GVI.2015.1 November, 2015 Playa Del Carmen, Mexico Capoeira: New GVI Mexico Community Activity Objective The objective of this new initiative is to create an ongoing sports project with our new partner Capoeira Cativeiro in Playa del Carmen. Summary In September 2015, staff members from the Mexico Community Projects met with a representative from Capoeira Cativeiro in Playa del Carmen to discuss the potential of a new partnership. The aim was to develop a way for GVI to support this partner with their Capoeira classes, with a new set of classes starting within the downtown area of Playa del Carmen. Report This monthly achievement report will be focussing on a new sports initiative that has been started within the GVI Mexico Community projects. Through the efforts of a previous volunteer, Omar Car- dona from Capoeira Cativeiro in Playa del Carmen made contact with the base manager in order to form a new partnership with GVI. As described in the previous monthly achievement report, the foundation of Capoeira (1,2), which started in Brazil, is the intolerance of discrim- ination of others based on their ethnici- ty, social status or any other defining attrib- utes that could cause prejudice. This means that anyone who wants to train is al- lowed. This creates an environment where people from varied backgrounds are able to interact, often when they would never have had the opportunity to do so. This helps promote tolerance, equality and acceptance of all. This martial arts incorporates dance, movement, percussion and non-contact martial arts into its activities and provides excellent physical exercise, promotes discipline and provides focus to its par- ticipants. This is potentially very beneficial for children who have social issues who require direction and guidance and in the past, Omar and his colleagues have provided training to children in ex- change for helping with cleaning and upkeep within the training premises with very positive results. Fig. 1The first vis it of Omar to In vasores