The
Gambia Football Federation will this week organise the third edition of the
outreach programme initiated by the GFF through its women football coordinator
and the women football ambassadors.
They
will partner with the West Coast Regional Football Association for the latest
event to be hosted at the Box Bar Mini-Stadium on Wednesday 8March 2017.
The
event will bring together 70 participants from four schools: Jamisa Lower Basic
School, St. Peters Lower Basic School, Farato Lower Basic School and Mandinaba
Banding Drammeh Arabic School.
“The
objectives of the programme are centred as follows: It will provide broader opportunities
to the GFF to showcase the growth potential of girls and women’s participation
in football and create awareness of women’s football in country,” said Sainey
Sissoho, the GFF women football coordinator.
The
programme, she went on, will also enhance a mass participation of girls and
women in football and also identify young talented girls to be groomed to
become future players, coaches, medics and administrators, as well as promote
and motivate girls and women in football.
Source:
GFF
