We just can’t seem to get away from stories about football (soccer) academies here at the NGI blog. We posted two such stories this April (April 2nd and April 7th) -about plans to set-up such academies in the talent-rich but accolade-poor country of Kenya- where we trumpeted about the social and economic benefits of putting up well run football academies in impoverished parts of the world. Here again is another story about an academy initiative -this time spearheaded by a well known star to English Premier Football League enthusiasts, the West Ham Football Club forward, Craig Bellamy. He recently visited the formerly war-torn West African country of Sierra Leone and was so impressed with the talent he found there that he vowed to improve the facilities for the game. He has now set up the Craig Bellamy Foundation, which will start to build an academy in the capital Freetown. He says his motivation is not profit making but to give Sierra Leoneans opportunities they may not otherwise have access to.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7385488.stm
http://www.africanews.com/site/list_messages/18077
Friday, 9 May 2008
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