On Wednesdays between 15:30 and 17:00 we teach life skills through Rugby, Soccer and Netball at Sir Lowry’s Pass Village. We started this project in February 2014 coaching soccer to a new group of children. Since then, this work has grown and the team now provides Rugby, Soccer and Netball to 40-50 children. This work has grown through new links in the community, especially Hope and Light School. These children have already...
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Every Tuesday, between 15:30 and 17:00 we teach life skills through soccer at Lwandle. We started this project in the township of Lwandle at the beginning of April 2013. Since then, we have seen many young people attend these sessions. On average, we have 20-30 boys coming to these sessions, which are held on an excellent 3G astroturf pitch. These boys have played in beach soccer competitions and enjoyed games against other local...
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On Mondays and Thursdays the team coach life skills in Macassar between 15:30 and 17:00. On Mondays, a group of around 10 girls play Netball and receive instruction in key skills that equip them for life in the workplace, at home and as a member of their community. These girls have recently (Sept 2014) been given the opportunity to come to Dance classes on Thursdays afternoons to learn new skills with Gail, our Dance Instructor. On...
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Once a week we coach in Emyezweni, a pre school in Lwandle (a local township). We coach sport from grade 1 to grade 3 children, aged 6 -9 years old. We coach a variety of sports from soccer, volleyball, dance and gymnastics. The government requirement is to teach two hours of sport a week. Due to a lack of teachers in the school this is very difficult for them to achieve, so we coach ten children every week, for three weeks and then...
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