COALI - HOP IN MINKA!!

Last Saturday, CACC organized a music show in Minka. During this event, we could see many young breakdancers who showed us their skills for this activity. The Show was opened by Dante and Axel singing their own hiphop themes like "Niño de la calle" and others.

People really enjoyed it, they were shouting and clapping all the time.

The surprise was Lil´Geden, a charming seven-years-old b-boy. He demostrated great talent and an unique style, performing some special steps of this kind of dancing. It was really amazing because nobody could imagine that someone so young was able to perform movements so complex and so fast (his "Moonwalk" was unforgettable!!!).

Our coali-girls (a.k.a, C-Girls) did a great job all day long. They are the basis of our project because their support is priceless for us.

They play a key role organizing cultural events, forums, communicating with people about the message and objectives of Community Coalitions Project.

Youth in Carmen de la Legua: Breakdance as a Lifestyle

Last Saturday, the youth of the Callao was honoured with the presence the French B-boy "Sully" who gave a master class and shared his long experience as a breakdancer.

He highlighted the key role of education in the construction of the human-being, as well as the importance for young people's health to practice sports. "School is very important because it teaches you how to be virtuous", he remarked.

He added: "If you don´t keep that in mind, you will never be able to practice breakdancing in a professional way. If you don't respect a serious training, anything you do can be a disaster, and it will be very difficult for you to make a good business of this sport".

On the other hand, he told the B-boys and B-girls about the importance of teamwork for the development of breakdance practice in the community. He talked about the fact that young people should put their hearts and minds together in order to work as a team. "If we do that, he said, we will work and dance much better than ever before". 

Then, he asked the people to show their breakdancing skills. He admited everyone has a good technic but he also said that the most difficult part of practicing breakdance is to get an own style. So, you have to put your heart and you mind in this. Only if you do that, you will become the best!

C - Girl is one of the 40 students of the first Cyberschool of Peru

Karen Maribel Saldívar Alarcón, member of the Community Antidrugs Coalitions of Callao (CACC) is one of the 40 students who have been chosen to belong to the First Cyberschool of Peru.

Maribel is a 16-year-old girl and she is one of the youngest members of the Coalition of Juan Ingunza. Last november, she participated in the Final Exam for applicants to the Cyberschool of Peru, being one of the students who will be able to sign up in the new school. This event took place in the School "General Prado", in Bellavista (Callao), where more than one thousand students applied for a vacancy in the new Cyberschool.

After the applying process, all the students who could pass the final exam were rewarded by the Vice-Minister of Education, Ivan Vexler, and the president of the Regional Goverment of Callao, Alexander Kouri B. Each student received a laptop, books, and school materials.

The Cyberschool is an iniciative of the Regional Government of Callao, leadered by Alexandre Kouri B., and the ESAN University, and it has the Educational Quality improvement in Callao as its main goal.  It is also, a merits-based access school and it will consist in a educational long-distance virtual network that will benefit the most brilliant minds of Callao.

By this time, the students of the Cyberschool are competing against each other to obtain the first place in knowledgment, during the 2010; the winner will gain a full scholarship to study whatever it wants, in any University of United States.

Community Antidrugs Coalitions of Callao Project Life Cycle

Step 1: Identifying the Intervention Area

The CACC project started in 2005, after the creation of the first coalition in the neighbourhood of Juan Ingunza Valdivia,  in El Callao.

Before the execution of the project, it was necessary to perform a pre-project evaluation by making a diagnostic of the area chosen for intervention in order to develop a suitable intervention strategy, according to the needs and characteristics of the area.

This intervention strategy was a very usefull tool for us, because it allowed our technical team to evaluate and monitor the project. Also, it was a key instrument for the partnership and the achievement of our main goals: build a healthy community and prevent drugs consumption. This process was based  on CADCA quality standards requirements.

Step 2: Creating the Coalition of Juan Ingunza

The next step was the creation of the coalition. So, we had to identify the most important leaders of the community of Juan Ingunza. To achieve that goal, we used house by house interviews to recognize the community leaders. After that, we could identify:

- Young leaders: Ronald Espejo (member of the CAC of Juan Ingunza) and "the Carlos Phillips Association".

- Adult leaders: César Sánchez (member of "Juan Ingunza Valdivia Association"), Gladys Castiglioni, Micaela Ellis, Julia Saldívar, Eliana Roselló and Isabel Herrera (members of Bocanegra Neighbourhood Development Committee).

- Institutional Leaders: My. PNP Hugo Huertas  (Superintendent of Juan Ingunza); Dr. Jorge Santamaría Ortiz (Luis Negreiros Hospital) and Father Rosales (San Juan Masías Church).

- Hospitals: Luis Negreiros (Public Hospital),  and the National Police Health Center.

- Primary and Secondary Schools: Francisco de Zela, Jesús Divino Maestro, Juan Ingunza Valdivia, Nuestra Señora de Hualamita, San Ignacio de Loyola;

- Elementary Schools: Hualamito, La Casita de mis Sueños, Mi Futuro Mundo, Mi Pequeño Sol.

- Police Station: Cape Juan Ingunza Valdivia

- ONG: SIRWIQ

Step 3: Coalitions´ Model Management

Strategic Prevention Framework

It is used to modify the community social context focused on drug consumption and drug trading. To implement this framework, the constant support given by the CEDRO Technical Team is necessary.

Diagnostic: Analyzing information about problems, goals and so on. Setting the mission, vision and values of the coalition. SWOT diagnostic.

Resources: Organization structure and  check and balance mechanisms coalition setting.

Planning: Developing a strategic prevention framework; doing and using strategic plans.

Implementation: Supporting the drug-consumption prevention work.

Goals Measuring: Through suitable social indicators.

Step 4: Strengthening Coalitions

First of all, it was decided that the Coalition of Juan Ingunza had to be registered as an association. By this way, the coalitions could obtain legal powers to obtain funds and donations from publics and private actors. As an association, the coalition has two organs/agencies: the assembly and the directory.

The assembly approved the articles of the coalition of Juan Ingunza.

Then, it was conformed the directory of the coalitons and its members swore loyalty to the neighbourhood of Juan Ingunza and Narcotics Affaire Section (NAS) agents.

At the same time, the Coalition of Juan Ingunza, with the support of CEDRO technical team, proposed a plan to involve young people to Coalitions Project.

Step 5: Coalition In Action!! 

Since then, the Coalition of Juan Ingunza has been working hard to be a healthy, safe and drug-free community.

Young CACC rocks!!

The Hip Hop band of youngs of Carmen de la Legua has been launching their first videoclip (available here: .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZORRlTAP3Y )