I’ve spent the last few days at the Laureus Sport for Good Leadership Summit. It is both instructive and inspirational to see how other groups around the world are using sport to better their lives. Yesterday my day ended in a highlight when I not only had the chance to meet two old friends Pannos and Roy, but also Jürgen Greisbeck who started Streetfootballworld!
All this networking made me think back to the early years in Manica.
About five years ago all of us in Manica thought we were the only group in the world struggling to mix our passion for football, our longing for community and our desire to uplift the youth! We felt isolated, a bit scared and overwhelmed; no one seemed to care about a small town in the middle of rural Mozambique. Nevertheless we stuck to it, worked hard and after many tears and smiles, GDM is in some ways now a good example of a Sport and Dev Program. Read more
