Prevention
Alcatraz Rugby Club
Alcatraz Rugby Club is made up of five competitive teams (Junior, Under 14s, Under 18s, Female First XV, and Male First XV) with players who have been developed both in the crime prevention programs and the social reintegration programs of Proyecto Alcatraz.
The male first XV is five times winner of the Venezuelan Rugby League.
Origin
Arose in 2003 as part of Proyecto Alcatraz® and over time has evolved into a team made up for the most part by players from vulnerable sectors of society, from the School Rugby and community rugby programs as well as the Junior Rugby League that is also under the umbrella of the Santa Teresa Foundation.
Aim
Promote the practice of rugby among children and young people in the Revenga Municipality as a way to provide training in values and to prevent violence and delinquency.
Where does it take place
Revenga Municipality, Aragua state, Venezuela
Methodology
Sports technique
Psychological support
School Rugby
School rugby is a program of training in values through sport whose aim is to prevent violence and delinquency among children and young people in the Revenga municipality. The program is led by a group of coaches graduates of the same program, who also are part of Alcatraz Rugby Club.
Origin
The Santa Teresa Foundation school rugby program came in being in 2007 thanks to the initiative of Derwis Rebolledo, a young Proyecto Alcatraz participant, who saw the chance to keep children and young people in the community away from the world of violence and delinquency joining gangs through practicing rugby.
This initiative reaches out to children between the ages of 9 and 13 in schools in the José Rafael Revenga municipality.
In honor to its founder, a Rugby Tournament is held every year at which the children show off their skills and demonstrate the values they have learned in the weekly training sessions.
Where it takes place
Revenga Municipality, Aragua state, Venezuela.
Methodologies
Development for sport
This is a pedagogical approach that allows the practice of sport to serve as a means of tackling and reinforcing psycho-social elements relevant to the aim of contributing to a healthy individual and collective process of development for children and adolescents. The methodology includes:
- Rugby clinics for teachers, parents and directors
- Two weekly training sessions
- Each training session includes: warmup, main activity and discussion
Get into rugby
Methodology of World Rugby aimed at promoting the sport worldwide.
Has three main stages:
- Try
- Play
- Stay
The Santa Teresa Foundation coaches are trained in this method thanks to the partnership with the Venezuelan Rugby Federation.
Junior League
The Junior Rugby League is aimed at developing future talent in the discipline.
By way of through a program that includes demanding physical training and rugby techniques, those best suited for this sport that have taken part on the School Rugby program, receive the necessary preparation that could lead them to entering the Rugby Academy of the Alcatraz Rugby Club.
Origin
The League was born in 2018 thanks to the efforts of José Arrieta, founder of Proyecto Alcatraz and Alcatraz Rugby Club coach whose plan it was to create a source of emerging talent for the team focusing on teaching technical abilities to players of the future.
Aims
Our league sets out to reinforce the values instilled through the School Rugby program not only as a way of preventing and eradicating violence but also as providing a positive lifestyle for those youngsters who practice the sport.
The initiative, aimed at children between the ages of 9 and 16, aims at promoting the development of sporting ability from an early age, thus increasing the chances of a player becoming part of one of the regular league teams and of the national tram at some point in the future.
Where it takes place
Revenga Municipality, Aragua state, Venezuela
Beneficiaries
300
Children
Methodology
Get into rugby
It is the Methodology of World Rugby to promote the sport worldwide. Has three main stages:
Try
Play
Stay
The Santa Teresa Foundation coaches are trained in this methodology thanks to our partnership with the Venezuelan Rugby Federation.