GIFA launches first project in Guyana

Mar 17, 2015 Sports

The Guyana International Football Association (GIFA) has just concluded it

Schools and clubs across Guyana received football equipment from non-profit organisation GIFA.

inaugural programme in Guyana. From February 28 – March 7 a series of four coaching clinics were conducted in four areas in Guyana. Beginning on Sunday March 1 youth soccer clinics were conducted at Ann’s Grove United, on the East Coast of Demerara, followed by a similar at Berbice High School in New Amsterdam on Tuesday March 3; Buxton United, also on the East Coast of Demerara on Wednesday March 4; and finally on Saturday March 7 at the MacKenzie Sports Club ground.
All the sessions were well attended and the participants eagerly participated in the planned activities. Each group was presented with at least eight soccer balls, 18 tee-shirts, 18 sport bags and an assortment of related items such as ball pins and pumps.
The clinic was conducted by Stan Harmon, a GIFA founder member and a United States Soccer Federation licensed coach and A National Soccer Coaches of America certified coach. In the previous three years Mr. Harmon had conducted courses for school coaches for the Scotia-Pepsi Schools programme.
Guyana International Football Association is a global non-profit organization tasked with effecting change in Guyana’s football fortunes by initiating and supporting football development at all levels.

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