Nowadays I listen to the music, on top of which I admit that their songs were Wam.
I am 15 years old, I live in Namungona, I play football and I play for Edgar's youth program,
I have played for two clubs so far and I am also here to introduce you to another coach
that is CEO of Edgar's Football Club, he is a good coach, he has been in charge of communication
with Miss Begita.
My name is Saidi Seghirinya, I work with Edgar's youth program as a Coninucation Manager
and the Chief Executive Officer of Edgar's Football Club.
Edgar's is a soccer service organization that was started in 2004 by former national team
coaches and these were three gentlemen, Makanga Peter, Dan Mubiru and Edgar Watson Suvi who
is the former national team captain and currently the Chief Executive Officer.
The main aim of Edgar's youth program is to tap talents from vulnerable youths from different
backgrounds regardless of where they come from so we tap, bring them on board and then try
to ensure that we nurture their talent, develop their personality as well so that they can
become useful citizens.
He trains me in the Edgar's youth program, his name is Coach Rangaro now, he has trained
me for almost two years now and I think we can also improve my football.
We've been trying so much to see that we can help him develop his talent and nurture it
but it has come to a notice that he has problems off field, he has issues with his family,
the dad and the mom are not living together so we thought we cannot develop his football
career without organizing him off field.
So these are some of the difficulties we are getting, we are trying to bring the family
close to him and supporting him as well because it takes the entire village to raise a good
footballer, it's not only work for coaches but for everyone.
Right now he's not in school which is a very big issue in Africa here, if a kid is not
going to school then there are a lot of worries that means if you're not careful he can go
drugs, he can join weird groups, he can do all sorts of things, that's why we do our
level best, regardless of him not being in school but we draw him closer, that's why
we invited him on the senior team, though he's young but we just want to keep him around
and try to develop him with the bigger boys.
I don't study because my parents like school fees and I stopped in senior three and my
brother Katomores is also in senior three, my youngest brother is in senior two and my
eldest brother is supposed to be at the campus right now but he also likes fees and is still
looking for school fees to go back to school.
My role model is Cristiano Ronaldo, the reason I like him is because he gets skills, he has
speed, he does so good at scoring, that's why they call him a gold machine.
Timoth is a good footballer who is really into excellent football, he's highly motivated
to perform in football, he's willing to learn everything, he's not giving up, he has good
endurance, he has good speed, he's good at defending tactically and technically so for
certain players he's willing to excel at a professional level.
With time and consistent training and guidance from our coaches I believe he can develop his
talent and become a better player.
We do not only want the players to just play football, we give them a platform because
when you're enrolling players we take them on because of their love for the game, however
long they wait they can get different opportunities so even when he doesn't make it in football
a professional level would like him to become maybe a football coach in the future, if he
has played and retired he can become a referee, he can become an administrator.
We try to emphasise their character and discipline so that they can be good players not only
on the field of play but even when they go off field because there are certain aspects
that we feel can disrupt their development if they are not handled because at the end
of the day we want the players to develop holistically.
We think they are the Dutch people who have done the wonderful work, they have supported
the young man, it's not easy here in Africa to find a sponsor, a group of people who are
looking after a player so we appreciate everything they do for the young man, we are very happy
and we are asking them to use hope.
Thank you all, hope to see you soon, bye.
