Paul Teeple, Director, A Ganar on working with communities in Ciudad Juarez

This week's featured border video is Paul Teeple, Director of the A Ganar Project. A Ganar is a youth workforce development program wrapped up in a soccer ball. By utilizing soccer and other team sports to help youth in Latin America, ages 16-24, find jobs, learn entrepreneurial skills, or re-enter the formal education system.

For more on our work on the 21st Century Border, visit here and be sure to check out our Youtube site where you can see a collection of more than 50 videos of 20 leaders from both sides of the border talking about their experiences in improving the border region. Our videos include regional mayors and sheriffs, and US and Mexican government officials.

Paul talks about A Ganar and the importance of cross border community development.

Paul on the violence in Ciudad Juarez.

Paul on how much of the violence in Mexico is stopped at the border.

Paul on the reality of working in Ciudad Juarez