{"id":11096,"date":"2024-11-15T16:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scort.org\/?post_type=young_coach&p=11096"},"modified":"2025-12-09T07:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:15:52","slug":"orly-ecuador-2024","status":"publish","type":"young_coach","link":"https:\/\/scort.org\/en\/young_coach\/orly-ecuador-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Orly – Ecuador 2024\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Orly works in vulnerable communities with limited resources in Tosagua, Ecuador, where children face many challenges due to the insecurity. The Young Coach Education gave him the opportunity to meet other coaches from across the country and gain valuable skills. Now, he feels even better equipped to help children develop a positive mindset and explore new opportunities for their future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My Story<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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My name is Orly Jes\u00fas. I work for the Ministry of Sports as an instructor in the most vulnerable areas in Tosagua in the providence Manab\u00ed, where I was born. I\u2019m also just a few days away from becoming a licensed professional in physical activity and sports.<\/p>\n

The situation in Manab\u00ed now is part of what I think the whole country of Ecuador is experiencing: insecurity, lack of resources, lack of professionals, lack of new ideas, and new methodologies. My community is very vulnerable, we have very few resources here. In our training, for example, we don\u2019t have large football fields; they are small neighbourhood pitches where projects rarely reach. We also have kids coming without shoes.<\/p>\n

However, the biggest risk is the insecurity. The children don\u2019t want to leave the pitches out of fear for guerrilla groups coming along with drugs, alcohol \u2013 there are many negative influences. What we want to do is to rescue those children, so they don\u2019t go down the wrong path. We\u2019re not looking to produce athletes; we want to help kids have a better way of life and a better outlook on their future. I wish that when I was young, a project like this had existed. So, if I didn\u2019t have it back then, now I\u2019m doing it so they can change their way of thinking.<\/p>\n

I applied to the Young Coaches project because it helps me as a professional. In these five days, I\u2019ve learned more than I have in one or two years. I\u2019ve learned about the specifics of football. I\u2019ve also learned how to reach children, how to engage and support them, how to assess and how to apply a variety of learning approaches. These five days have helped me improve my activities, learn new methods, and see the skills and methodologies that international instructors have. It\u2019s changed a lot. And now, when we apply this in our communities, we\u2019ll bring new knowledge, new techniques, and new activities. I\u2019m very grateful for that.<\/p>\n

Going to the Young Coach Education in Ibarra was my first time on a plane. It was also my first time leaving the canton. I was a bit scared of the plane, but [the local coordinator from FUDELA] helped me and supported me, and at the airport I met a few of the other Young Coaches already. Once the plane took off, my fear disappeared. And then it was amazing to meet people from different places, different ethnicities, cultures, and ways of speaking, with new techniques, tactics, and movements in sports and recreation. Meeting new people has made this project very meaningful, and I\u2019ll always carry it in my heart.<\/p>\n

The group is very special, they\u2019re all coaches working in vulnerable areas. They share things that exist in my community, and I learned from their strategies and methods too. On the first day, when we all met, I wanted to leave. But now, on the last day, I don\u2019t want to go. But it\u2019s time to return to my community to apply what I\u2019ve learned.<\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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