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Luis Carreno and Team Legacy In Bogota, Colombia

Part of USA Jiu Jitsu’s mission is to support the Jiu Jitsu community. We recently talked about the children at risk in the favelas in Brazil. Today we want to ask for your help with needy children in Colombia.

The election of Alvaro Uribe in 2002 has drastically reduced the number of guerrillas and armed conflict in Colombia. But while the situation in Colombia has improved significantly for the better in the last decade , it is still not completely safe for these children. Colombia is still home to a large number of child combatants. Children are also often forced to live as refugees abroad or are displaced within their own country, and many take to the streets as a means of survival.

While the past was a time of sadness and violence in Colombia, the government and citizens are trying to bring about a much brighter future. One man who is trying to make a difference is Luis Carreno. Luis is a USA Jiu Jitsu certified Purple Belt for Team Legacy under Christiano Bertolucci, and he is a certified Level 1 instructor. He has started the Fundacion Arte Suave/Gentle Art Foundation to help and educate the youth in Colombia in ethics and morals that would help shape their character through martial arts. The Foundation will target a community of blind kids and teenagers in Bucaramanga. The program starts today.

Luis is asking for your help, your donations or your time. They need jiu-jitsu uniforms (GIs), your time helping teach or some donations that would help the instructors keep the program running. This program is 100% FREE for these kids, and it will stay that way. The kids have one only requirement to be able to participate and that is to stay in school.

So please, if you can, help Luis make a difference in a kid’s life in Colombia. This is a great chance to give back to the Jiu Jitsu community. You can find more information about the children in Colombia here, and also make sure to look at Luis Carreno’s site. If you can help, you can email Luis directly.