Open Game program Barreira do Vasco RJ

The combination of sports activities with social life is the main characteristic of Jogo Aberto Barreira do Vasco Program, a community near Caju District a very socially vulnerable area of Rio de Janeiro´s northern region. The initiative promotes sports and social activities to 120 children and adolescents, from 8 to 15 years of age, since November 2014. Two sports modalities are offered; tennis and judo.

The results of two years of activity show the permanence of a large part of the participants, the enrollment corresponding to 88% of the vacancy. The social service rendering represented  876 assistances and 330 meetings with the participants´ families. The program is consolidated in the territory, expanding its partnership total and becoming a strong reference in Barreira´s social assistance network.

Along the year several activities were performed: Judo and Tennis Festivals, Barreira do
Vasco´s Integration Games. They generated the exchange of experiences, development of social activities and integration of the Fundação´s students with the students of other schools in the region (Escola Municipal João Camargo and Centro de Referência da Assistência Social Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães).

Due to Rio 2016 Games the students also took part in activities with French tennis players during the Olympics and Paralympics Games. In order to integrate the community´s inhabitants the second edition of Barreira do Vasco´s Goal of Citizenship also attracted many participants to the gymnastics and Zumba classes, to lectures regarding dental daily care, itinerant library, health care services and social assistance.