Awards and International Recognitions

1. Good Will Ambassadors Against Drugs, N.N.U.U., Vienna - Austria 1993.

2. "Nominated" Nobel Peace Candidate, Oslo 1993 /94/95/96/97/98

3. Youth Sport Ambassadors of America, O.A.S Washington D.C., USA 1984

4. Peace and Integration Messenger through out the Sport Fields of the World, Cartagena Agreement Lima - Peru 1995

5. Fair Play International, Fair Play International Committee, Paris - France 1995

6. Bolivian Youth Ambassadors of the World, Bolivian Government 1994

7. Condor de los Andes, highest recognition awarded by the Bolivian Government 1982.

8. FIFA Presidential Gold Medal, awarded by Mr. Joseph Blatter, FIFA President, Santa Cruz - Bolivia 2000

9. The Institution of the XX Century, Newspaper La Nación, La Paz-Bolivia 2000

10. Olympic Century Trophy, Bolivian Olympic Committee, La Paz-Bolivia 2000

11. Outstanding Personalities of the XX Century, Entel–Enfoque, La Paz Bolivia 2000

12. Decoration Medal of Honor in Merit, The South American Soccer Confederation "awarded by Dr. Nicolas Leoz , Santa Cruz Bolivia 2001

Edson Arantes Do Nascimento "Pelé, New York 05-03-84

"Tahuichi has revolutionized youth football around the world. The Academy is a great example that must be imitated. Children are the future and Tahuichi has understood that very well"

Diego Armando Maradona, Argentina 02-06-81

"Tahuichi(..) is the result of the good work of their coaches and staff. Tahuichi’s collective soccer is "the best I have ever seen".

Joseph Blatter, President of FIFA 2000 – 2004…

In his visit to the Tahuichi Academy he said: "Tahuichi is a project worth imitating, it is not only a soccer academy but "A School of Life"

Nicolás Leoz, President of the South American Soccer Confederation

"The continental expression of the reverence of many men who highlight this project to be so peculiar and so acclaimed, so active and so well given in the field of the development of the poor in favor of such valuable conjunction of human resources".

Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize

The Tahuichi children are the hope of a more just, more brotherly and more human world.