Stichting Nowruz · Medellín, Colombia 🇨🇴 · February 2026
Somos
El Futuro.
25 people. 8 teams. 1 tournament. 1 girl with a dream.
Nowruz × Make A Kid Happy × Niños del Futuro.
Colombia: Somos El Futuro
In February 2026, we traveled to Colombia with a group of 25 people with three main goals:
- To organize a street football tournament for young people in the barrios of Medellín
- To raise funds for Camila, a girl from La Honda who dreams of being able to play football like a normal child
- To create a documentary about our journey and the hidden stories of La Honda
Football tournament
Somos El Futuro Cup · Medellín · February 2026
8 teams from different barrios — one shared pitch
In February 2026, we organized a street football tournament: the Somos El Futuro Cup. The tournament took place in Medellín and brought together eight teams from different barrios of the city. The goal was not only to play football, but mainly to bring young people together. Thanks to the support of our sponsors, we were able to provide prize money for the participating teams. We also joined the tournament ourselves with SC Nowruz, representing a team from the Netherlands.
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Somos El Futuro Cup — tournament video
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Tournament made possible by
Karadeniz Tex · Sterk In Vloeren · AYMO Football Management · Cleaner Apeldoorn · Artiness · Lumi Zorg · TOC Productions · Anouk Roest · Make A Kid Happy
Camila
13 years old · La Honda, Medellín · Football dream
Camila — one year. one dream. one chance.
Camila is a 13-year-old girl (at the time of our visit) who has been dreaming for years of one thing: being able to play football at a competitive club like any other child. During our trip, we managed to raise €5,500 to help make her dream possible. This will cover her transport to the city in Medellín, a proper football kit, her club fees, football boots, and other basic needs. The funds will support Camila for one full year.
€5.500
Raised for Camila during the trip
Covers transport, kit, club fees, boots & basic needs — for one full year.
Documentary
In production · Coming soon
The hidden stories of La Honda
Together with several videographers, we worked on an extensive documentary that will be released later. In the film, different people share their personal and hidden stories about their connection to Medellín, La Honda, and why they do what they do.
Statistics — February 2026
All Nowruz projects abroad are made possible by sponsors who help us bring them to life. Numbers are not what drive us — what truly inspires us is seeing people engage with our content and genuinely absorb the stories we share. At the same time, results make it more attractive for new sponsors to come on board. Below are the figures for February for our Somos El Futuro project in Colombia.
Somos El Futuro — Instagram Results
Period: 1 Feb — 28 Feb 2026 · Colombia 🇨🇴
| Metric | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Reach & views | ||
| Total views | 1,115,983 | 20.7% from ads · 27.6% followers · 72.4% non-followers |
| Accounts reached | 183,752 | Unique accounts reached in February 2026 |
| Engagement | ||
| Interactions | 20,837 | 27.5% from ads · 54.6% followers · 45.4% non-followers |
| Profile visits | 16,532 +159.0% vs January | Profile activity total: 16,960 — +154.3% vs January |
| External link taps | 421 +49.3% vs January | Clicks to website / external links |
| Followers | ||
| New followers | +2,693 | Gained during February 2026 |
| Most reached age groups | ||
| 25–34 years | 39.4% | Largest age group reached |
| 35–44 years | 19.4% | — |
| 18–24 years | 16.5% | — |
| 45–54 years | 8.8% | — |
| Project results | ||
| Travel group | 25 | People travelled to Medellín |
| Tournament teams | 8 | Teams from different barrios of Medellín |
| Funds raised for Camila | €5,500 | Covers 1 full year of football development |
| Sponsors | 9 | Karadeniz Tex, Sterk In Vloeren, AYMO, Cleaner Apeldoorn, Artiness, Lumi Zorg, TOC, Anouk Roest, MAKH |
| Somos El Futuro — We are the future · Nowruz × Make A Kid Happy × Niños del Futuro · Medellín, February 2026 | ||
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