In an bid to improve the football game at grass root level, Green Sport Africa in conjunction with Master Card Foundation has concluded plans to visit Nigeria’s football academics, the project coordinator Collins Okinyo has announced.
The coordinator who shared on his LinkedIn social media handle of during his tour to Senegal where the project was recently concluded, added also that the project include training Nigeria’s grass root coaches.
“The talent in Senegal 🇸🇳 is massive .Today I visited #guediawaye Ghetto in Dakar and seeing the kids dream big was so fulfilling the future is bright they all want to follow in the footsteps of Sadio Mane
“I am coordinating a master Card foundation project in conjunction with Green Sport Africa project to empower local grassroots coaches post covid Pandemic #africa #talent #project #taketheshot.” The post shared.
Also, the Director, Green Sports Africa, George Ouma shared on his LinkedIn social media after the project is aimed at allaying the myths posed by Covid-19 pandemic and how football game can be played in the communities safely.
“Had a wonderful time in Dakar Senegal last week with Grassroots football coaches discussing how collectively we can recover from the ravaging effects of Covid-19 in football. In partnership with Mastercard Foundation, we at Greensports Africa are excited to work with football communities from Cameroon, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria in this campaign to demystify the myths around the pandemic and return to playing the game we love safely. Ultimately, #itsuptous to #taketheshot to minimize the effects of Covid-19 in our communities. Merci Beaucoup.” He shared.