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Testimonies from to girls“My name is Dragana and I live in Foca. After the Open Fun Football School last year I feel in love with football and now I am impatiently waiting to enrol for the school next year. The football school affected me a great deal. Thanks to the school I have become friends with a lot of boys and girls from Ustikolina and Gorazde. My parents were not happy to let me go without them, but when I returned home from the school I was so happy and full of good experiences so that I hardly could wait to wake up again to meet with my new friends. I recall our bus trips to the school where we laughed and sang the whole way. I spent the lunch break with my new friend Amra throwing water, telling jokes and other funny stuff from the school. The last day at the football school we exchanged phone numbers and addresses to maintain our friendship. Every time we speak on the phone we recall all the funny things we experienced together and we are looking forward to joining the Open Fun Football School again this summer and play together again.”
Dragana, Serbian girl from Foca,
Republica Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina “My name is Vesna and I love playing football. I love it because I meet a lot of girl friends through football. Open Fun Football Schools have helped me a lot. Some years ago there was a war going on here, which prevented us from going any where meeting other girls and boys. But on the football school we could do that. I met a girl called Alisa. We spent all the days together at the football school and were inseparable. It was all very exiting and fun at the school. Our coaches played new games with us all the time. In particular I recall one day where we had a “water battle” during the break. We laughed so much that we got a stomach pain. The school ended after five days and we were sad to say goodbye. Open Fun Football Schools have made me love football. Not only because we are playing matches and each time attempt to win for us to be happy. I have learnt that the most important thing is to be with your friends and have a fun time. We do not hate somebody because they have a different skin colour or religion. We are all equals. I hope that the same school is organised in my town, Foca, for me to meet old friends and get new friends.”
Vesna, Serbian girl from Foca,
Republica Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina, ”The children in the school tell me enthusiastically about the football school and they keep their diplomas and t-shirts as precious memories. We use the footballs and other equipment every day and believe me, we take good care of it!”
Ms Chicha Gvalia,
biology teacher at the camp school in Tskneti
”We train the kids every day using the principles of Open Fun Football Schools, but it is difficult to find room for all
the children that wants to play. We appreciate the support we receive from the OFFS programme, because it helps us to occupy them with something healthy and positive in their leisure time, instead of them roaming around doing silly things.” Mr Mutav Vekuva,
OFFS coach in Tskneti |
