👋Now a professional 🏟️footballer⚽, Belinda has not forgotten🔙 where she came from. Every day, she goes back to train🏃♀️ with her former team🏁.
Based in Kibera🇰🇪, the largest urban slum in Africa, she wants to empower and teach younger kids👦👧. Belinda is 19 years old and the third of four children👨👨👧👦. When she was younger, she did not want to waste🙇 her time doing nothing. That is why she started playing football🏟️.
When she heard about Carolina for Kibera’s Queens team, she joined! CFK is a local 🌠NGO that uses sport 🌠as a powerful 💪tool to build community resilience and prevent violence💥. It builds social skills and establishes positive🌞 social norms that protect adolescents from negative influences.
From Monday to Friday📅, they train. On Sundays, the girls attend talks about their interactions with the community👩🏫. For example, they are taught what to do if they are raped💥.
Last year, CFK took part in a tournament 🏟️where Belinda was identified as 🌠a great talent🤩. After a strict selection process, Belinda was offered a professional contract🚀 and a place as a full-time player with the Mathare United team.
Every day, Belinda goes back to train with her former teammates to share her skills and show that it is possible to make it! Only 19 years old, and she has already made giving back a priority!
🌠🌠🌠“At our own pace and scale, everyone can aspire to change the world”🌠🌠🌠
