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Embassy Supports Prevention Programs for Children and Youth
at Risk
June 10, 2008

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During May the Embassy Public Affairs Office sponsored two programs focused on prevention for children and youth at risk. Both programs used language which appeals to the young audiences:  in one it was sports, in the other, music.

U.S. Soccer Star and Olympic Gold Medalist Cindy Parlow Cone, and U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Staff Coach, Jeff Pill got to share the beauty of soccer with 700 Salvadoran children and teenagers as US Department of State Sports Envoys.  Thanks to the valuable help of Peace Corps Volunteers, and their Salvadoran counterpart,  Fundación Salvador del Mundo (FUSALMO) seven clinics were carried out in four days in both urban and rural settings in Chalatenango, San Miguel and in the Soyapango area of San Salvador.

Then, in another successful program, US hip-hop singer George Martinez energized the spirits of hundreds of Salvadoran youth with his positive messages about staying away from drugs and gangs.  This program received the support of the Centro Cultural Salvadoreño Americano bi-national center and FUSALMO.


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