The new centre was launched on Friday in the Waberi district in the government-controlled side of the capital where children from poorer families and street boys most of them under 10 years of age were encamped under the auspice of Somali Football Federation.
“So far there have been eight youth football training centers in the capital alone and this is the 9th centre we are implementing—this is part of our football for peace program which has so far protected hundreds of young boys from being monopolized by criminals in the country” Somali Football Federation president told the media during the launching ceremony of the new center.
“We have two more important objectives from this football for peace program we are waging, the first one is to secure the young boys from falling into the hands of criminals and the second is to hunt our future U-17 team members from this initiative” president Said Mahmoud Nur told the media.
“At this center we have too young children and some teenagers who are expected to join the national U-17 approximately two or three years later—they are very much interested in this sector and we are committed to building their future through football” the president emphasized.
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“Although our financial capability is too low and there is no adequate equipment at the training centers the Somali Football Federation is committee to continuing this football for peace program which has until now yielded positive results” the president noted.
For the past several years the Somali Football Federation has been using football as a tool to disarm and rehabilitate child soldiers who used to be monopolized by notorious warmongers in the country. Some of the rehabilitated children now include the U-17 and U 20 Somali national football teams and this became a very successful endeavor that lead the SFF to enlarge its football for peace programs.
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