What's new
Moving the Goalposts - a girls' football and development organization in coast province - is going to the World Cup in South Africa 2010. Moving the Goalposts (MTG) will participate in the...Read more
About MTG
Girls and women in Kilifi District, Kenya are some of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged people. Low retention in school, early and unintended pregnancies and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS trap them in a cycle of poverty. Moving the Goalposts Kilifi (MTG) uses football to empower girls and young women, helping them to fulfill their potential both on and off the football field.
Read the new book by Sarah Forde!
Playing by Their Rules is an account of the author’s journey into the girls’ worlds -- a unique telling of stories that are at times shocking, sometimes heartwarming but mostly enlightening for those of us who’d like to know more about the teenage lives of girls in East Africa.
Sarah Forde Interview on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
Sarah Forde talks to BBC Radio 4 listeners about Moving the Goalposts, life in Kilifi and menstruation. Listen to it on the BBC Radio website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2010_05_mon.shtml. (Please note: the audio file requires Real Media player or similar software.
Bango at the Baobab
Most staff in MTG are already on leave after the planning meeting for January and the end of year party - a great event on the beach at the Baobab hotel. I had planned to make a small thank you speech to all staff and board members but once the music was on (Bango all the way) there was no turning back. The girls stopped swinging their thangs only long enough to receive their end of year presents in a flurry of cheering and exuberance and then it was back to the serious issue of dancing. The fashion show topped off proceedings - with professionalism from the Nigerian Three
Minister and sanitary pads
Hmm. I had promised myself I'd update this blog once a week and failed to do so in only the second week. Not a good start, but I had an excuse. Kenya's minister of gender was coming to Moving the Goalposts as the guest of honour at our championship finals and to launch my book, Playing by Their Rules, available at http://www.createspace.com/3376110.
Welcome to the new MTG website!
Welcome to the new MTG website! We hope you like the changes and find lots of interesting and useful information. Please take some time to check out the videos we've posted on the media page, keep your diary up to date with our new online calendar, read current MTG news and get some insight into the minds behind the organisation on the blogs page.
