Sama da 'yan wasa 80 matasa daga ƙungiyar Street Soccer USA sun halarci gasar ƙwallon ƙafa a FIFA Arena da ke Central Park, New York, wanda FIFA Football for Schools ya shirya. Taron ya gudana ranar da ta gabaci ƙarshen gasar FIFA World Cup 2026™ a filin wasa na New York New Jersey.
Kowane mahalarcin ya karɓi takalmi na ƙwallon ƙafa ta hanyar shirin Boots for All na FIFA, wanda ke da nufin tabbatar da cewa yara suna da kayan aiki na asali da ake buƙata don taka ƙwallon cikin aminci. FIFA Arena ta Central Park ɗaya ce daga cikin ƙananan filayen wasa 26 da aka buɗe a yankin New York a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarin samarwa al'umma na FIFA.
Farkon ƙwarewa mai kyau a wasanni
Franck Castillo, Darakta na Football for Schools, ya bayyana taron a matsayin lokaci na musamman. Ya ce: «Ina tsammanin wannan lokaci ne mai ban mamaki, daidai da (FIFA) World Cup. Kowa yana farin ciki, har da matasa. Ina tsammanin wannan kuma ɗaya ne daga cikin manufofin shirin Football for Schools, tare da (FIFA) Arena da (FIFA) Boots for All — wato kawo ƙwarewa ta farko mai kyau a wasanni.»
Castillo ya ƙara da cewa bincike ya nuna cewa idan ƙwarewa ta farko a wasanni na yaro ƙasa da shekaru 10 ta yi kyau, zai ci gaba da yin wasa har tsawon rayuwarsa. «Wannan yana da matukar mahimmanci ga lafiya,» in ji shi.
Rawar Street Soccer USA
Street Soccer USA ƙungiya ce ta ƙasa ta sa-kai da ke aiki a biranen 16, tana taimakawa sama da 'yan wasa 75,000 a wasu daga cikin unguwannin da suke cikin matsala a ƙasar. «Haɗin gwiwar nan da Street Soccer yana da ban sha'awa sosai kuma ina son godewa su daga zuciya,» in ji Castillo. «Manufar ita ce ba su bege da farin ciki, kuma ina tsammanin za su riƙe tunawa mai daɗi game da wannan.»
Elkhan Mammadov, Babban Jami'in Ƙungiyoyin Membobi na FIFA, ya yabi matakai biyu. Ya bayyana: «FIFA Arena babbar shiri ce ta Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino wanda ke ba yara a al'ummomi wurare masu aminci da sauƙin samowa don yin ƙwallon ƙafa. Boots for All ba ta rasa mahimmanci ba, domin tana tabbatar da cewa ƙananan 'yan wasa suna da kayan aiki da ya dace don jin daɗin wasan cikin aminci.»
Shirin Football for Schools yana amfani da zaman ƙwallon ƙafa masu nishaɗi don koyar da ƙwarewar ilimi da na rayuwa, kuma an ƙaddamar da shi a ƙasashe sama da 150. «Mun san muna da tasiri, kuma ina tsammanin a can ne sihirin ƙwallon ƙafa yake — ikon amfani da shi wajen inganta rayuwar yara a duk faɗin duniya,» Castillo ya kammala.
