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local Thursday 29 december 2022
FIFA Football for Schools project working with neighborhood

centers and CEDE Aruba

ORANJESTAD – Recently,
minister of Sport and Edu-
cation, Endy Croes togeth-
er with his colleague min-
ister of Justice and Social
Affairs, Rocco Tjon had a
meeting with Mr. Randolf
Lacle and Mrs. Dyane Wi-
ersma of the Aruban Foot-
ball Association. During the
meeting they dialogued
about a FIFA project, Foot-
ball for Schools.
Football for Schools con- aged 4 to 14 years, and it is
The idea behind this project tains three main contribu- divided in different catego-
is to introduce female foot- tions, which is an app, mate- ries. The costs for this project
ball (soccer) to schools in rial and financial incentive. are completely covered by
Aruba. The goal of this proj- Teachers who take part in FIFA.
ect is to develop the foot- this program can use an Minister Croes and Tjon
ball abilities of those who app that serves as a guide agreed to support this edu-
practice this sport, while to give football lessons. cation and sport project

at the same time contrib- Aside from this, the app has which is set to begin in 2023
ute to the development of a variety of methods with and works together with
important life skills, among the purpose of developing the directive of neighbor-
others, ability to commu- important skills in the lives of hood centers – known in
nicate effectively, to solve the players. Aruba as Centro di Bario –
problems, to think critically and CEDE Aruba to make
and creatively. The target group is children this project possible.q

Women’s Club of Aruba paid tribute to Life Member, Sheila Paul

ORANJESTAD – Gloria Shei-
la Paul-Thompson, better
known as Sheila, became a
member of Women’s Club
of Aruba (WCA) during the
club year 1974-1975. She
was a very active member
in the Welfare commission,
Limpi (clean) and Dress a
Child.

In the Welfare commission,
she had a lot of dedication
to our senior citizens and
every month she was pres- And in the Dress a Child everywhere she was need- she was also a big contrib- would make to sell dur-
ent to entertain them with commission, she loved ed. She worked tirelessly in utor to the commission of ing their Christmas Bazaar.
Bingo and to celebrate helping our children with the commission of Health, AIDS Awareness. She had a fantastic career
with them at (elderly care their clothes for the year- mainly in the project of in volunteerism. She was a
home) Huize Maris Stella in end holidays. breast exams that WCA She was an artistic and cre- woman of few words and
Savaneta and Cas di Cui- used to organize for the ative person when it came lots of action. A great per-
do in San Nicolas. She was always very helpful people in San Nicolas, and to crafts that the club son!

In 2014 she was recognized
as a Life Member of WCA,
after being a member for
more than forty years.

With this, WCA sends sin-
cere condolences to her
children, Paul-Thompson
family, her WCA fam-
ily and her dear friends.
May our Life Member Sheila
rest in peace in the Lord’s
kingdom.
Photographs are courtesy
of Emperatriz Perdomo. q