This is a verbatim transcribed copy of a letter of motivation written by Seune Phiri, the captain of the soccer team at Masakhane. This letter was handed to me recently with the request to ‘please put it in our newspaper, maybe someone would like to help our soccer team to get going’.
(Sonja van der Vyver – Development Practitioner Masakhane)
This team is formed in Masakhane. We used to play our home games at Consu Engineering (a nearby farm) and some at Maanhaarrand (the nearby general dealer) because we didn’t have our own soccer field. Now we have found a place but it is not yet ready to be used because we are still looking for someone to help us with a scraper (grader) to remove the grass and to make it level.
Our team consists of 25 players and officials. We have no kit. When we play a game we borrow kit from the school. We have no sponsorship yet and no transport. Some of our away-games we are walking to and for some we hire cars to get there. Here at Masakhane are some good players, young ones, but we cannot get them to trials because we cannot afford the transport.
So maybe if we can get someone to help this team, then we can get to go far with football because it helps to keep us fit and away from crime, drugs and alcohol abuse. That someone will be highly appreciated.
Sometimes others (some of the players) play with (wearing) sneakers, shoes or even barefoot just to get the game moving. We really luv football and maybe one day we will make it to the top. We also (would) like joining league here but without the required equipment we can’t so please we are asking for your help.
Yours in Sports
Seune
(on behalf of Two 4 Joy UNITED)
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