Communities/Funamos

Funamos · Ovejas, Sucre · Colombia

More than a game.

Funamos is a community-led football organisation using sport, education and culture to build belonging, opportunity and a stronger future from Ovejas.

They did not wait for somebody else to build it.

Funamos was founded in Ovejas in November 2017, rooted in the belief that education and sport together shape the whole person.

The community transformed a rubbish dump into a football pitch with local families, then turned that pitch into a place for discipline, belonging, learning and connection.

Young players who grew up inside the programme are now becoming coaches themselves, carrying the work forward.

A rubbish dump became a pitch.

It was not simply land being cleared. It became a place where children could train, families could gather and a community could see something different becoming possible.

Funamos

Meet Juan + Mónica.

Juan leads through sport and education, a long-term community leader at the heart of Funamos.

Mónica carries Funamos into the digital world through marketing, storytelling and the School of Elevation.

The next chapter is already moving.

01

Land.

Secure and protect the land that holds the pitch.

02

Sport.

Official competition pathways for young players.

03

Digital.

A presence that reaches beyond Ovejas.

04

Income.

Products, content, partnerships and experiences.

05

Exchange.

Young players and families from different worlds.

A pitch became a meeting place. A team became a community.

Now the next chapter is being built from the same place it started.

Photo: Soy de Aquí