Man City Legend Pablo Zabaleta and the Premier League Trophy visit Cityzens Giving Young Leaders in Mexico City to have fun launch of expanded Xylem Water Heroes Academy

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Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2022 – Manchester City’s world charity initiative, Cityzens Giving, and Official Water Technology Partner, Xylem, are delighted to announce the growth of Xylem Water Heroes Academy, a world initiative in ten cities using the power of football to tackle local water challenges.
Since เพรสเชอร์เกจ in 2021, Xylem Water Heroes Academy has engaged over 75 younger leaders and delivered very important water education to more than 6,000 young individuals in 5 cities: São Paulo, Mumbai, Cape Town, New York City and Shanghai. The expanded network, which now additionally contains youth-led tasks in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Cape Coast, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne, aims to positively impression 20,000 more young people over the next 4 years.
Graphical user interface<br/><br/>Description mechanically generated with low confidence” winautomationvisibilitylandmark=”true”><br/><br/>To mark the launch, Pablo Zabaleta and the Premier League Trophy visited the El Coyolito neighbourhood in Mexico City to meet Cityzens Giving Young Leaders who are using the facility of soccer to solve local water issues.<br/>Despite heavy flooding and rainfall, Mexico City is dealing with a water shortage. More than 20 million residents do not have enough water to drink for practically half the yearand one in five individuals have access to only a few hours of running water from their taps a week.<br/>This challenge will see Young Leaders from love.fútbol use specifically adapted football video games to teach younger people in the community on responsible water consumption, in addition to the significance of safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).<br/>Zabaleta took part in a youth-led football and water festival and engaged in a Q&A session with younger individuals, before studying a standard Mexican dance.<br/>Reflecting on his visit, Zabaleta mentioned: “Meeting the Young Leaders in Mexico City was an amazing experience. The way they’re using football to teach youngsters about the significance of water is creative and inspiring, and it’s great to see this distinctive initiative from Cityzens Giving and Xylem expanding to more cities. The Young Leaders are so engaged with supporting their group and to have the ability to contribute in a small means was a privilege.”<br/><br/>As a half of the activity within the nation, Young Leaders, Xylem employees and fans from Manchester City’s Official Supporters Club in Mexico City additionally joined forces to repaint the El Coyolito pitch and create a water-themed mural.<br/>In addition, City within the Community coaches delivered training to 40 Young Leaders in Mexico City, sharing experience and data in management, group soccer and WASH. This was adopted by a three-day digital Summit, connecting Young Leaders and Xylem specialists from all ten cities to share concepts on tackling water challenges by way of soccer.<br/>“Climate change continues to threaten water availability in communities across the globe,” stated Austin Alexander, Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem. “Xylem Water Heroes Academy harnesses the power of football and young leaders to handle these water challenges and make our communities more resilient.”<br/><br/> <a href=เพรสเชอร์เกจ , a Young Leader with love.fútbol mentioned: “We want all the youngsters right here to remember that accountable water consumption is essential, and so they should care for it. We obtained training from Man City coaches and learnt several games that educate kids about water conservation via soccer. We are actually pleased and grateful that Man City and Pablo Zabaleta visited our neighborhood.”

Later this season, City fans could have an opportunity to study more in regards to the five new Water Heroes Academy projects and vote for his or her favourite young water heroes.
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Caption: Pablo Zabaleta poses with Young Leaders and The Premier League Trophy at Deportivo El Coyolito in Mexico City (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

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