Convened by the Human Development Secretariat of the Municipality of San Salvador de Jujuy, with the aim of promoting teamwork and strengthening bonds of friendship, more than 70 gamers participated in the first date of the Playstation Esports Muni tournament, where In addition, the teams from the areas dependent on the Secretariat carried out health checks, promotion and awareness campaigns.
In this regard, the Secretary of Human Development of the Municipality of San Salvador de Jujuy, Rodrigo Altea, explained, “we have been working from the Municipality with very strong support from the Ministry of Human Development and the Ministry of Health of the province, with activities and actions that are required of us by a group of people who have to do with technology, generating recreational places and seeking a space for dialogue with young people for the development and delineation of public policies followed by the municipality.”
“Great work by the teams, always accepting challenges, leaving our comfort zone, learning from the kids and neighbors who joined this activity to incorporate new connection mechanics, looking for meeting places to break loneliness , being able to interact and break with pathologies that have to do with mental health,” Altea evaluated.
In turn, the director of Children and Adolescents, Fernanda Zarif, commented, “a lightning tournament as a test of what we plan to do throughout San Salvador de Jujuy with a beautiful call, the important thing about this tournament is that the participants They carried out a health, optical and dental check-up to be able to register; The activity was designed to work as a team with emphasis on social skills; It has been a very great job on the part of the entire Human Development team, such as Gender Parity and Direct Assistance; The kids were learning about grooming, bullying, we had adapted sports and a yoga teacher, so it was a very complete day.”
With reference to the video game tournament itself, he explained that there were more than 70 registrants who “arrived very early; The tournament is in pairs, adding a total of 22 teams that were able to compete with eight consoles simultaneously.”
For his part, Cristian Cachi, administrator of the CPV Chijra, highlighted, “we are very grateful for this call for the benefit of the neighbors, we have worked as a network with the entire Human Development area, it was a challenge to change the perspectives of how to reach the neighbors; We were quite satisfied because there is an interdisciplinary team that accompanied the initiative”, and highlighted, “the theme of the video game tournament was a reason, the important thing is that we have carried out health, weight, eye and dental checks on all the boys who “They signed up.”
Finally, Lucas Julian Amador, a young gamer who participated in the Playstation tournament, told what the experience was like, “I signed up with my best friend; From my point of view I see it as a moment of accompaniment to have a good time with a family member, friend or acquaintance, strengthening ties based on play and teamwork; Teams of 2 members were formed to face other teams; Beyond the awards, the important thing was to participate and share a fun day.”
