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#freedom2play girls football school league
project summaryThe GUFC Girls Football League was launched in Walvis Bay, Namibia, in 2023. In cooperation with the Playtime Namibia Trust, the project enables girls at 11 schools to participate in an organised football league. In addition to the sporting competition, the participants are supported with additional programmes in career guidance and mental health.
Background
Namibia, although categorised as a middle class country, faces significant challenges in terms of social inequality and poverty. Girls in particular can be disadvantaged due to traditional role models, limited access to education and restricted development opportunities. In Walvis Bay, these challenges are reflected, with many families facing financial difficulties.
In 2023, the GUFC Girls' Football League was successfully launched in cooperation with the Playtime Namibia Trust at schools in the coastal town of Walvis Bay in Namibia. Teachers were trained in a grassroots coaching course before the start of the project to lay the foundation for the girls' football league. In the first year, 25 teams from 11 schools took part in the U11, U13, U15 and U17 age groups. Over 260 girls were given the opportunity to prove themselves in competition, accompanied by free catering. Older age groups received courses in career guidance and mental health. Coaches received further qualifications, referee training was offered and schools were supported.
Read moreIn 2023, the GUFC Girls' Football League was successfully launched in cooperation with the Playtime Namibia Trust at schools in the coastal town of Walvis Bay in Namibia. Teachers were trained in a grassroots coaching course before the start of the project to lay the foundation for the girls' football league. In the first year, 25 teams from 11 schools took part in the U11, U13, U15 and U17 age groups. Over 260 girls were given the opportunity to prove themselves in competition, accompanied by free catering. Older age groups received courses in career guidance and mental health. Coaches received further qualifications, referee training was offered and schools were supported.
Idea
The idea behind the #freedom2play Girls football school league is to give girls in Namibia the opportunity to play in an organised league while gaining access to educational and development resources. By involving schools in environmental activities, such as clean ups or planting campaigns, among others, they were able to qualify for the league. The school league also serves as preparation and screening for regional selection.
The partnership with various organisations made it possible to provide schools with jerseys, training materials and balls to improve the infrastructure.
Read moreThe partnership with various organisations made it possible to provide schools with jerseys, training materials and balls to improve the infrastructure.
Implementation
The CHF 7,000 will be used to sustainably improve the structure, quality and reach of the Girls school football league in Walvis Bay, Namibia, and to achieve the goals set from 2024.
Read more- Involvement of additional schools and teams in the year groups and thus
- Increase the number of participants and the intensity of the competition
- Further qualification of coaches and team managers
- Licence course for referees
- Provide all teams with jerseys
- Provide more training materials to the schools
- Expansion of the league to include the neighbouring town of Swakopmund
- Formation of a regional selection in 2 age groups
- Establish a women's team that will play in the 1st league in the future
- Expansion and renovation of the infrastructure (pitches, changing rooms, toilets)
Support with the transport of the teams
Initiators
Global United FC e.V.
Global United FC is an international non-profit organisation registered in Germany that has set itself the task of protecting the climate and the environment by raising awareness of these issues. To this end, well over 500 well-known - former and in some cases still active - professional footballers, football coaches and football referees from all over the world make themselves available for charity matches, action weeks and individual projects in extreme, endangered or unusual places.
The video is by Andreas Görlitz
The photos are from Playtime Namibia
Read moreGlobal United FC is an international non-profit organisation registered in Germany that has set itself the task of protecting the climate and the environment by raising awareness of these issues. To this end, well over 500 well-known - former and in some cases still active - professional footballers, football coaches and football referees from all over the world make themselves available for charity matches, action weeks and individual projects in extreme, endangered or unusual places.
The video is by Andreas Görlitz
The photos are from Playtime Namibia
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| Anonymous | 100,00 CHF |
| Urs Bachmann | 215,00 CHF |
| Wolfgang Kämmler | 180,00 CHF |
| Vermittelt durch Swisscom | 410,00 CHF |
| Rexhep Hasani | 1'000,00 CHF |
| smzh ag | 4'000,00 CHF |
| TRANSTERRA Immobilien AG | 220,00 CHF |
| Anonymous | 140,00 CHF |
| Bruno Dietsche | 220,00 CHF |
| Anonymous | 320,00 CHF |
| Anonymous | 100,00 CHF |
| hagenbuch Entertainment GmbH | 100,00 CHF |
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Status of the project
We will send the donation receipt (for Switzerland) in January of the following year.
Major donor
Rexhep Hasani
1'000 CHF
smzh ag
4'000 CHF
Project supported by Swisscom
Primary Partners
