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FIFA Grassroots Programme for Guyana – Klass
Colin Klass
President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass in a conversation with Kaieteur Sport yesterday via telephone disclosed that he is hoping that a similar FIFA Grassroots Programme which is taking shape in Trinidad and Tobago will be implemented in Guyana in the not too distant future.
Klass was responding to the question as to whether such an initiative was earmarked for Guyana that will seek to get many more communities involved in playing the game of football.
“This programme is something similar to what I was attempting to explain to the organisers of the Inter-Block Tournament which is that FIFA had already constructed a plan to assist in the further development of the sport at the grassroots level,” Klass informed.
The programme is supposed to be initially funded by the world governing body and is aimed at getting persons with restricted access playing the sport.
According to Klass, the GFF will shortly communicate with FIFA for its recommendations, approval and support to run off the programme. Upon approval, FIFA’s experts in the various technical areas will them visit Guyana to conduct workshops organised by the local body with representatives from the communities identified.
“All along I was saying that the Inter-Block initiative was not being conducted in the manner approved by FIFA, and should not be used as a political tool.”
He added that after the FIFA officials leave, participants from the selected areas are then expected to return to their respective communities and impart the knowledge gained from the workshops.
Klass indicated that the among the programme’s goals is to make healthy sporting activity part of daily life for as many children as possible, especially those children who are relatively deprived of organised sport.
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