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FIRST SCHOOLCHILDREN BENEFIT FROM THE “SOY LIMA” CAMPAIGN TICKETS
El Nazareno and Jorge Bernal schools attended the first day of football 7-a-side and enjoyed the Parapan American Games spirit in Villa María del Triunfo.
The enthusiasm of the children is one of the most incredible images that can be lived in Lima 2019. As part of the second stage of the “Soy Lima” campaign, the Parapan American Games Organizing Committee delivered the first tickets to schoolchildren across the city, so they can go to the venues and watch the competitions of the most important multi-sports event in the Americas.
Also, watching the best Para athletes of the Americas in action inspires the schoolchildren to apply the values that sports conveys to them; especially, that they can achieve their goals if they incorporate discipline, courage and determination into their own lives.
Thus, a total of 180 students belonging to El Nazareno school, from San Juan de Miraflores, and Jorge Bernal school, from Villa María del Triunfo, enjoyed the football 7-a-side opening match between Peru and Brazil. Children and adolescents constantly cheered from the stands with every action of the match.
“It is a great experience for our students, as they were impressed by this beautiful precinct and also by watching an event as important as Lima 2019. This works as an incentive for them because it shows that they can practice any sport while continuing their studies, and makes it clear that everything is possible with dedication,” said the principal of El Nazareno school, Willy Sánchez.
In addition, the students interacted with the Para athletes, who applauded the spectators as a way of thanking them for their encouragement. “I really like football and it is beautiful to see people with these skills, who don't give up. I would love to play like them and be like my idol, ‘Oreja’ Flores,” said Raí León, one of the schoolchildren.
“SOY LIMA” CAMPAIGN
A total of 35,140 tickets will be delivered to 57 schools (from which 22,121 will be for competitions to be held during daytime, and 13,019 during the evening). Likewise, it has been taken into consideration that students must be accompanied by teachers, parents and/or staff of the Regional Directorate of Education of Lima (DRELM) and the Regional Directorate of Callao (DREC).
It is expected that this initiative becomes a meaningful experience, one that makes Paralympic values, such as courage and determination, the life motivation for thousands of young Peruvians. In addition to remembering that, although to road to success may be very long, it is possible to achieve the goal with dedication.