2012 Peru – Goals for Girls

“Chicas Dinamicas”

June/July 2012: Cusco & Pacca

This program was centered on enhancing the work of GirlSportWorks whose mission it is to improve the lives of adolescent girls in Cusco by teaching life skills through a free after-school athletics program. Goals for Girls brought together U.S. and Peruvian girls around five central themes: leadership, goal-setting, teamwork, self-confidence, and healthy living.

200 Peruvian girls, 10-14 years old
15 American girls, 13-14 years old from Chapel Hill, NC
U.S. Women’s National Team Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA World Cup winner Cindy Parlow

GirlSportWorks
Peruvian Football Federation

A Goals for Girls Leave-Behind Grants was awarded to:

GirlSportWorks to begin working in a new school and to support one of its current schools for another year.

200

“Chicas Dinamicas”

Peruvian girls, 10-14 years old

American girls, 13-14 years old