Spotlight on the Tigers Football Club ...


What would Tigers be without its legendary football programme?!?! Football always has been and continues to be one of the main outreach tools of the Tigers Club Project, an ever- effective way of drawing boys into the programme, of building relationships and trust which can change the lives of homeless children!

A warm welcome to Dave Waters….
The entire Tigers team therefore extend a warm and excited “Welcome!” to Dave Waters from Hull who has joined the team for a few months and who will be working closely with Coach Steven Bogere to strengthen the football programme. Dave is settling in well and he and Coach have put in place some exciting changes which include prayer and worship prior to football matches, much welcomed by the boys, as well as practical measures such as the introduction of ‘football cones’ into sessions, and re-starting work on the ‘bobbly’ pitch at Tudabujja.

The team also visit the Kampiringisa Rehabilitation Centre on Fridays and join other NGOs in providing detained street children with football training and others forms of outreach, a crucial way of preparing them for their reintegration into the community and of making them feel loved and supported.

Dave Waters, Coach Steven Bogere during football training with boys at the Kampiringisa National Rehabilitation Centre

Football can also be used to make the boys think of other aspects of their lives! The health training session
“How does David Beckham stay fit and healthy”, organised by Dave and nurse Juliana, has been a great success so far and is making the Tudabujja boys think about issues relating to fitness, food and diet, water and hygiene.

Another Tigers’ victory….!!
February witnessed the friendly match between the Tigers team and the team from Tackle Africa UK (20 players) who visited Tigers having travelled through Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya to promote HIV/AIDS awareness.

As they regularly attract crowds of 4000 or more, the Tigers team at first felt a little embarrassed at their spectatorship of 50 in Lubiri Palace!!! However, the match was a great success and the Tigers boys scored an incredible goal in the last five minutes, bringing them an amazing 1-0 victory! Dave Waters writes,
“ The TackleAfrica team gave us a bit of a bruising, but it was so encouraging to see the Tigers keep their discipline and eventually get a last minute winner!”

A big thank you to Tackle Africa for a wonderful match and…….

…………..ROAR ON TIGERS!