About PSG

1. PLAY SOCCER
GHANA
ABOUT PLAY
SOCCER GHANA
In certain regions of Ghana, youth
unemployment is a major issue, worsened
by the ever widening gap in income
inequality. This has led to decreased food
security and contributed to high levels of
youth crime in these regions.
The Play for Fun, Learn for Life programme
follows a 48-week curriculum, taught by
youth volunteer instructors from various
regions of Ghana educating young people
in employable skills, health, and football.
As well as building physical fitness and
well-being, young people learn values and
skills like fair play, gender equality and
peaceful conflict resolution.
Each session encourages children to put
these new skills and knowledge into
practice on the playing field and in their
daily lives.
Play Soccer Ghana supports children and
young adults annually through its various
programmes in 11 different locations in
Ghana. It also operates as a social
clinic for the participants’ parents,
educating them on how to best support
their children.
COMMON GOAL SUPPORT IN 2019
“In 2019, the funding we received through
Common Goal was used to support ‘Do your
homework’, our after-school programme.
We were able to increase the capacity
of our team, improve the quality of the
programme and acquire materials needed
to implement it. Consequently, we could
support our young participants in their
personal and educational development.
Through the ‘Do your homework’
programme, we enable young people to
progress on their educational journey, as
well as giving them valuable information
to support them in tackling some of the
challenges they face in their communities,
such as kidnapping which has seen a rise
in numbers.”
MOST ADDRESSED GLOBAL GOALS COMMON GOAL MEMBER
VISION To develop a holistic programme base that
helps children and young adults to lead healthy and
productive lives.
MISSION To equip children and young adults with the
requisite life skills for their healthy development into skilled,
capable, educated and responsible adults, thereby becoming
agents of change within their communities as well as catalysts
for community development as a whole.
PEOPLE EMPOWERED
1,970
90%OF PARTICIPANTS WHO RECEIVED
FREE EXTRA TRAINING PASSED
TO THE NEXT CLASS
274BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION CANDIDATES
BENEFITED FROM SEMINAR ON
EXAM PREPARATION
34YOUNG ADULTS IN CAPE COAST
& TAMALE METROPOLIS LEARNED
HOW TO TRANSFORM WATER SACHETS
INTO GOAL NETS THROUGH NET
INITIATIVE PROJECT
TABEA KEMME
2019 IMPACT

2. What was your organisation’s main achievement last year?
Building the capacity of 34 young adults in Cape Coast and Tamale
Metropolis on how to transform water sachets into goal nets
under the Net Initiative Project supported by the French Embassy
in Ghana.
What is the vision for your organisation for 2020?
To equip children and youth with the requisite life skills needed
for their healthy development into skilled, capable, educated
and responsible adults and thus become agents of change within
their communities.
How could Common Goal contribute to your vision?
Common Goal contributes to our vision with the team’s continuous
donations and funding to our organisation and through
encouraging the use of inclusive football as a tool to engage
children and youth.
What differentiates Common Goal from other donors?
Common Goal supports our vision of promoting inclusive football
by using the sport as a tool to engage children and youth to foster
positive and sustainable attitudes in society.
A message to Tabea Kemme
We are very grateful for all of your support and continue to wish
you well in your career. We look forward to further establishing
our team effort with you.
FRANKLIN ASUO
COUNTRY DIRECTOR
Play Soccer Ghana’s ‘Do your
homework’ programme engages
children and young people from Junior
High School years 1 to 3 in a variety
of after-school activities. Participants
come to Play Soccer Ghana’s centre to
receive support with homework and
additional tuition in subjects in which
they might be struggling. From Monday
to Thursday, the sessions take the form
of classroom lessons. On Fridays, the
group meets for structured ‘Play for
Fun, Learn for Life’ activities to teach
children about social issues.
On a set number of days, the
programme also offers participants
library sessions, so that they can
improve their reading skills, as well as
activities in an ICT lab to increase their
knowledge of information technology.
In addition to providing children in
the community with the necessary
guidance and support they need in
their studies to enable them make
the necessary grades to further their
education, the programme engages
external experts to offer vital support
on specific topics.
Play Soccer Ghana invited
representatives of Ghana’s education
service to talk to participants about
good study habits and offer them
career advice. On another occasion,
members of the Ghana Police Force
educated participants on preventative
measures against kidnapping, as well
as other safety and security issues
which affect young people in the
region.
THE PROJECT HELPED
ME TO LEARN HARD AND
PASS THE ENTRANCE EXAM
FOR MY FIRST CHOICE
SECONDARY SCHOOL.”
Emmanuel Dadzie, 15
Emmanuel Dadzie dreams of one day becoming an
architect. Through the sessions with Play Soccer Ghana
he has been able to improve his results at school. He was
an active and enthusiastic participant of the ‘Play for Fun,
Learn for Life’ activities at his school and also attended
the ‘Do your homework’ sessions after school to improve
in subjects that he didn’t understand.
Emmanuel took his BECE (Basic Education Certificate
Examinations) in June last year and passed with
distinction. He is currently a first year student at
Mfantsipim Senior High School in Cape Coast studying
visual arts.
Play Soccer Ghana helps children and young people to improve
their educational prospects and provides them with the necessary
information to reduce their vulnerability to kidnapping.
• Children in the
community lack
guidance and support
from parents in their
studies, meaning many
do not make the grades
to progress in education
• An increase in cases
of kidnapping in
the Central Region
of Ghana
Young people
between the ages of
8 and 15, particularly
those vulnerable to
kidnapping
• Daily homework
sessions & additional
tuition in subjects where
extra support needed
• Study and career
counselling from
education service staff
• Education on
kidnapping and other
safety issues by Ghana
Police Service
• Library days to improve
participants’ reading
skills
• ICT lab sessions for the
improvement of IT skills
TARGET GROUPCHALLENGES ACTIVITIES
136
children took part
of the programme
and improved their
knowledge on
ICT
99%
of participants
engaged in homework
sessions passed to next
academic year
Participants learned
about personal security
and how to protect
themselves from
kidnapping
OUTCOMES
HOW IT WORKS
‘DO YOUR HOMEWORK’
PROGRAMME
WHERE
GHANA
80%
of participants
improved their reading
and vocabulary skills
Q&APARTICIPANT STORYPROGRAMME SUPPORTED BY COMMON GOAL