It was cheeky seven-year-old Liberian Mary Kormah who put a smile on Neil Craig?s face at training on Wednesday morning.
Mary was one of 30 African children who were special guests at Adelaide?s training session this morning.
Mary and her brothers were enjoying a kick and a catch on the hallowed turf of AAMI Stadium before Crows training when Neil Craig and players Kris Massie and Michael Doughty came over to say hello and join in the fun.
The Sudanese,real madrid kids shirt, Liberian and Sierra Leone children, many of whom have fled their homes due to civil war,napoli shop, are part of the ?Sporting Chance Program?, an initiative of Lutheran Community Care,valencia fc shop, which introduces new immigrants to Australian life through sport.
Mary?s father Joseph Kormah says the program has helped his family settle into life in Australia.
?It has helped my family to observe Australian culture and also meet other families in a similar situation,tee shirt sites,? Mr Kormah said.
Joseph, his wife Kebe and four children fled Liberia at the end of last year after civil war ravaged their village and threatened their lives. Joseph was arrested and detained but was one of the lucky ones to be released.
The Kormah family arrived in Adelaide in November 2005 and settled in Blair Athol, just north of Adelaide.
Mr Kormah says they chose Adelaide because it was a peaceful city with a strong multicultural reputation.
?We are very happy to be here in Adelaide and I believe we are all working together and embracing each others? cultural diversity,pictures of everton,? Mr Kormah said.
Once Crows training started, the children and their parents moved to the grandstand where they were joined by dual premiership player Matthew Robran who explained the rules of AFL and answered their many questions.
Mary?s older brother Akoi (11) and four of his mates were lucky enough to be taken on a tour of the players facility where they met and chatted to Tyson Edwards and Matthew Clarke who were training indoors.
The Sporting Chance Project incorporates a small football program, which was developed with the support of the Kilburn and North Adelaide Football Clubs.
The primary objective of the program is to welcome and engage newly arrived communities in the suburbs of Blair Athol, Kilburn, Prospect and Enfield to local sport, recreation and community programs.
The program commenced in January and over the next two years has a series of ?Come and Try? football days along with SANFL school holiday programs and family sports days planned for the newly arrived families.
The Sporting Chance Project is funded by South Australia Government Office for Recreation and Sport.
Source: http://blog.asufootball.co.uk/african-kids-visit-crows/
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