Six Boys Join The National Youth U14

Riverkids Foundation has created the foot ball group for children are living at a poor community in Phnom Penh. Recently we have created two groups, one is 15 down years old(22 students) and other one is 16 up years old (12 students). Most of their families are can collectors to support their living. After school, they go to collect cans to support family and studying. Fortunately, six boys have been collected by National Youth U14 to participate to the football training of the National Youth U14 team for 2009 through HFCA. Among six players will go to attend the football match in Thailand on October, 2009.



According to Mr. Sokha In, HFCA’s coach (He comes from the Football Federation of Cambodia, FFC) and Mr. Savong, coach of the National Youth U14 about the National Youth U14 team for year 2009 said that “The qualified and the best players at the Cambodia National Youth U14 will be selecting for an international friendly match competition in Philippine next year. The qualified and the best players at U14 will be selecting for U15, U16, and the Cambodia National Team in the future”.

Mr. TESHIMA ATSUSHI, who’s Japan’s soccer coach, soccer consultant and recently as a National Youth Director at Football Federation of Cambodia, FFC came to visit our training last Saturday 18th July 2009 then he gave some good ideas to me and also a coach, for example: have to divide the player by age and coaching them following by the right coaching skill. The games will make for a small team like five/six Vs five/six games is better then a big team, if we do the eight/eleven Vs eight/eleven games, some players will not have an opportunity to get/touch the ball but the small game every players get/touch the ball, so they can improve their skill for day to day by playing the games.

On behalf of Riverkids and the kids, I would like to say thank to our generous supporters who has been working hard to involve in helping to the Cambodian homeless/street children and youths, especially to the donors, sponsorships that have been helping this program since started until now.

Written by Phat Sam Ann
Social Worker at Riverkids Foundation
Email: samann_psy2008@yahoo.com
Mobile: (855-12) 796 407