Piedra, papel y tijera

- Season 7

(2016)

The Generación DIRECTV agents of change from across Latin America meet in Buenos Aires. Their mission is to make an impact on the continent by taking actions that transform the community. Puerto Rican former boxer and now coach "Milio" is working hard to rescue young people from the perils of the streets through sport. He owns a gym that is in poor condition and needs urgent help to continue providing services to young people. A group of community workers teach children who attend a school on the outskirts of Santiago de Chile how to develop an ecological orchard. ...

In Puerto Rico, the restoration works on Milio's boxing gym continue, aiming at keeping young people away from drugs. "Indio", an urban artist who is in a wheelchair after being shot, comes to the gym to paint a mural. In Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Piedra, Papel, Tijera volunteers arrive in the rural area where Fundación SÍ has two university student houses for young people with limited resources. Despite the rain, they do restoration tasks and install the DIRECTV system. "Gonzalito" also joins to the cause. He meets young university students and obtains funds ...

In Argentina, the volunteers have completed the university housing works together with the students living there. They build a clay oven and leave the houses as good as new. Once the works are finished, the donations collected by "Gonzalito" are received: a TV for one of the houses and a check issued by Fundación SÍ aimed at purchasing study material. Once again, young people have shown that it is possible to dream and that, sometimes, dreams become true. In Puerto Rico, works are also completed successfully. "Gonzalito" also gets donations to repair the gym, a new ...

In Arequipa, Peru, the works led by Rolo, and supported by agents of change who help people to improve their standard of living in the desert, have been completed. The community celebrates by releasing balloons, lighting up a splendid night. In Trinidad y Tobago, new works are started. Brent, a Piedra, Papel, Tijera agent of change has identified a children's home in need of help to repair its tile roof before the rainy season starts. In Colombia, in the Urabá region, one of the most important projects developed by Generación DIRECTV starts. The agents of change have ...

In Colombia, school restoration and court building works are still under way. The Piedra, Papel, Tijera agents of change have installed Escuela Plus, an interactive system that allows children to learn while watching audiovisual educational material. "Gonzalito" arrives just in time for the school opening and witnesses how a whole generation is being educated for peace. Then he goes to the multi-sports court, where he performs volunteering assignments together with Pablo, a former guerrilla member who has been reintegrated to society. Unable to fly to Trinidad y ...

In Uruguay, the Piedra, Papel, Tijera volunteers have completed the restoration of Aldeas Infantiles, an organization that offers help to children and young people in a vulnerable situations. "Gonzalito" is the master of ceremonies in the opening celebration, attended by professional players from the national soccer and rugby teams who participate in a peculiar penalty kick competition. Meanwhile, in Colombia, the multi-sports court is inaugurated with a basketball tournament. Pablo, the reintegrated former guerrilla member, has a brother who participates in the ...

In Quito, Ecuador, Wilson walks around the works site with Belén and Vanesa. The volunteers go to the site to perform the tasks aimed at completing the farm school for children with cancer. This project, which started when Wilson lost his mother to cancer, is now under way. The agents of change come from every corner of Latin America and identify a community in Brazil that is in need of help. In Miami, United States, AT&T volunteers join the Piedra, Papel, Tijera cause and offer help to foster homes that accommodate children and young people in situations of neglect ...

In a vulnerable community in San Pablo, Brazil, works carried out by the Piedra, Papel, Tijera agents of change continue. In Ecuador, Belén, Vanesa and volunteers help Wilson to complete his farm school for children suffering from cancer. Working together, classrooms to develop several workshops are left in perfect conditions, as well as areas where mothers can learn a trade and a spectacular library made up of donations from different companies. The children come to know the place where they will receive an education until they can recover. The opening event is ...

In Lima, Peru, we get acquainted with the work done by Father Omar, a community hero who needs urgent help to complete such work. In his parish church, he receives those who are rejected by the rest of the world: terminally ill people, people suffering from incurable diseases who need lifelong assistance. Rolo, the agent of change in Peru, offers his collaboration once again. But now he is about to get married and must complete his work before his wedding. In Venezuela, Piedra, Papel, Tijera also carries out restorations works in Hogar Bambi in order to enhance the ...

In Peru, Lima, Father Omar's work continues. "Gonzalito" works side by side with the volunteers and gets acquainted with the home's needs. Rolo goes on coordinating the two most important things in his life: the Piedra, Papel, Tijera project and his wedding. He does not know if he will be able to finish on time. In Tucumán, Argentina, Ceci flies to two high mountain schools by helicopter to install the ESCUELA PLUS audiovisual educational program.

In Peru, Lima, Rolo's future wife joins as a volunteer to complete Father Omar's project and to have everything ready before the wedding. With the help of "Gonzalito", they completed their work at the very last minute. Satisfied with the work done, Father Omar blesses them in their way to the altar. The Piedra, Papel, Tijera works are completed successfully, and the mission of transforming every corner of Latin America has been fulfilled. However, a case of force majeure makes volunteers from all the countries meet again. A fierce earthquake strikes Ecuador. Piedra, ...

Piedra, Papel, Tijera host, Gonzalo Rodríguez, summarizes all the volunteering actions performed under the global campaign carried out by DIRECTV agents of change. The stories of anonymous Latin American heroes are the starting point to change reality in the American continent.