Chit Manlapaz, chief of staff of Luenthai Clark, said the football event — fundraiser for Tuloy sa Bahay Bata Foundation, a home for street children started by Kapampangan priest Fr. Marciano ‘Rocky’ Evangelista.
He said the participants will come from Manila, Bataan, Tarlac, Laguna, Cavite and international teams from Manila British School and Singaporean Football Club. He said Chelsea Hong Kong coaches will come to coach the Tuloy sa Bahay Bata Street children during the competitions.
Manlapaz said the increase in the number of participating teams could be attributed to the 2016 Summer Football Program of the Luenthai International Philippines, Inc. (L&T Phils) recently held here.
The free football program has been running for about three years now and about 130 children have benefi tted in the program which taught them not only taught how to play the sports but also “the discipline and various life lessons which can help in developing a person’s character,” he said.
Manlapaz said the children who participated in the latest free football training here last summer were children of L&T employees, children of Air Force personnel here, street children from Tuloy Foundation, and Aeta kids.
“Some of the teams that played during the summer training will also compete on Sept. 24 and 25,” he added.
For his part, Clark Development Corp. officer-in-charge Noel Manankil said the football event would promote this freeport as “a sports-tourism destination while espousing community outreach.”
