Girls Soccer and Education for a brighter future!

The SALT Academy is a ministry providing holistic development to Cambodian youth, which looks to combat the ill affects of behaviour trends and lack of hope through Football. SALT looks to provide wayward youth the opportunity to play on a well coached team, within a league that features organized games and actual fields. Organized sports of any kind hardly exist within Cambodia, especially for those under the age of 16.

Within the SALT ministry children between 8 and 14 will learn and develop technical and coordinative skills, in conjunction with life lessons. SALT will provide these activities to youth - regardless of their social class. SALT believes more than technical and tactical lessons can be taught within a sports team environment, like lessons of life, fair play or working together for a common goal to name just a few.

Throughout the season, a number of children consistently show genuine talent and commitment during SALTs regular programs. we wanted to find a way to encourage and nurture this passion as well as harness it for further educational development.

>Most of the children in the SALT leagues study in public schools where the eduational qulity is often insufficient. In Cambodia, there is a three month summer break between July and September. As many of the children do not have any activities scheduled during this time, we saw a window of opportunity to run an intensive summer program to further develop both football skills and specific areas of education.

By having very small classes and working with motivated teachers, the program gives participants the chance to learn as much in three months as other students learn during the whole school year in the public system. Read more