Outreach Programme to Intensify Women and Girls’ Participation in Football

The Gambia Football Federation will this week organise the third edition of the outreach programme initiated by the GFF through its Women’s Football Co-ordinator and the women’s football ambassadors. They will partner with the West Coast Regional Football Association for the latest event to be hosted at the Box Bar Mini-Stadium on Wednesday 8^th March, 2017.

The event will bring together 70 participants from four schools: Jamisa Lower Basic School, St. Peters Lower Basic School, Farato Lower Basic School and Mandinaba Banding Drammeh Arabic School.

Sainey Sissohore, the GFF Women’s Football Coordinator said, “The objectives of the programme are centered around providing broader opportunities for the GFF to showcase the growth potential of girls and women’s participation in football and create awareness of women’s football in country.”

The programme will also enhance a mass participation of girls and women in football and also identify young talented girls to be groomed to become future players, coaches, medics and administrators, as well as promote and motivate girls and women in football.