FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

With the world buzzing right now with the World Cup in football, Mission Morogoro will again be helping sponsor the annual football tournament in Tunguli this coming October. Together with our NGO partners SAWA, we feel this tournament is a very good vehicle for getting across messages on hygiene and disease prevention to the widest audience possible.

In order to take part, every single player has to meet certain requirements in terms of hygiene, either in their own home or by regularly helping to clean the village water points, and keeping them animal-free. The SAWA team diligently carry out inspections to ensure compliance with the rules, and anyone who has not completed what was asked of them is eliminated from the competition.

People come in vast numbers from villages and hamlets scattered around, so around 2000 people share a fantastic tournament and moment with an underlying life-saving message.

These photos show the football pitch at Tunguli having some levelling work done with the help of a bulldozer, all organised and paid for by the village.