Chivas and Sporting Cristal to back Peru’s children via Pásala | OneFootball

When strong convictions come together, great things happen. That is how Chivas and the Jorge Vergara Foundation are joining Club Sporting Cristal and the Semillero de Campeones Foundation to bring the Pásala program to the girls, boys, and teenagers of Cantagallo, in Lima, Peru.

Pásala is an initiative that supports children from different neighborhoods in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area by providing spaces for healthy recreation and development through soccer, while also involving their families. Its reach has not been limited to Mexican soil, as it has also benefited young people in different countries across the Americas.

With its arrival in Peru, the Jorge Vergara Foundation, in collaboration with the Semillero de Campeones Foundation, aims to benefit more than 100 girls, boys, and teenagers in Cantagallo, and involve more than 50 families in an initiative focused on promoting a culture of peace, rebuilding the community fabric, and strengthening the participants’ socio-emotional development.

“The social mission of Grupo Omnilife-Chivas and the Jorge Vergara Foundation is comprehensively Latin American. Peru is a strategic country where children face common challenges that can be addressed by joining forces with an exemplary institution like Sporting Cristal and the Semillero de Campeones Foundation. In fact, we already have a previous success story in this country in the community of Comas in 2025,” said Karina Vázquez, Chief Operating Officer of the Jorge Vergara Foundation.

In Cantagallo, each Pásala training session will be led by a duo made up of a sports coach and a mental health professional. In this way, learning soccer will be complemented by the development of skills such as teamwork, decision-making, and peaceful conflict resolution.

This alliance continues the work of the Jorge Vergara Foundation in Peru. In 2025, through Pásala, it supported 97 girls, boys, and teenagers in Comas. Now, together with Sporting Cristal and the Semillero de Campeones Foundation, the program seeks to open new opportunities for the children and adolescents of Cantagallo, with an experience that goes beyond the field.

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