Week of June 20, 2009
Moving the GoalpostsKenyan girls participate in the girls’ soccer program called Moving the Goalposts. Photo courtesy of Moving the Goalposts.
Description
For generations, Kenyan girls in the poor, coastal district of Kilifi have always gone to the field to farm. Now they're hitting the fields to play soccer too -– and wowing curious bystanders.
They're doing it through a charity called Moving the Goalposts, and they're determined to prove there's more for girls in Kilifi than early marriage, teen pregnancies and a life of heavy chores and poverty.
Emily Wong visited Kilifi and has this report.