By Enouce Ndeche | Project Principle
After graduating in their school last year,19 years old Stephanie Njeri has just made her mind by joining VAP as a volunteer coach. Stephanie was an active participant of Skillz Kenya program at her former school where she was involved in all the sessions that led to her program graduation. Despite participating in the Skillz Kenya program, she was an avid football player in her school and a charismatic student leader.
“I want to give back to the community what was given to me.I want to help other young children to get an opportunity to better themselves, make informed healthy decisions and contribute towards developing our communities. This experience will act as a springboard to my future career of working with the community even as I await for a college call up.” Said Stephanie
A mixture of 3 young girls and 2 young boys was part of the team that represented VAP at the just concluded third edition of East Africa streetfootballworld Festival held in Iringa at the backyard of IDYDC who were the host organization. The one week event was also attended by a cross section of other twelve streetfootballworld member organizations from East Africa. During the one week event, the young participants were busy involved in football games, workshops and cultural exchanges geared to address social challenges across the region. The football games were played in a football3 format a unique way of playing football considering the basic principles of fair play, inclusion and respect conducted by the participants themselves in the absence of the referee. The event also featured skills sessions from English premier league and the British council conducted by Zambian educators who have been trained by the British Council and the premier league. In this session, VAP was represented by Coach Kenneth Otieno who also doubled as the youth leader. “As the head coach of VAP football club and the organizer of all VAP leagues in schools and community centres, the ripple effect of the knowledge gained would go a long way in strengthening VAP football activities.” Said coach Ken
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