Around 10:30am; 50 kids from the age of 4-5 years old came with their teachers from Za’atari Charitable Association to join the event who already been invited by JEN hygiene promotion specialists to attend sessions, role plays and activities that’s targeting getting them familiar with the daily hygiene practices they should follow on daily basis while they are in school or at home like hand washing, teeth cleaning. The event concluded by distributing personal hygiene kits to kids.
During the different events; the level of enthusiasm and joy been increasing rapidly and everybody was showing appreciation towards the great event they are having. People were supporting all teams exactly as they are joining an official football match in an international stadium and were supporting with traditional songs, clapping or dancing over and over.
By the end of the event and after the final match, JEN honored the winner of the tournament, the 2nd place and the tournament best scorer. I will never forget that smile of the best scorer “Yazan” after announcing his name with the total of 8 goals he scored during the 3 matches he had of the event, he was proud of achieving a personal goal in addition to the fact that he was one of the main elements for his team to won the tournament 1st place cup.
After finalizing the closing ceremony everybody agreed that we should organize such tournaments again in different villages surrounding Za’atari Syrian Refugee Camp as it’s truly affecting positively on all humanitarian operations NGOs are organizing and host communities will feel better when they are well supported by INGOs even by simple activities like this tournament.
<Every team had his own tactic to won the game, but the different tactics had an ultimate goal of being all together as one team>
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