Galz and Goals

The NFA’s Galz & Goals initative in partnership with UNICEF and SCORE (Sports Coaches Outreach) visited Gobabis last week and successfully trained and inspired 34 community coaches and teachers to make a difference and empower the young girls of their community.

On Saturday 9th October, coaches, teachers, youth volunteers and girls aged 9-15 turned up at Ben Van Der Walt Primary School to participate in an initiative that provides adolescent girls of Gobabis the opportunity to participate in football and make positive social change within their community.

The NFA’s Galz and Goals project will receive a N$122 000 grant from the Australian government’s Special Envoy to Africa, Bob McMullan who made the announcement on Thursday.

Using football as a tool for change, Galz and Goals has the principal aim of promoting individual health and social responsibility.

The NFA’s Galz & Goals initiative in partnership with UNICEF and SCORE Namibia is currently holding a festival for the first time in Okahandja, the hometown of many of Namibia’s top female football stars. The festival started on Wednesday and will run until October 16.

Spreading the message about leading a fun and healthy lifestyle, the NFA’s four day Galz & Goals festival kicked off at Okahandja Primary School Hall and Sports field.

Competing with international organizations from all over the world, the Namibian Football Association’s ‘GALZ & GOALS’ initiative in partnership with UNICEF won US$15 000 plus professional capacity building support in administration and management for the award of ‘Sport Federation or Governing Body of the Year’ at the Beyond Sport Awards in Chicago, USA.

The NFA’s ‘Galz & Goals’ representative and women’s football head coach of Namibia, Jacqui Shipanga, accepted the internationally recognized award with great enthusiasm in Chicago on Wednesday evening.