More Football

9.30am and more football! Being a Saturday we were a little unsure how many boys we would get but still about 10 showed up at Mahim Gardens. Again, they were all very keen to play. Today I had Jaywanth as my interpreter as Rajesh was not feeling to well this morning. We did a warm up and then played for a good 45 mins. The temperature is very hot today and there was a need for a great deal of water. I can definitely start to see some improvement in the boys and they are picking up the rules well. Once they know what a free kick is given for they have no hesitation in spotting it happen. We even had a penalty kick for a handball right in front of the goal. At 11.00am we were once again stopped by the park security who needed to lock up. The boys headed over to the bus to watch the end of the film the children had been watching and to then have some food. Due to the ground they we play football on, I am always cover in dirt. As I was meeting up with Biju for another meeting, I decided to head back home and get changed - all this football is creating lots of washing! I then went on to the Vision Rescue office to print out some teaching reasource and have lunch, and then we wnet onto the hospital to see Biju. He wanted to run through an financial concept caqlled micro financing. This is a way of lending money to underpriviledged people that allows a more effective way of repaying the money. The rates are much better than banks but the money is lent to a small group rather than an individual. The group members then support each other in paying back the money. Staff are employed to advise and help groups through the repayment process. Biju has lots of contacts around the world involved in micro finance and together we will draw up a proposal for how Vision Rescue can be involved in such a scheme.
The picture I have included above this blog are of Juhu and Reay Road from Thurdays blog!