How Was Your Weekend?

A bright summer morning on a Saturday in April would often find people still in bed, catching up on zzz's from a late friday night or on their way to a long weekend out of town. Not in Futkal. Yesterday, Rock Ed joined Coach Peter and other Futkal volunteers to teach football to children in a poor community. Under the heat of the summer sun, Futkal volunteers taught children how to play football, directing warm up exercises, and refereed games. The children were excited. Despite the fact that some of them, didn't have shoes or slippers, they played. Shrieks of laughter, whistles and the slaps of barefeet on the concrete were all that could be heard, punctuated with Coach Romario's (who was not very fluent in Filipino) shouts of "Pwesto!"

Hopefully, more children from these communities will be engaged in football because it only requires a large playing space, two sets of slippers to act as goals, and a ball. It doesn't need a court like basketball. Maybe, these children will be more encouraged to involve themselves in more productive activities with their spare time. Maybe, this will keep them out of trouble.

Kudos to you Peter, and the rest of the Futkal volunteers! We need more people like you.


21 April 2007, Highway Hills
Photo credit: Nards&Aggie