Empower 2,000 Cambodian Kids Through Sport

Here is another update from our Sports Programme in Cambodia!

We have been successful in recruiting two new young, energetic coaches; Phin and Sanay. Both have been picked from the community were we are working. This enables us to educate our coaches and impart sports knowledge, knowing that the knowledge will spread and stay within the community. They were trained under coach Lak for around 2 months. They have started running sport and physical education sessions in the village schools schools on a daily basis.

The new coaches joined our coaching clinic. It was divided into 2 sessions: theory and practical. The theory session covered Globalteer’s goals for the programme, followed by detailed discussions on physical education and football. The practical session held extensive football drills, emphasising on individual development as well as on the importance of team play, communication and fair play.

The highlight of December 2019 was most definitely the HHC Sports festival!

The Helping Hands Cambodia sports day was an effort to engage our students in friendly competition in simple individual and team sports. Along with the participants, the event also invited all parents to spectate, enjoy the games & the music, and provide support to their children. We had events such as sprinting, long jump, relay race, sack race, tug-of-war, football, volleyball, etc. Hudreds of children participated with around 150 parents turning up to cheer on their kids.

This event worked as a fun day out for a lot of people whilst bringing the community together. Through such events, Globalteer also aimed to build co-beneficial relationships with other NGOs working in similar areas. This event also acted as a practice run for the larger community festival day Globalteer is aiming to organise in March/ April 2020.

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Here is another update from our Sports Programme in Cambodia!

As we have mentioned in our previous reports, our programme is continuously growing! We are currently in the process of hiring more coaches so that we can reach out to a higher number of children in the area of Siem Reap. Our coaches are all part of our local staff. They know the areas we work in, they can communicate well with the children, and they live in nearby communities. Recently, we held a coaching clinic for our newest coaches, where they learned all about physical education and imparting life-skills through sports.

Sports Festival!

On December 15th, our Cambodia teammates are organising a sports festival for the children that are part of our sports programme in Siem Reap. This event will bring together children from different areas of the community for a fun day of sports, music, food, and friendly competition. The children can enjoy their favourite sports and connect with other children from the area. Along with the kids, the parents are invited along to support their children on this festive day. It’s a community event!

Our sports festival will include as many as 1,000 children and will prepare us for our next year’s event that will include children from 5 additional regions. As many as 6,000 children will be included in our festival next year as well! We are very excited about the expansion and the quality of our programme, and we are looking forward to a fun day for our children in Siem Reap.

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We hope to have more exciting updates for you with our next report!

And as always, thank you for your continued, invaluable support. If you would like to donate, and we hope you do, please visit our page! You can also subscribe to our newsletter for regular Globalteer updates regarding this and all of our other projects!