St Kitts-Nevis Football Assn Receives Donation from FIFA

2011-02-28 21:49:48 by

FIFA has launched a football training program for 12-16 year olds in communities throughout the St Kitts-Nevis federation. It will be held over the next 18 months to help develop football skills in our youth, and will be funded with a contribution of $150,000 US from FIFA.

The program will teach children the skills of football and also the importance of education, so that they would have good grades in school while they maintain their football ability.

CONCACAF WICWC Region Manager Dick Howard said football is the world?s game and FIFA invests millions of dollars in development programmes globally. He indicated that the programme is critical to the development of the youngsters at an early age and take them to a period where they could enjoy the game. 11 other countries are already involved in the program.

Technical Director Lenny Lake said that over the past six years the local association had been involved in youth development programs. Training of coaches, improved facilities, referees' training, and off-field training are some of the some of the activities the SKNFA would be undertaking.