Around 500 children aged from 10 to 13 are benefiting from the Cambodian government-overseen Starfish Foundation Football Coaching, local media said on Wednesday.
The children from 10 teams in Phnom Penh and four in Siem Reap province receive training some six hours a week, English-language newspaper the Cambodian Daily quoted Tola May, deputy secretary- general of the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC), as saying.
"Fun, discipline and health are all benefits that the kids can gain from football. The role of coaches is not just about training children in terms of football. They are teachers in other aspects of life also," he said.
FFC oversees the football coaching project since it came into being in April 2006 to help disadvantaged children of the kingdom.
Currently, FFC helps organize sponsorship for the project, while the non-governmental Starfish Foundation provides equipment and pay salaries to the coaches.
Source: Xinhua
The children from 10 teams in Phnom Penh and four in Siem Reap province receive training some six hours a week, English-language newspaper the Cambodian Daily quoted Tola May, deputy secretary- general of the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC), as saying.
"Fun, discipline and health are all benefits that the kids can gain from football. The role of coaches is not just about training children in terms of football. They are teachers in other aspects of life also," he said.
FFC oversees the football coaching project since it came into being in April 2006 to help disadvantaged children of the kingdom.
Currently, FFC helps organize sponsorship for the project, while the non-governmental Starfish Foundation provides equipment and pay salaries to the coaches.
Source: Xinhua
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