Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2022 – Manchester City’s world charity initiative, Cityzens Giving, and Official Water Technology Partner, Xylem, are delighted to announce the growth of Xylem Water Heroes Academy, a world initiative in ten cities using the ability of football to tackle local water challenges.
Since its launch in 2021, Xylem Water Heroes Academy has engaged over 75 young leaders and delivered very important water education to greater than 6,000 young folks in 5 cities: São Paulo, Mumbai, Cape Town, New York City and Shanghai. The expanded community, which now additionally contains youth-led projects in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Cape Coast, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne, aims to positively impact 20,000 extra younger people over the next 4 years.เกจปรับแรงดันแก๊ส will see Young Leaders from love.fútbol use specially adapted soccer games to educate young people in the community on accountable water consumption, as nicely as the significance of safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
Zabaleta took half in a youth-led soccer and water competition and engaged in a Q&A session with younger individuals, before learning a standard Mexican dance.
Reflecting on his visit, Zabaleta mentioned: “Meeting the Young Leaders in Mexico City was an incredible expertise. The way they are utilizing football to teach kids concerning the significance of water is inventive and inspiring, and it’s nice to see this unique initiative from Cityzens Giving and Xylem increasing to more cities. The Young Leaders are so engaged with supporting their neighborhood and to be able to contribute in a small way was a privilege.”
As part of the activity in the country, Young Leaders, Xylem staff and followers from Manchester City’s Official Supporters Club in Mexico City additionally joined forces to repaint the El Coyolito pitch and create a water-themed mural.
In addition, City within the Community coaches delivered coaching to forty Young Leaders in Mexico City, sharing experience and information in leadership, community football and WASH. This was followed by a three-day digital Summit, connecting Young Leaders and Xylem consultants from all ten cities to share concepts on tackling water challenges through soccer.
“Climate change continues to threaten water availability in communities throughout the globe,” mentioned Austin Alexander, Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem. “Xylem Water Heroes Academy harnesses the facility of soccer and young leaders to deal with these water challenges and make our communities more resilient.”
Valeria, a Young Leader with love.fútbol stated: “We need all the children here to remember that responsible water consumption is very important, and so they should deal with it. We acquired training from Man City coaches and learnt several games that teach children about water conservation via soccer. We are actually happy and thankful that Man City and Pablo Zabaleta visited our neighborhood.”
Later this season, City followers may have a chance to study more about the 5 new Water Heroes Academy initiatives and vote for his or her favourite young water heroes.
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Caption: Pablo Zabaleta poses with Young Leaders and The Premier League Trophy at Deportivo El Coyolito in Mexico City (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
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