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How & Why To Become A Intibucá Soccer Volunteer

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Why Become A Intibucá Soccer Volunteer?

How To Apply For A Program

A. What You Give

Why volunteer? Why give? The need we all have is to give our life meaning. We want to know how our presence on the Earth can have an effect on the lives of others. We need to have a superordinate goal. A goal to give. you see when we give, it means that we believe we have something of value to offer the world. We believe that what we do can affect not only a single person but our entire world.

Let's look at this. What if you come to Honduras and coach a kid in Intibucá? What can that matter? It just a kid in a developing country? What is that child grows up to be a priest who eventually becomes the Pope. How much affect could he have. Or perhaps he becomes a doctor and discovers a plant which can cure cancer. Or perhaps he just become a good citizen and does not become an illegal alien in the USA? Isn't that of value in itself?

When I was nine years old, a speaker came to my school from Africa and talked about how the forest was being destroyed. Someday there will be a great drought and many people will die. Because of him, I became a plant ecologist. Because of this one time event, my life was changed. He affected all the people with whom I have come in contact with since.

What you give is the self esteem that these kids need. Many of them come to practice and even play in games that their parents never see. That means they feel that all their hard work is not valued by their parents. But you can build their self esteem just by coming and coaching. Realize what this means - Someone came for thousands of miles just to teach them soccer.

What you give is the skills of soccer their coaches simply do not have the ability to give them. Most of the coaches have never had even one day of coaching training. They do not know how to teach the skills they want the kids to have. So when the kids do not perform well in the game they yell at them and berate them. You can teach the kids soccer skills because in countries like the USA, Canada and Europe, coaching training is readily available.

What you give is the building of a soccer community. You let both the players and the coaches know that there is a world outside the mountains of Intibucá. Most of the youth come from families that grow potatoes, vegetables and work on farms. Most have never been outside Intibucá. You bring the world outside to them so they open their horizons to the world of soccer.

You Can Help These Intibucá Soccer Kids Learn The Skills of Soccer

Here Is One Of The Teams Of The Liga Menor Which Intibucá Soccer Volunteers Will Be Coaching.

Youth of the Liga Menor Being Coached By Untrained Yet Caring Coaches Who Need Coaches Training

Kids Playing In The Liga Menor Often Bicycle As Far As Ten Miles Up And Down Mountains To Play

These Intibucá Soccer Youth Players Are Using Uniforms From The Soccer Gear Donation Project

When You Change The World For One Child, You Affect The Whole World

An Intibucá Soccer Volunteer might teach one kid who is on the verge of taking drugs, or dropping out of school. Who knows how that can affect the family, then the community, the city, the state, the nation, the world.

B. What You Get

You GET The Power To Change The World!

Want to be a life changer, a person who mentors and gives recognition? You will give these children the most powerful thing we all want - Recognition. You will be empowered to change a life. You will understand your own worth because you will see that your words and deeds have the power to change the inner beliefs of these kids.

You Become The Most Important Person In The World To The Children Of Intibucá.

Just by being a coach from another country you become a celebrity. Kids will come to practice who have not come for weeks. Because you bring the most important part of their lives to them. Kids will hang on your every word. Kids will listen to you,

Your self esteem will be raised because you are giving of yourself. You discover you have something to offer. You have an exciting cross cultural experience, make friends for a lifetime and become part of the true soccer community we are creating here.

You gain skills you can use later in your family, career, community and world. That's because you will be getting on the job mentoring while you are coaching and training. Evening sessions are held to discuss successes and problems.

You enjoy interacting with the many cultures in Intibucá, Lenca, Mayan, Eramani, and Latino as well as the expatriate culture. In addition you will visit local sites such as pre-Columbian sites, colonial churches, public pools and other local projects.

You make a contribution to the soccer program of the youth of Intibucá. You are unique and what you bring to the program is different than any other coach. We are seeking to develop a soccer program in Intibucá that is developing a whole new way of learning and playing soccer. That means we are going to need to bring every different soccer tradition in the world to Intibucá. So every coach that comes brings something new to the table. YOU BRING YOUR OWN UNIQUE LIFE EXPERIENCES, EDUCATION AND LIFE GOALS TO THE YOUTH OF Intibucá. No one else can share what you can.

You enjoy the wonderful, cool temperate climate of Intibucá. You train your soccer kids in soccer fields surrounded by pine forests. The air is clean because there are no factories of any kind. Intibucá is a forest and agricultural state. You eat fresh vegetables and fruits from the local fields. You walk safe streets at night. From La Esperanza you can see the El Peten Volcano in El Salvador. You enjoy picnics under bromeliad laden pine trees. It's the vacation of a lifetime. And you enjoy all this while you make a unique contribution to the soccer youth of Intibucá.

Here's What You Get

Meals - You get three local meals each day, desayuno, almuerzo y cena. Local vegetables, fruits, chicken and soups. Of course beans and rice, eggs. All local foods.

Sleeping Accommodations - This will be a homestay. We will place you with a soccer family, usually a family of one of the coaches or leaders of the Liga Menor. You may be in a shared room or private room, depending on the house. Your homestay will have electricity, running water and bathroom. Bring your own toothbrush, towels and sleeping bag.

Soccer Immersion Program - This program is about soccer, coaching kids, coaching coaches, teaching referees, building soccer fields, internship in soccer tournament development, building an interactive soccer website, planning a soccer stadium, laying out training programs, everything to do with soccer development. It is a complete soccer immersion program.

Airport Pickup - The cost to come from the airports of Tegucigalpa or San Pedro Sula to La Esperanza is usually $100 each way. However, we will be transporting you from the airport to La Esperanza and back as part of your program fee.

Transportation Within Honduras - Intibucá is a large state and you will be transported to many communities outside La Esperanza to work with players and coaches. All incountry transport is included in the program fee.

Interaction With Honduras Soccer Community - Not only will you be involved with the coaches of the Liga Menor, but coaches from outside Intibucá may want to come and participate in your training. We will be inviting officials of FENAFUTH (the Federacion Nacional de Futbol Hondureno) to visit training sessions.

Ability to Play Soccer While in Intibucá - Not only will you be training, you will be able to play. CODET's young team Atletico Lenca will offer young players an opportunity to play. In addition, we will set up a friendly between Atletico Lenca with a team from a neighboring state for you to experience the level of play. As a Intibucá Soccer Volunteer, you will receive the flag from the friendly to take back home. If you are an older player, you may play with a Liga Menor team or if skilled enough, with the second division professional team, Athletico Esperanza.

Health Services - Two of the leaders of the Liga Menor are medical doctors with clinics and pharmacies. One of the doctors will usually be on the field for all practice sessions. They practice at the local hospital as well. Mobile phones are available in case of a need for emergency services.

Personal Mentoring and Support - You are a very important person to the soccer future of Intibucá. We value you and want to know you as a person and a friend. Our goal is to have you come again and again and become a permanent part of the development of youth soccer in Intibucá. That is why we will be giving you so much individual attention and support. One of the leaders of the Liga Menor will always be available to share with you, to listen to your ideas, deal with any problems you may experience. We will be there for you at all times.

How To Apply For A Program

Soccer For Life Has A New North American Director To Head The Soccer Gear Donation Project, Shin Fujiyama. He is a student in Virginia who is already involved in volunteering in Honduras with Washington Overseas Missions and Hondukids. He will be volunteering with the Liga Menor in Honduras in August of 2005. He will will be accepting your soccer gear donations at Shin Fujiyama, 6511 Machodoc ct, Falls Church, VA 22043. You may contact Shin at 703-241-0461 or Cell Phone at 702-927-8706. Email him at shinfujiyama17@yahoo.com.

More About Shin Fujiyama, New North American Director of Soccer for Life And Leader of the Soccer Gear Donation Project

Need More Information About Donating Soccer Gear, Getting Involved With The Intibucá Youth Soccer Center Or Becoming a Volunteer? Want to get involved?

More information on the Soccer Donation Project is available to you from exportfacs@aol.com. Our Soccer Donation web site is http://www.satglobal.com/donate_boots.htm. Want To Know More About The Honduras Youth Soccer Project? Email us at exportfacs@aol.com

Return to Soccer For Life Page. Participate in the Intibucá Youth Soccer Center by emailing Dr. Carol Cross at honducopa@yahoo.com or exportfacs@aol.com .

Soccer Gear Donation Program Links

The Intibucá Soccer Volunteer programs are administered by CODET, S de R L, an Intibucá based sustainable development organization. CODET has as its goal the empowerment of the youth of Intibucá through soccer. 10 percent of all above cost revenues from these vacations are dedicated to the building of the Intibucá Youth Soccer Center. An additional ten percent of the above cost revenues go to the Honduras Youth Soccer Project, with its goal the opening of youth soccer in Intibucá to the estimated 10,000 youth living in the hills of Intibucá. Remaining CODET revenues will be devoted to building a soccer stadium and state of the art mountain training facility to be used by all the youth of Intibucá.

Contact Dr. Cross at 011-504-783-0421 or honducopa@yahoo.com.

In Honduras contact:

Dr. Carol Cross or Dr. Ramon Dario Argueta

CODET, S de R L

Barrio El Morera, Frente Bazar Reyna

La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras

Telephone 504-783-0054

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