By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer
Dear Friends,
The private high school in Herat gave us its 2015 report and included this information on the success and transformative effects of the sports program.Many of the scholarship students participate in sports at the school.
The school sport teams had a very good year in 2015. The football team won many local matches with regular schools and private universities. They were awarded gold and silver cups by the Sports Federation of Herat.In addition, students benefited from changes in their minds and behavior since joining the sport teams. For example, young students who wasted their time on the streets and sometimes fought in the past, are now disciplined, energetic and have happy faces as they visit their friends in the gym and compete to win against each other. They have developed very positive feelings about life since they started sport sessions. Their school lessons and behavior are getting better and they get good marks in their exams. These students also have a sense of responsibility about their families and communities. Their experienced coach motivated them to make educational plans for the next few years at least and help them making big decisions about their futures.
One student who recently joined the Yacoobi School football team said:” My name is Habib. I am 20 years old. I am a senior student at the Prof. Yacoobi School. I have been playing in the football team for six months now. I am changing every day I exercise with this team. In fact, I am completely changed as compared to my life before. Before joining this team, I always failed in my exams and I could not memorize the words and my homework assignments were the worst. I got some kind of depression, but after joining the team, my life got better day by day. I changed to one of the top students in three months and got out of depression. I feel myself in a new world. The coach is a very nice man. He advises us and helps us make decisions. My mind is working very well now and I am so interested in my lessons. I hear very good news from my friend when I play in the gym. I learned about football stars and try to be inspired by them in my life. I hope I will be a football star. I thank Prof. Yacoobi for renting us the gym to exercise and refresh our minds in.”
Please read the attached 2015 Newsletter for information on activities last year.
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