Fifty sports schools from across Chile received this training, part of the Amparo y Justicia’s project titled “Do You Know How to Act If You Learn About a Sexual Crime Against Children or Adolescents?” Since 2023, this initiative has sought to strengthen the response of education professionals when they become aware of these types of crimes.
A group of coordinators and teachers from Fundación Luksic’s Sports Schools received important training from Fundación Amparo y Justicia as part of their project titled “Do You Know How to Act If You Learn About a Sexual Crime Against Children or Adolescents?”.
This is an initiative that began being implemented in 2023 as a pilot in the Aysén region, where teaching and non-teaching staff from schools, colleges, and high schools in the area received knowledge and tools to address the disclosure of a possible child sexual crime.
With great acceptance, Fundación Luksic brought this training to its staff, specifically to those involved in its Sports Schools project, as part of an update to their coexistence protocols.
The training lasted two hours and was delivered by Amparo y Justicia psychologist Yohanna Douglas, accompanied by Bernardo Silva, lawyer from the Sexual Crimes and Sexual Exploitation Unit for Children and Adolescents at the National Prosecutor’s Office.
“I thought the training was excellent. “I truly believe those were the two best hours spent, as it is essential for our teachers and coordinators to have the tools to handle various cases that may arise in our classes,” she said said Rosario Donoso, Director of the Sports Department at Fundación Luksic, after the talk.”We work continuously with children and adolescents, and I believe it is a great responsibility and duty to be prepared. That is why the training gave us all those tools to provide a response and a safe place for our children,” Donoso added.
For his part, Sebastián Castro, coordinator of the soccer schools in the northern area of Santiago, expressed that this knowledge “is really necessary. Hopefully, these types of sessions would be held more often because that way we can ask questions and better understand how to act in these situations, which are quite complex. These are delicate matters for which we sometimes lack the tools, and in trying to help, we might make a mistake, so these meetings are very necessary.”
For Amparo y Justicia psychologist Yohanna Douglas, “it was incredibly rewarding to conduct the training for those who are part of the Sports Schools. They do a great job and are also significant figures for the children and adolescents who attend. For that reason, it was crucial for them to have the necessary information to know how to act if they become aware of a possible sexual crime.” Additionally, Douglas emphasized that “during the training, they showed deep interest and commitment to properly carrying out and fulfilling their protective role, so we hope this session has been a valuable contribution for them to continue with their important mission.”
