FIFA Goal III project for F/town
Thursday, June 20, 2013
The FIFA Goal Project is a worldwide development programme to bring parity through the provision of specific needs of national associations in the area of tailor-made development and assistance programmes.FIFA's continuous assistance to associations is however dependent on certain conditions, including prudent management, good governance and commitment to the realisation of set targets. In a nutshell, the projects are aimed at bridging the gap between the Europeans and some underdeveloped teams in Africa, Asia and Latin America through modernising the management and administration of the world's most beautiful game.
With Francistown running short of internationally recognised facilities, the Botswana Football Association (BFA) wishes to take full advantage of the third phase FIFA Goal Project to erect a state of the art sports facility in the country's second city.BFA constructed the Lekidi village with the first phase of the grant. And the recently approved FIFA Goal II Project has been diverted to Gaborone again although it was initially touted for Francistown.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...