Our organization

Futbol por mi País is a leading project in Costa Rica, developed through Football for Development strategies. We use football in an inclusive and structured way to educate and provide life values, in order to promote social transformation. We offer this program completely free of charge to more than 500 participants at our two Headquarters.

Evidence shows that well-designed Sports for Development initiatives are improving the lives of children around the world.

Barça Foundation & UNICEF

Our mission

Fútbol por mi País uses soccer to engage, inspire and empower children from vulnerable communities in Costa Rica to make better decisions in life.

Support a child today

With a donation of just $20 USD per month, we invite you to give a child a better future.

Trust & Learning

"I like to share with my classmates, train, be with the teachers and I like that it is a free place where all the children can be.

"I am a better player, I control my emotions more, I feel more motivated thanks to the confidence I have."

Danissa

Participant Headquarters Los Cuadros de Purral

Learning in sessions

In my case, it has had an impact since they have known what it means to work as a team, to help those who need it, to learn the value of solidarity, that not all of us have the same capacity to face the different situations that happen, to try to resolve conflicts of the most peaceful way possible, without violence, also in the discipline of being constant, also that they have learned that when they do not do things well they know that they have a consequence, also adapting to understanding that they do not

Parent of Participant

Participants Headquarters Los Cuadros de Purral

Inclusion & Community

“The FCC and FxP alliance has been very powerful because it has positively impacted hundreds of boys, girls, young people, families and communities in general, providing them with more and better opportunities to develop values and life skills that have allowed them to make better decisions. of life.

We have managed to create inclusive processes, protective environments and healthy coexistence, in addition to facilitating access to quality education. The alliance has also managed to promote community networks of collaboration and articulation with actors in the territory that guarantee impact and sustainability.”

Mr. Carlos Pérez

Executive director of FCC Colombia.

Specialized Help

"I have watched how FXP works closely with young people, parents and schools in vulnerable communities to create an environment conducive to change. In doing so, young people not only learn life skills, but also help strengthen their families and communities .”

Paul Teeple.

Volunteer and specialist in Sports for Development

Inclusion & Community

Our support for FútbolxMiPaís from Nantipa as a tool of social responsibility is based on the satisfaction of knowing that we are investing in something transcendental: children, who are the pillar of our future. Through football, we not only capture their attention and promote values, but we also provide them with fundamental tools for their integral development, turning it into the hook that allows us to shape our promising future for future generations.

Harry Hartham

Co-owner and manager of Nantipa