SOUTH AFRICA: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - Project combining soccer and education kicks off in Johannesburg

Record ID: 452341

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - Project combining soccer and education kicks off in Johannesburg
  • Date: 27th June 2010
  • Summary: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (JUNE 23, 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COACH TALKING TO KIDS/ KIDS KICKING BALLS VARIOUS OF SOCCER CLINIC PARTICIPANT, JORDAN GREEN TALKING TO COACH KIDS DRIBBLING SOCCER BALLS CLOSE UP OF GREEN'S SHOE/ TILT UP TO GREEN KICKING BALL FORMER DUTCH INTERNATIONAL RONALD DE BOER WATCHING KIDS PLAY SOCCER (SOUNDBITE) (English) JORDAN GREEN, SOCCER CLINIC PARTICIPANT SAYING: "I think this is a really magnificent event and I think that by doing this we are also helping a lot of children. We are teaching them and at the same time we are learning how to play soccer." FORMER DUTCH INTERNATIONAL RONALD DE BOER, FORMER CAMEROON PLAYER ROGER MILLA, FORMER CAMEROON PLAYER PATRICK MBOMA AND FORMER WORLD CUP COACH BORA MILUTINOVIC STANDING WITH KIDS SAYING: "1 GOAL" DE BOER STANDING WITH KID VARIOUS OF MBOMA AND MILLA WATCHING KIDS LEARNING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PATRICK MBOMA, FORMER CAMEROON STRIKER SAYING: "The most important reason is that I know that there are millions of children who deserve and cannot have a proper education so all together we ambassadors and the government can do a good job in order to do that education would be available to all in the future." CLINIC COACH TALKING TO KIDS DE BOER STANDING WITH COACH LISTENING YOUNG GIRLS LISTENING VARIOUS OF KIDS GATHERED AROUND GOAL POST
  • Embargoed: 12th July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVACS8Q2MRITJX152RE93JIVSLCU
  • Story Text: 1GOAL, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that campaigns for universal education to be made available for children around the world, on Wednesday (June 23) launched a new project in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    The project, dubbed 'Education At Your Feet', brings together children from around Johannesburg in soccer clinics where they are also taught lessons about the 32 countries participating in the World Cup.
    Eleven-year-old Jordan Green was one of about 100 children who attended the opening. The clinics will run over ten days targeting at least 1,000 children.
    "I think this is a really magnificent event and I think that by doing this we are also helping a lot of children. We are teaching them and at the same time we are learning how to play soccer," said Green.
    The 1GOAL campaign has received support from a slew of celebrities and soccer stars including Cameroon legends Roger Milla and Patrick Mboma who joined former Dutch international Ronald De Boer and former Mexico, Nigeria and USA coach Bora Milutinovic at the launch.
    "The most important reason is that I know that there are millions of children who deserve and cannot have a proper education so all together we ambassadors and the government can do a good job in order to do that education would be available to all in the future," said Mboma.
    An estimated 72 million children around the world do not have access to education. FIFA has chosen the 1GOAL campaign as one of its 2010 World Cup charitable 'legacies.' South Africa is also hosting a global education summit on July 11 coinciding with the closing of the tournament.
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