The young women participating in this inclusion project talk about their personal experiences and what it means to them to be able to train and play football in their daily lives
Last September, training for the second season of the Marca Terreno & Lay’s Replay project began at the Errekalde Sports Centre. This is an inclusion project run by the Athletic Club Foundation, which aims to ensure that girls aged between 12 and 16, especially those from migrant families in Bilbao, can play football as a participatory leisure activity.
Personal experiences in Marca Terreno / Zelaia Irabazi
More than a year after the launch of Marca Terreno / Zelaia Irabazi, several of the girls involved in the project talk about their personal experiences and what it means to them to be able to train and play football in their daily lives.
In general, they are grateful for the opportunity to play a sport that, until now, was not one of their natural leisure options because ‘we had always been told that football was for boys’.
They also highlight how good it feels to know that they are part of a team that is also a group of friends: ‘You’re with your teammates and they make you laugh when you need it most’.
‘Feeling part of Athletic is a dream come true for me,’ adds one of the young footballers at the end of the video, thus highlighting the enormous and positive social influence of Athletic Club.
Two training sessions per week and matches at Lezama
The model that Fundazioa has implemented in the Marca Terreno project is the same one it has been developing since 2013 together with the Bakuva Foundation, which is also part of this project.
In fact, the teams that are part of this project compete under the name Bakuva in school and federated competitions, with the latter playing their home games in Lezama.
The Marca Terreno project has the collaboration of Common Goal and the support of PepsiCo and the UEFA Foundation for Children.
