Man City Legend Pablo Zabaleta and the Premier League Trophy go to 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 global 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 utilizing the ability of soccer to deal with native water challenges.
Since its launch in 2021, Xylem Water Heroes Academy has engaged over seventy five young leaders and delivered very important water education to greater than 6,000 younger folks in five cities: São Paulo, Mumbai, Cape Town, New York City and Shanghai. The expanded network, which now also comprises youth-led tasks in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Cape Coast, Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne, goals to positively influence 20,000 more young people over the next 4 years.
Graphical consumer interface<br/>Description automatically generated with low confidence” winautomationvisibilitylandmark=”true”><br/>To mark the launch, Pablo Zabaleta and the Premier League Trophy visited the El Coyolito neighbourhood in Mexico City to fulfill Cityzens Giving Young Leaders who’re using the power of football to unravel local water points.<br/>Despite heavy flooding and rainfall, Mexico City is facing a water scarcity. More than 20 million residents don’t have sufficient water to drink for almost half the yearand one in 5 folks have entry to only some hours of running water from their taps every week.<br/>This venture will see Young Leaders from love.fútbol use specifically adapted football games to coach young individuals locally on accountable water consumption, in addition to the significance of secure 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 participants, earlier than studying a standard Mexican dance.<br/>Reflecting on his visit, Zabaleta said: “Meeting the Young Leaders in Mexico City was an amazing expertise. The means they’re utilizing football to teach children about the significance of water is creative and inspiring, and it’s nice to see this distinctive initiative from Cityzens Giving and Xylem expanding to extra 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/>As a part of the activity within the country, Young Leaders, Xylem staff 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 coaching to forty Young Leaders in Mexico City, sharing experience and knowledge in leadership, community soccer and WASH. This was adopted by a three-day digital Summit, connecting Young Leaders and Xylem specialists from all ten cities to share ideas 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 soccer and young leaders to deal with these water challenges and make our communities extra resilient.”<br/>Valeria, a Young Leader with love.fútbol stated: “We want all the children here to be aware that responsible water consumption is essential, and they should care for it. We acquired coaching from Man City coaches and learnt several games that train youngsters about water conservation by way of football. We are really happy and grateful that Man City and Pablo Zabaleta visited our neighborhood.”<br/>Later this season, City followers may have an opportunity to study extra about the five new Water Heroes Academy tasks and vote for their favourite younger water heroes.<br/>ENDS<br/>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)<br/>Olivia Murray<br/>Senior Account Manager, Corporate<br/>office: +353 (1) 5921330• cell: +353 (85) 118 2288 • @edelmanireland<br/>Edelman Block 2, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street. <a href=เกจวัดแก๊ส , D02 DX37
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