Tim Howard, goalkeeper of the United States national football team signs autograph during a practice with students of the Football Forever program at the Don Bosco Institute in Soyapango, a suburb of San Salvador on March 27, 2009. The US Soccer Association help the Football Forever program to prevent crime in violent areas of El Salvador.
Founded in 2005, located in San Salvador, Soyapango and Mejicanos, The Futbol Forever Programme uses football as a framework for children to learn. This is accomplished through a series of educational football clinics for children and training courses for coaches and volunteers who will run the clinics in each location.
Each clinic is made up of a series of specifically designed exercises leading to a model of learning that smoothly connects learning techniques to basic emotional values for the development of the child.
Bob Howard, coach of the United States national football team plays with children in the Don Bosco Institute in Soyapango, a suburb of San Salvador during a visit to the Football Forever program on March 27, 2009. The US Soccer Association help the Football Forever program to prevent crime in violent areas of El Salvador.
Tim Howard, goalkeeper of the United States national football team, tries to catch the ball during a practice with students of the Football Forever program at the Don Bosco Institute in Soyapango, a suburb of San Salvador on March 27, 2009. The US Soccer Association help the Football Forever program to prevent crime in violent areas of El Salvador.
Currently, the Futbol Forever Programme is being implemented in El Salvador and Zambia and is being developed in South Africa and other countries. In these countries, the programme establishes a series of procedures for its implementation and encourages the use of existing resources in the community. The target group is underprivileged children and youth between 6-16y old.
