Virgin Acacias

Virgin Acacias

Virgin Acacias
Article by: Nadir Costa (student, 18 years old)


The city of Benguela, commonly known as the city of Rubras acacias, has great potential for activities and attractions for all ages. The problem, however, lies in the failure to manage resources and distribute them for their intended purpose.

In the context of youth, there is a wide range of activities available, from sport, culture and art, points that I will mention.
-Art collectives, which encompass a group of young people engaged in the development of artistic fragments such as theater, spoken word, painting, photography and music;
- Regarding sport, it is known that it brings people together for euphoric experiences and in the city of Benguela, there are specific spaces for the development of sporting activities, such as, Estrela 1º de Maio, Campo do national, sporting, mombaka stadium, matrindindi and not to mention the football fields on the outskirts, which bring together dozens of young people for productive events;
- There are more and more young people interested in the conservation and appreciation of local culture, for this reason there is also no shortage of groups in the range of activities with the aim of conserving and promoting it.< img src="https://destinobenguela.com/media/images/articles5/largo-da-peca.jpg" style="width: 300px; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin -left: 10px;">

Although there are these groups that make productive activities possible for the youth of Benguela, all these centers and activities could be explored in a much more strategic, inclusive and comprehensive way.
In short, the conclusion reached is that the city of Benguela has exactly what is best for youth to get involved in progressive, competent and productive changes, through a broad study it is possible to reach a solution, Therefore, what could be improved is cooperation between existing groups, in other words, the city should have a strategic budget, specific to enhancing the actions of existing groups.

Art collectives could have a headquarters in daily operation, with attractions in fact, a way of raising revenue for the artistic nucleus, instead of limiting themselves to activities. In this context, there could also be cooperation between bars/restaurants, bringing the best of the arts to leisure evenings. Sports clubs could be more challenging and creative, focusing on creating a category of matches on the outskirts, recreational afternoons with young people in the community, bringing them different content about engagement. The best of culture must be exposed with greater constancy and less taboo. Exhibitions in a short period of time, from gastronomy, costumes, local culture in general.
However, the city's biggest problem is the lack of coordination and budget to sustain existing activity programs.
The city of acacias has potential attractions, but they are almost unexplored, I would say almost virgin resources, so the solution is to explore them thoroughly.

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