Today was the first opportunity I had to work with an all girls team. In Kenya, I have found that most fields have many children playing football for all hours of the day but mostly they are boys. In the Shaurimoyo area of Kisumu, I made my way over to a training session that saw 6 teams practicing on one field. I took our cone and ball, and the 8 girls in their green school uniforms and we went to the center of the field. I know I can run a session in a small space and I knew I wanted all the boys to see how good these girls can play. So, after a few minutes of some warm up, we really started to have fun, mostly at my expense through some awesome "stretching" or "ugali" dancing. After 20 minutes of finding our mojo I learned the Luo words for Girls' Power. Yup, Nguvu Wasichana. And from there, the boys knew these girls could play, and for the next hour they ruled the pitch. So to all my nieces who knew Nguzu Musimbi, I share with you your new sisters from Kisumu -- Nguvu Wasichana!
Uncle Mr. Bean
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