This organization was created in 2006 in Altos de Cazucá, precisely in the Soacha neighborhood, located on the outskirts of Bogotá, based on the problems that children and adolescents lived and live in that area. From its beginnings, soccer was a tool for social inclusion, which forged the mission of the Foundation: activate the power of the game to generate hope, autonomy and belonging. Currently, the organization develops more than 20 proposals, bringing together more than 1,500 children and adolescents.
In recent years, the organization has incorporated a programmatic line linked to the adolescent criminal responsibility system, since some young people with whom they worked were deprived of liberty. In this sense, a methodology was developed in contexts of deprivation of liberty, where the adolescents themselves lead artistic and cultural proposals, accompanying them on their discharge. In turn, the Tiempo de Juego team has also developed care proposals for young people who have been institutionalized once they graduate.
In this process, they have found that many young people have stories where their relatives are or have been deprived of liberty. At the same time, several of these young people deprived of liberty have small sons and daughters.
The reality that Tiempo de Juego identifies is the reality of hundreds of organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Incorporating their perspective and their experience in this problem will contribute to the strengthening and expansion of the actions of our Platform.
