Football for Hope team is ready for the start of their World Cup

We are happy and proud to tell you that, with support or donors and well wishers, we have managed to raise the funds to participate in the Football for Hope Festival in South Africa from June 28 – July 11, 2010. On behalf of whole MTG and especially the boys and girls and the leaders who have been selected to represent MTG in Johannesburg we would like to thank our donors and well wishers very much. Without them we would not have been able to participate in this event. We are proud that we will be part of the first ever World Cup held in Africa that will start today. Since the Kenyan national team didn’t manage to qualify for the World Cup 2010 all Kenyan eyes are on the Kenyan participants in the Football for Hope Festival. The Football for Hope Festival is an official element of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM. The Football for Hope Festival is organised by FIFA, streetfootballworld, the Organising Committee of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the City of Johannesburg. It is a two-week festival of education, culture and football. The football tournament will be played with mixed teams. The boys and girls that were selected to represent Moving the Goalposts in South Africa are: Mbeyu Esse Akida, Fathime Khamisi, Rehema Ibrahim, Sarah Kitsao, Abdallah Angore, Philip Mwangi, Azidin Salim and Mohammed Hamad. Coach: Clarice Mrengi Young Leader: Lilian Mbeyu Delegation leader: Mr. Damigott John Migot Our substitutes (who are not traveling, but are part of the team and who attend every practice) are: Bosco Baraka Charo, David Kitsao, Halima Ngowa and Riziki Baya. If you want to see the team in action you can watch one of the “African Short Stories”, a 1 ½ minute mini documentary about the MTG Football for Hope team, featuring Esse Mbeyu Akida, on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/user/tveInspiringChange#p/c/C50DC4655647B654/8/X1....