FÚTBOL POR MI PAÍS SUPPORTS KEY UNITED NATION'S SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
Fútbol por mi País offers individuals in vulnerable communities free life-training through soccer and will help participants be healthier and more productive members of their communities. The training provides tools that strengthen their life skills, values and abilities to overcome challenges in their environment.

In this manner the program directly support several of UN’s sustainability goals, specifically: Gender Equality, Quality of Education and Health & Wellbeing.
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HOW WE MEASURE OUR IMPACT
The purpose of the impact study is to measure the socio-emotional development of the participants. Every month, we measure two critical aspects: 1) how much the participants have learned and 2) how well they apply. These insights enable us to monitor how well the curriculum is working and to follow-up on the strengths and weaknesses.

We track our impact in a number of key areas:

Attendance
Age
School attendance
School performance
Value comprehension
Relationship to other family members
Gender equality
Fitness level
General well-being

We currently use the impact tool developed by our partner FCC and are adding additional insights from other key partners such as TeenSmart with the hope of developing an open-source impact measuring tool by 2023.
WHY IS THIS WORK NEEDED IN COSTA RICA? OUR CHALLENGE
REALITY OF OUR COUNTRY:

427,000 children and adolescents live in poverty

52% of youth aged 15 to 16 years didn’t attend school in 2018

84% of high school students suffer from either negligence, violence or sexual abuse

60% of unemployed people do not have a high school diploma (current unemployment is above 25%)

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among youth aged 15 to 19 (WHO)

Only 20% of young Costa Ricans exercise regularly

Costa Rica ranks 2nd in Central America, in problems of “school bullying”

POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES:

Lack of early childhood education and development

School failure or dropout

Prostitution

Development of addictions: drugs and alcohol

Involvement in illegal activity

Teen pregnancy

Sexual abuse

Domestic Violence