Using football as a tool to make a difference.

Many young people in Brazil have lives affected by abject poverty, broken/ violent homes, as well as drug and gang cultures in their communities. In 2015 I qualified as a football coach and had the opportunity to visit football projects in Fortaleza that sought to help boys escape this reality and instead inject them with positivity, affirmation & team building, as well as Christian values like the love of Father God and loving others. They can then take these values back to their homes and communities and hopefully make better choices.

Since leaving my job and giving up my accommodation in 2016 to become a missionary, I have visited Fortaleza 3 times. This year I spent 3 months helping to coach boys at a 'Youth With a Mission' base, but more excitingly, started a 10 week project for girls aged between 10 and 14. There was a good response, so the next step is to return ASAP for 1 year to establish this for the long term.

The reality is that when I return, some of the girls can't play because they are now pregnant. Yet there will be others who can.

This work is voluntary and completely self funded - which is where you come in! I can't raise enough money on my own, so please give generously. The funds raised will pay for a visa, flights, rent, food, bills, transport etc - those essential everyday things that will enable me to have a base from which to implement the project. But also there will be resources to buy e.g. footballs, cones, bibs, small nets.

Thankfully there is a pitch we can train on, but it's in need of urgent redevelopment so if you would like to give specifically to that, let me know.

Thank you for your donation and being on this journey with me.

God bless you.