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Hi everyone!

I hope that everything is good with you.
I've just watched some videos from our teammates (Christina and Sarah) trip to south afrika. Did you meet them? I am so envious of them that they could go. I really want to meet you!

Next week, me and two other teammates are going to go to Germany with the under 23 nationalteam. We are going to play one match and Im looking forward to it. Its always good games against Germany!!
Its the last camp with the u23 for this year. Its also just 2 games left in out serie!

Take care and I hope you soon will be able to text me!

Stéphanie

Hi my friends!

Sending you a late message from Sweden today,
Just arrived from a friend. We've been having a girls night just for the two of us. Eating and chatting alot. Is there anything better then friends? I don't think so!

Have you met Christina and Sarah from our team jet? They are great, but I guess you allready know that it you've met them!

Today a big jacket was on my to-have-list. Its windy and cold in the morning and evening in Sweden now. Not the temperature I want so I hope this will keep me warm in the winter.
How are school and football?

Take care!
Stéphanie

Hi from a windy Sweden!

Today the autumn is here with rain and wind. That's nothing we like! Up north, the snow is comming and we hope that is stays there!

Now the serie has started again after the break when it was the European championships! As I told befor, we had lots of players in different national teams. Manon and her Holland was the one from us that was most succesful. They came all the way to the semi-finals!

As you know we are very anxious to prevent HIV/Aids. Today we went out for another manifestation - breast canser. We were out collectiong money and other stuff. We hope we can, through the football, reach out to other people so they want to help too! It was a cold and wet day, but as long as its for a good cause, we'll do it!!

I hope everything is good! That you enjoy playing football, that you stay away from trouble, work hard in school and that you have fun woth your friends!

Take care!
Stéphanie

Bongas school ambassador, Snothando Khumalo

Snothando was born at Engodini Area 17 years ago. She is second born from the family of three girls and one boy. They stay together with her mom since the father works far away and comes back after a month. Snothando, better known as Sno by her friends, is a right midfielder and is very quick. She told me a story that one day she was walking home and she came across a steel wire which she took home and now uses to train at her spare time. She started playing soccer 2006 while doing grade 6.

After school she fetches water, prepare food to be cooked and do schoolwork. On training days she always attend, because she wants to improve her soccer skills. At home they normally eat maize meal pap (phuthu), rice, samp, sour milk, beans, vegetable (cabbage) and meat. Her friends describe her as a girl who wants to always compete with boys and who likes to play with them.


She is a lively outgoing lady, who likes running, listening to traditional music while dancing and she also like a bit of R&B Music (Chris Brown). Her ambition is to become good footballer and policewoman . Her message to other girls is to be positive in life and never give up.

Regards,
Mdu

Hi everyone!

First of all I want to welcome Bonga! Im happy that you are with us!
And Ezifundeni, I hope everything goes well with you!

I hope everything is good with all of you!
Ive read that the spring is on its way to you now. In Sweden today the autumn is here and I dont like it! Its windy and its raining and its getting darker everyday. Its not what I like!

Last week I visiti our friends in Sundsvall. We talked about the project and I trained and played a game with them. They are very happy to be part of the project! They are all very kind and helpful!


Me and Shanga when we changed shirts. The blue one is on its way to South Africa!


Me and our friends in Sundvall! They all say HI!

I hope you soon get the opportunity to write to us!!
Stéphanie

Hi everyone!

Tomorrow the european championship starts. We in sweden is able to fallow it on the television. We have players in the swedish, dutch, icelandic and danish team so it will be a lot of games to fallow! I will support all of them, but if they meet Sweden, I will support Sweden.. and just our teammates but not their country :)

On sunday I will fly to Sundsvall and visit them. Im going to play one game and also have a pressconference about Star for life. Im looking forward to it!

I hope you can write soon again!

Stéphanie

Hi my friends!

Right now Im in Switzerland with the u23-nationalteam. Its just for 4 days and we will play against them tomorrow. Its always fun to be away with the nationalteam.
I have now been in quit many countries with my team and nationalteam and thats one of the positive thing outside the football - you get to travel alot. See many countries that you wouldn't go to if it wasn't for the football!

When I come home we will be few players home. Its soon the european championship in Finland and we have a lot of players away. We have players in the Swedish team, Danish team, Dutch team and the Icelandic team. It will be fun to see them play!

I hope everything is good with you! With the football, school and that you are happy!

Take care!
Stéphanie

.. I hope everything is good!

We have had a heavy month behind us on the field and the results haven't gone our way. We fight so hard together, thain very hard and we know how good we are, so it's been frustrating. But then last game we won against Gothenburg that's in the second place in the league with 4-0 and we played GREAT! It was so fun!! We won as a team and it was very relieving! Its important to have fun together and we really had!

The European Championship for men under 21 is going in Sweden at the moment and last week the whole team went to see one game together. It was Sweden against Belarus and we got to see 6 beautiful goals when Sweden won with 5-1. Fun game and it's fun to do something with the team outside the field.

Take care!
Stéphanie 

It's nice to hear from you! I hope you are good!

It's good to hear that you like football and that it makes you happy and that you are setting goals in your lifes! It makes me happy to read.
I hope we can help you to get more boots and other stuff soon!

I just saw some pictures from you games the other day! Fun to see!

Take care!
Stéff

The importance of ladies soccer

The ladies soccer-programme is important to us because we learn to play with other people. There are many things to learn in soccer, like different ways of playing the ball such as lace passing.

We need more time for practice, but we are not allowed to leave school early. In our team we also have a shortage of kit and boots, but all players are performing well anyway and we really like soccer.

As players we like soccer because we want to fulfil our dreams and to get a great future. One good thing about playing soccer is that you’re not getting time for bad things in life. We don’t have time for boys, which protect us from diseases and pregnancy.

As players under 19, we are very happy about playing ladies soccer – it makes good things to our lives.