Taking advantage of the trip to Brasília / DF and seeking to increase the exchange of experiences among the member entities of the Sport for Social Change Network (Rems), some members of the Institute Share visited in early July, the Institute Joaquim Cruz (IJC), headquartered in the Brazilian capital and whose creator and president of former athletics champion Joaquim Cruz, gold medal and silver in the 800m in Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 respectively. On Tuesday, the 2nd, Luiz Fernando Nascimento, executive manager of Share, and Rubens Neves, administrative and financial analyst, met the organization's office. Directors Ricardo Vidal (CEO) and Gilberto Ferreira (administrative and financial director) spoke of the history of the institution, its programs and forms of control processes. The chat was very interesting.
Very early, at 8 am, students arrive excited to the Institute's activities Joaquim Cruz.
On Wednesday it was time for a close look at how things work in practice. The visits to projects began with the Center Corner of project Emas Club DescalSOS / Case. The reception was by Evaristo Manuel Neto who coordinates the athletic work and already at 8 am, Luiz Fernando can follow the arrival of pupils motivated to start training. Ricardo Vidal explained that the project aims to provide an opportunity in the practice of citizenship and development of children and youth potential by sponsoring sports, cultural and educational activities. In it the IJC seeks the partnership of community leaders who are already doing work with athletics, enabling it to expand and systematize the benefits offered to athletes. Currently, the project serves 120 children and young people, aged between 12 and 17 years, providing sporting orientation and citizenship, uniform, food supplement and participation in competitive events also located nuclei in Aguas Lindas de Goias, Brazilândia, Ceilândia and Sobradinho .
The Olympic Center Ceilândia way athletes to win Olympic medals in tests of middle background and background.
Of Recanto das Emas, the destination was the satellite city of Ceilândia where is located the Olympic Center Ceilândia, Program base Towards the Olympic podium with the main objective to form athletes to win Olympic medals in tests of middle background and background from Olympics 2020. The center offers various sports activities with swimming, football, volleyball, etc., but Brasilia is a national reference in the tests of middle background and background, the demand for athletic mode is too large. Depending on the purpose of the project, around 30 young people between 16 and 21 years who have gone through an intense selection process, training daily with qualified technicians and support multidisciplinary team so that performance is within the established parameters. "Despite being a project focused on high performance, the opportunity for these young people is unique, because there are few places that offer such a framework," said Luiz Fernando. "Also, athletics is a basic sport - structuring for motor development of children - and that traditionally hosts many young people in lower socioeconomic situation," he concludes.
More information about the Institute Joaquim Cruz in www.ijcdf.org
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