Leveling the Playing Field: How Coach James is Using Football as a Launchpad for Youth
April 6, 2025
“Coaching is more than drills. It is about giving young people direction, alternatives, and belief in their own potential.”
“Coaching is more than drills. It is about giving young people direction, alternatives, and belief in their own potential.”
Empowering Youth; Changing Lives!
Written by Ben Bramson, CFK Africa 2024 Peacock Fellow and undergraduate student studying religion, pre-medicine, and conflict management at the University of North Carolina, Chapel
“Fatuma is determined to use her national platform to advocate for issues affecting girls.”
“Soccer can be used not just as a gateway to education, but to also help bridge ethnic barriers.”
“Beyond the recent headlines, however, the Women’s World Cup serves an even more important role in helping connect at-risk girls and young women with mentors, serving as an entry point to education, and even helping them overcome deeply rooted ethnic divisions like here in Kenya.
CFK Africa’s Psychological Counselor, Elmard Rigan, and Project Officer for the Best Schools Initiative, Vivian Adhiambo, speak about our work to support youth leadership development in informal settlements through value-based sports, education programs, life skills trainings, and more on TV47 Kenya.
CFK Africa’s football exhibition at CreaKids Sports Centre in Gatwekera Village was featured in a sports digest feature on NTV Kenya.
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