Sports ministry
The government of Tanzania has never put aside land for recreation activities in Sungwi villages (Kisarawe) and so most of the youth after school/work have nothing to get engaged in and so end up hanging by the roadside or get involved into activities that are dangerous totheir health such as smoking, drugs, gambling. With the land that True Grasses has secured for the construction of the school, we have set aside land for the community recreation activities where True Grasses will donate a football and football jerseys for the games. We are grateful to the family ‘Zandinga’, who donated the sportswear. The youth in the community have agreed to prepare the land and set up the field for the activities. This recreation piece of land will serve both the school for their sports activities as well as the community. As this was announced cheers went up and wondering who this was that would give land where the government has failed to do so. We are now raising funds to improve on the field, such as football poles, but also a set of swings for the younger ones in the community.
The reason we decided to clear the land for sports and recreational activities, is because we believe in helping the youth get off the streets and away from gambling and being idle, so that we can use football as a ministry tool to reach out to them, building relationships and show the love of Christ to them. Through building this group, we want to make a village team that can learn new things, bring ideas and become an encouragement team to other community members.
