Tuesday morning we all woke up around 8 and got ready for our first full day volunteering with Soccer 4 Hope. After a continental breakfast, we hopped in the van with our guide Craig and driver Charlie and made our way to the Rainbow Centre.
Once there, we met with the All-Stars, Wewe, Karl, and Ricardo in a classroom to go over some of the background of the Soccer 4 Hope organization. Karl kindly filled us all in and we proceeded to pester him with many difficult questions! After we had a better idea of how Soccer 4 Hope operates on a daily basis, we were able to direct our activities to better meet the needs of the group. After a short break, four of us started off with a goal setting session for the All-Stars while the rest of the group pumped up the many balls we brought and prepared and separated the gear for each school.
Jo led a great introduction to S.M.A.R.T. goal setting, and then each All-Star worked on a list of short and long term goals for their personal lives, and for their role within S4H. Our guide, Craig, turns out to be an amazing photographer and snapped many awesome pictures of our activities all day. After a productive couple of hours, we took a well-deserved break for lunch.
Once there, we met with the All-Stars, Wewe, Karl, and Ricardo in a classroom to go over some of the background of the Soccer 4 Hope organization. Karl kindly filled us all in and we proceeded to pester him with many difficult questions! After we had a better idea of how Soccer 4 Hope operates on a daily basis, we were able to direct our activities to better meet the needs of the group. After a short break, four of us started off with a goal setting session for the All-Stars while the rest of the group pumped up the many balls we brought and prepared and separated the gear for each school.
Jo led a great introduction to S.M.A.R.T. goal setting, and then each All-Star worked on a list of short and long term goals for their personal lives, and for their role within S4H. Our guide, Craig, turns out to be an amazing photographer and snapped many awesome pictures of our activities all day. After a productive couple of hours, we took a well-deserved break for lunch.
In the afternoon, the Dinos players split into 3 groups and accompanied the All-Stars to schools within their own communities to begin distributing the gear and to run sessions for each school in the townships. One group visited a school in Phillipi, a second in Guguletu, and a third (myself, Salina, and Brittany) visited a school in Khayelitsha. We were very excited to hand the gear over the the players and they were beyond excited to receive all the jerseys, pinnies, balls and cones. The jerseys and pinnies were put on immediately and wouldn't come off until the very end of practice! We led the girls through a couple of simple drills and then played a short game with them which I think was greatly enjoyed by all of us. :)
In the evening most of the girls made their way to the waterfront to enjoy a pub-style meal to at Quay-Four, while I stayed home to finish up some final work for school. Afterwards, we all met up at the hostel to watch the Barcelona - Real Madrid Champion's League game at the hostel. Finally, we made our way to bed after a very exciting and productive day!
Caitlin
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