Rising Stars
Fatma Maleta
Vusi Malindi

Our names are John and Jane Yaya .We live in Kilimanjaro Tanzania.Our father was one of the greatest football players called Yaya .We have many friends.

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My brother and I love football.We dream football, play football it's all we ever know.Our father has started a football club in Mavere community to help rise new football stars.

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Our mother , Juliana is the best coach ever.She helps support our father in running the Mavere football club.Many children have been joining in every day from all over.

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This has empowered all children regardless of their gender or ages.We play some cool football.And our mom and coach inspires many girls to become football players and coaches too.

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She says that sports is an equal game.Anyone can join in but it takes alot of passion, dedication, commitment,hardwork and team work as well.It might take sometime to get there but we are the rising stars ,we can achieve anything.

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We can become anything we want to become.For we are the present and the future.When I grow up I want to be one of the greatest female football players like my father The great Yaya .

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My brother wants to become the greatest football coach like our mother.We all love them, and have been inspired by their work.We try to show our appreciation for the great work they do now and then.

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Rising Stars
Author - Fatma Maleta
Illustration - Vusi Malindi, Catherine Groenewald, Wiehan de Jager
Language - English
Level - Longer paragraphs