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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The first edition of the Kibera\u00a0Slums Football Tournamentkicks off today.<\/p>\n

Organised by Asha Hersi Foundation, the football tournament is aimed at keeping youths in\u00a0Kibera\u00a0to engage positively by spreading and promoting peaceful co-existence among themselves and their neighbours.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Standard Sports, Asha Hersi Foundation representative Ignatius Wafula said their aim is to reduce the crime rate, peer pressure and substance abuse among the youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aiming at giving them hope and healing lives through sports.\u00a0 It\u2019s an initiative that has started in\u00a0Kibera\u00a0Highrise Ward with football and will be an annual event,\u201d Wafula said.<\/p>\n

The tournament will start today and end on December 6 where former Harambee Stars captain Musa Otieno and former Gor Mahia striker Edwin Lavasta are expected to grace.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great sporting talents and skills in the informal settlement communities are unidentified because of lack of or no exposure at all. Therefore, we are doing this to promote peaceful co-existence and stop substance abuse which is our tournament\u2019s theme, especially during this hard economic time brought about by Covid-19.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve partnered with ETCO – Empower The Community, BABS Security Group, Safaricom and Football Kenya Federation to ensure that this event is a success. We call upon other groups and organisations to embrace this idea and join us to stop this stereotyping mentality of the informal settlement communities,\u201d Wafula added.<\/p>\n

Collince Onyango of ECTO said: \u201cBy partnering with organisations such as Asha Hersi Foundation, we believe that our empowerment services are reaching the relevant people and it will be of great help as it will positively impact lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event has been sponsored by Kenya Football Federation, Safaricom, BABS Security Group and ETCO (Empower The Community).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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