Help Rural Children of Cambodia Fulfill Potential

“No shoes No game! This is for most of people but not for our children in TFCF Cambodia Football Team. It just happened in a friendly game with other school team recently. We found the opposing team members had no shoes, so our team members decided to take off shoes and had a game with them after a short discussion. What a friendly game it was!

Usually, the football training is conducted during the weekend because all team members have more free time to participate in training. It’s from 7 am to 9 am and I found most of children were not late and kept their smiles in the whole morning. It’s getting better and better and now all members are familiar with football skills now. Actually, they are well trained and have improved many key skills and be able to apply and utilize their skills while playing a game. They also build a sense of teamwork and solidarity within the team. They had good ball controls and did a good job on the field during 90 minutes game time and our side beat the other in the match. Thank you for giving children the opportunities to learn and grow with their dream. ”

- Message from Un Sinat, the football coach

Friendly games played!

During 2019 July, our football team had a friendly game with another team from the government school in Trampong district, Oddor Meanchey Province. It took 90 minutes from 7 am to 8:30 am in DPC football field. As mentioned above, our team didn’t wear football shoes because the opposing team didn’t have them, so they suggested not to wear shoes in case of hurting each other. Our children received a great success and really did a good job. They achieved their goal and also received well experiences in the game. However, there are still many skills to improve, such as ball controls and save the ball from the shoot by the other team. Our coach will keep training them to raise their skills continuously. Thank you again for your great support and donation! Let’s keep watching their growth and making their dreams come true! Thank you!

With gratitude,

Wen Hung

Links:

• TFCF Cambodia Facebook (in Chinese)

Yorn Sopheara, an 11-year-old boy, has 2 older brothers and lives at least 7 kilometres from school. Sopheara joined the team in February 2019, he is one of new members in the team this year.

“I was glad to join TFCF football team at the beginning of 2019, and I started to enjoy the staying in school because I knew I could study and also play my favorite sport in school. My social worker encouraged me to play the football and study hard to be an outstanding student. I greatly appreciate this opportunity, and I promise that I will get all my job done to become a good student as a result. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to join this program and change my way to study.”

- Message from Yorn Sopheara, the project beneficiary

** Yorn Sopheara is a fake name due to the privacy and safety of individuals which is respected.

The first friendly match in 2019

All new members have joined the team training for 4 months and we have organized the first friendly match for TFCF children this June. We took a 2 to 2 draw with Prasat Krorhorm team during the friendly game on June 15th, 2019. Even we didn’t win the game, it was a good experience to examine the result of training. All children have learned how to improve their skills in the coming training and felt exciting to be in the project. Thank you for your support and donation! You truly make the difference for children in Cambodia and we are extremely grateful! Thank you!

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With gratitude,

Wen Hung

Links:

• TFCF Cambodia Facebook (in Chinese)