{"id":31910,"date":"2022-06-01T11:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jica-bright-stars-spread-hope-in-pagirinya-camp"},"modified":"2022-06-01T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:12:57","slug":"jica-bright-stars-spread-hope-in-pagirinya-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/jica-bright-stars-spread-hope-in-pagirinya-camp","title":{"rendered":"JICA, Bright Stars spread hope in Pagirinya camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Bayern Munich and Canadian footballer Alphonso Davies\u2019 journey to becoming one of the best players in the world started somewhere in Buduburam, a Ghanaian refugee camp. Along with his parents, he had fled a civil war in Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 200 refugee children in Pagirinya Refugee Settlement Camp, Adjumani District chasing the same dream after being forced out of South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Gloria Mandera, a 16 year old girl and Godwill Kute , 17, are some of them. \u201cI hope football can take me places and give me a better life out there,\u201d Mandera told Daily Monitor after attending a football clinic organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Solito Bright Stars FC, a Uganda Premier League side at Tandala Primary School.<\/p>\n<p><b>Special feeling<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bright Star players Alfred Onek , Methodius Jungu and Emmanuel Were, helped by coach Tsuchiya Masato, took the group through a number of drills on May 28 on a murram pitch with a few scattered patches of grass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my pleasure to help nurture kids. We have come to give them hope. Many footballers come from nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad to tell you we have spotted some talented kids here and they need all the support,\u201d said Bright Stars goalkeeper Were.<\/p>\n<p>JICA Uganda boss Uchiyama Takayuki pledged more support for the underprivileged girls and boys who hardly had any gear on.<\/p>\n<p><b>More exposure<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall take some of the girls for more exposure through a tournament in Jinja in August.<\/p>\n<p>Sport is rewarding and through it, you discover the importance of working hard,taking care of yourself, and show talent,\u201d he said at the event that had Titus Jogo from the office of the prime minister, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees\u2019s Joel Obeta and Richard Anzo Makpwe, the president of the Pagirinya Refugee Football Association all present.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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