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Saturday, December 21, 2024
ProgramsEl SalvadorYouth Violence and Olympic Values

El Salvador: Youth Violence and Olympic Values

The Center on Conflict and Development (ConDev) studies how participating in sports can keep youth in El Salvador out of gangs.

The Olympic Values Study in El Salvador aims to research and evaluate the effects of the Olympic Values through Sports Program (OVTSP) on participating youth from 12 municipalities in El Salvador and to determine the program’s contribution to reducing gang involvement. The specific objectives of the study are to:

  • identify the main problems concerning juvenile delinquency in the communities in which OVTSP will be conducted,
  • determine whether OVTSP is effective in preventing youths from joining gangs, and
  • determine if children and young adults’ lack of involvement in sports influences communities with higher violence rates.

The Olympic Committee in El Salvador is leading this effort. Over 5,000 kids and youth took part in the Olympic Sports program, thanks to the hard work of our implementing partners at the Olympic Committee and ConDev’s Regional Coordinator for Latin America, Johanna Roman.

 

     

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The Program on Conflict and Development seeks to improve the effectiveness of development programs and policies for conflict-affected and fragile countries through multidisciplinary research and education.

The Program's work aims to reduce armed conflict, sustain families and communities during conflict, and assist states to rapidly recover from conflict.

This website is supported and maintained by the Conflict and Development Foundation - an independent 501(c)3 organization that is not part of the Texas A&M University System.

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ConDev’s research focuses largely on mitigating conflict related to four program areas, which were hand-picked based on their potential to combat key drivers of international conflict:

This website is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development. The contents are the sole responsibility of ConDev, and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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