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Windhoek – The Namibia Football Association's Galz & Goals 2018 – 2022 strategic plan was officially launched on Wednesday at the NFA Girls' Center.
Launched in 2009, the NFA project Galz & Goals with the support of UNICEF teach young girls the skills of life through sport and. With great success in the past, the project now aims to empower even more girls.
The Galz & Goals project was also designed to address the social risk factors that girls face daily during their growth. The organizers educate girls about the dangers of social ills such as alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, HIV / AIDS and poverty.
UNICEF was the biggest player in the transformation of adolescent girls. On the occasion of the launch of the 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, Rachel Odede, National Representative of UNICEF, congratulated not only the Namibian Football Association for her work well done, but also for her work . "The strategic plan launched today is a demonstration of NFA's commitment to advancing the Galz & Goals program. Some unmet needs of adolescent girls in education, health and social protection can be addressed if sport for development programs are in place and well managed. Proud of the organizational structures and systems of NFA, our girls will benefit from better coordination of programs. This will enable them to acquire the knowledge, confidence and skills to solve the problems of violence, stay in school, prevent teenage pregnancies and prevent sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. " said Odede. The Minister of Sports, Youth and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, urged the various stakeholders present to consider the Strategic Plan not only as one of the Galz & Goals of the NFA, but also as "L & # 39; 39. Effort that the NFA with UNICEF, GIZ, FIFA and all those involved to empower our girls and women is commendable and with these few words, I officially launched the strategic plan for NFA Galz & Goals for the years 2018 to 2022 "said Tjongarero.
NFA's Galz & Goals National Project Director Jacqueline Gertze told the meeting that community involvement, increasing and streamlining leagues and reducing social risk behavior will be part of the issues that will be part of the strategic plan for the next four years
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