Futsal Plus

Futsal & education are coming together this week. We're doing this massive youth fustal thing with about 170 kids. (Next week there's a further 20 teams or 200 players involved.) As part of the program, another NGO is teaching about safe migration and anti-trafficking.  We're doing it together- meshing the message with a fast, fun sport... and it's a good partnership! 

I've been organising the schedule for the games and I included 6 skills stations with different warm-ups and technical drills. The players all spend a half-day doing these exercises. When our staff & volunteers have exhausted the players with stuff like sit-ups, squats, lunges, punches, kicks, jumps, passing, shooting, dribbling and running... we leave it up to our partner NGO to teach them. Here's some stuff that I've learned:

- Think about what you're doing before making big life decisions.
- Talk to people you can trust about life decisions.
- Tell people where you're going when you go out.
- Don't believe people who promise 'the perfect job'... especially if it's in another country.
- Carry proper documentation if you cross the border to Thailand.
- Memorise a phone number of a parent or a neighbour so you know who to call if you have a problem.

I'm praying these lessons will come back to the futsal players when they need them.