The South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has started the distribution of the underage footballs to States Football Academies in a bid to support and promote upcoming soccer talents at the grassroots level.
Upper Nile Sports Academy (UNSA) of Bentiu and Abyei Football have Wednesday afternoon received 40 pieces of football each. The Chairperson of UNSA, Galey Tungwar appreciated SSFA for supporting sports particularly football at grassroots levels.
Tungwar promised to work closely with SSFA to strengthen and improve collaboration between the Association and Bentiu’s grassroots football.
Handing the underage footballs to UNSA officials, SSFA’s Grassroots Manager, Mr. Besensio Charles said the intention of availing the footballs to States’ Academes is to develop and improve sport mostly football at the grassroots level, saying SSFA is committed to developing football at grassroots levels and the footballs will help children in the academy to continue pursuing their dream career.
The footballs were donated by Cross Culture, Open Fun Football, a project supported by UEFA Foundation for Children.
The donation was received by the President of SSFA, Mr. Francis Amin. He appreciated Cross Cultures for the donation of children’s footballs to support emerging soccer talents.
Mr. Amin commended the effort of the Association in contributing towards sports, especially football development in the country, saying the donation will be distributed to Aweil, Yei, Wau, and Kuajok Football Associations to support underage teams.
Barakat Tirkale, a representative of Cross Cultures expressed his contentment to deliver a consignment of the footballs to SSFA as part of the Association’s contribution towards football development in South Sudan. He confirmed that another one thousand pieces of underage football will be delivered to Eastern Equatoria to help in promoting underage sports.
Grassroots football is a FIFA’s program that targets boys and girls aged 6-12 years through school, community, and club initiatives. The key concept of the program is to bring together as many people as possible through football.