Copa Indigena por la educacion

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In Costa Rica people suffering from the most serious social exclusion and vulnerability are indigenous people. There are currently eight different indigenous populations located in 24 territories recognized by the laws of Costa Rica. This represents a population of 63 876 people. Because of most of them are located in geographic areas very difficult to reach, indigenous children/adolescents remain isolated from others population. Statistics point out that on average 21% of the Costa Rican are affected by poverty. But for indigenous population, this rate rises to 90%. Some indigenous territories have an infant mortality three times higher than the national average. More-over, education has a very limited coverage; therefore there is an important educative desertion.

To resolve this problem, we suggest putting in place a network of indigenous adolescents, using football as an educative tool so as to make easier the acquisition of social skills, and an organized management to enable them to establish suggestions of development for their communities with events making advocacies and requests of State and government’s attention possible. This educative process through football presupposes the development of suggestions containing solutions for issues faced by indigenous territories from a youthful and culture-ethnic perspective.