and language are less worthy than those of their urban counterparts. Ethnicity is also a dividing factor. Sports initiatives delivered in their language can help these children to develop good habits and socioemotional skills, in turn improving their life prospects.
Sinkumunchis has established sports academies in three different districts of the Cusco region since 2021, and in 2024 they expanded to the mostly agricultural Andahuaylas province high in the mountains.
Project goals
- Run the Sinkumunchis sports programme for 800 children and young people in the rural communities of Lliupapuquio and Champaccocha (San Jerónimo district, Andahuaylas province) for the second consecutive year
- Take the programme to more rural communities in Andahuaylas province
- Promote and develop the sports habits and socioemotional skills highlighted in the Sinkumunchis Methodology
Project content
- Nine months of football training sessions twice a week in each of Liupapuquio and Champaccocha, open to boys and girls aged from 4 and 20 years old and led by football coaches or physical education teachers. Equipment and material is provided and the sessions follow the Sinkumunchis Methodology
- Competitive boys’ and girls’ U8, U10, U13 and U16 leagues featuring monthly matches against teams from other districts, with referees, uniforms and awards provided by Sinkumunchis
- Two interdisciplinary educational programmes per year, comprising workshops, tours, training modules and more
- A second comparative investigation into the well-being of participants and non‑participants in Andahuaylas
- Expansion to one or more neighbouring communities, such as Pacucha, Argama or Ankatira
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