A two-week football coaching project, dubbed: "Goal Ghana Football Gala 2009" to help create awareness on HIV/AIDS in some selected schools in the Tamale metropolis has ended with a gala match involving participating schools.
In all, 160 coaches including 270 children from three suburbs of the metropolis benefited from the project.
Among the topics covered were diet and nutrition, delivering drills and session planning.
Two FA qualified coaches from TackleAfrica, also a UK charity, engaged the participants in the two-week training.
They were also taken through HIV/AIDS awareness lessons on the pitch before the kick-off of the matches.
Both players and spectators were taken through an hour’s education on contracting, the transmission and the prevention of the disease.
It was followed by questions and answers time.
All the participating teams, including the winners of the Gala match, were presented with awards including contraceptives.
The project was organised by the Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS), a Tamale-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), in collaboration with their UK-based partners, Goal Ghana, a fund-raising organisation.
The programme followed a successful one held in February last year.
A co-ordinator of the RAINS project, Mr Shaibu Ibrahim, further explained that the programme was aimed at educating the general public, particularly the youth, on the dangers of unprotected sex, especially HIV/AIDS.
He said the occasion also provided the forum for the youth to enlighten themselves and also clear doubts about the disease.
Mr Ibrahim also observed that building programmes on youth-friendly endeavours, such as sport, would go a long way to produce the desired impact in the country’s drive to eradicate the disease.
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