The Real Madrid Foundation (FRM) signed this Wednesday with the César Vallejo University of Peru the first academic training agreement with a Latin American institution, in a ceremony where former Spanish forward Fernando Morientes, ambassador of the foundation, was present.
“I grew up hand in hand with the foundation, born in 1997, which is when I arrived. “Real Madrid gave me more values, work, effort, sacrifice and leadership,” Morientes said in the press conference to present the agreement.
The former Madrid striker hopes that this agreement, which will in principle last for three years, “it will be fruitful and last over time” and let, “from this moment on,” both institutions become “family.”
Morientes added to EFE that the agreement is “very important for both entities,” because the Real Madrid Foundation is in 95 countries around the world “doing very important social work, helping children to have a better life.”
“This, in particular, is a training agreement, to train leaders, good people; we are already here in Peru, but Now this alliance is growing the university and the foundation,” said.
The FRM ambassador He added that the foundation, “above all, protects the basic values of sport, of effort, sacrifice, desire to improve and friendship.”
“All the values that are within the sport, The foundation exports them wherever it goes, to all the projects it has around the world,” he said.
In the presentation of the agreement, FRM director Gema Ortega emphasized that “this educational model is unique in the world” and that “the foundation is committed to using sport to transmit values.” He also reported that they have developed social-sports schools in Peru for 14 years with the aim of preventing violence and negative or disruptive behavior.
“The agreement with the university is to close the circle,” he said and then reiterated that it was “academic training” and its purpose. “raise better men and better leaders.”
Ortega explained that the program will begin next April and will include training until Platform of the Sport Values Academy-Real Madrid Foundation, supplemented by face-to-face courses in Madrid. “Through this platform we intend to democratize training,” he said.
In its part, the founder of Cesar Vallejo University, César Acuña, He assured that this is “good news for Peru,” because Real Madrid “is one of the most important teams in the world and there is a lot to learn from it.”
“This is an academic agreement, where we will create schools of leaderswith young people in the fourth and fifth years of high school, and with teacher leaders and grassroots social organizations,” he commented.
Acuña also emphasized that César Vallejo “is the only university in Latin America with this agreement” and now he will “walk hand in hand in a great institution” like Real Madrid.
Source: La Verdad
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