Free Soccer Academy Hopes to Break Mexican Kids Out of Child Labor Cycle Gonzo Soccer Gets Girls Off the Mexico's Streets and Onto the Soccer Field - Fusion
go to original July 13, 2014

In Mexico City, a free soccer program is helping young underprivileged girls get off the streets and onto the field. (Fusion)

Child labor is a big problem in Mexico. So common it’s almost considered normal. You see young kids working everywhere: selling sweets and trinkets at sidewalk cafes and stoplights, filling shopping bags at supermarket checkouts. The INEGI statistics institute estimates that three million children are engaged in casual work around the country. Most of these kids aren’t destitute or homeless, but simply need to bring extra change home to help cover basic household costs like food and clothing. It’s a reality for kids from poor neighborhoods all over Mexico and is a sad reminder of the income gap here.

But with help from DIF Social Services and an invitation to join Gonzo Soccer – a free soccer academy for underprivileged kids set up by former captain of the Women’s National Team Mónica González – Maria Isabel and Maria de Los Angeles managed to break out of the cycle.

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