{"id":9108,"date":"2025-07-24T01:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:48:24","slug":"youth-empowerment-through-sports-health-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/?p=9108","title":{"rendered":"Youth Empowerment Through Sports &#038; Health Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>More than a Game: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Building Bonds Through Football<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an exciting display of energy and unity, ROM on 26th June hosted a friendly football match between our Technical Staff and adolescents from the Friends\u2019 Forum\u2014a peer-led support group nurturing young people supported by ROM.<\/p>\n<p>Held on the lively Mbuya grounds, the event was far more than just a game. It was a celebration of connection, confidence, and community. From kickoff to the final whistle, the field came alive with laughter, teamwork, and spirited play. Every pass, cheer, and goal was a step toward strengthening relationships and promoting positive, healthy lifestyles among youth.<\/p>\n<p>The Friends\u2019 Forum remains a cornerstone of adolescent engagement at ROM\u2014a vibrant, safe space where young people can <strong>l<\/strong>earn, share, grow, and thrive together.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we\u2019re scoring goals not just on the pitch\u2014but in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a Game: Building Bonds Through Football In an exciting display of energy and unity, ROM on 26th June hosted a friendly football match between our Technical Staff and adolescents from the Friends\u2019 Forum\u2014a peer-led support group nurturing young people supported by ROM. Held on the lively Mbuya grounds, the event was far more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-9108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-issues","tag-newsletter-april-june-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9109,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9108\/revisions\/9109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachoutmbuya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}