Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) under the Education department has embarked on a coaches counseling seminar.
32 coaches have this week started the very first of the 5 total sessions targeted towards trauma counseling for coaches and players alike.
The opening session got underway at FUFA Headquarters in Mengo on Tuesday.
The next sessions will run on Thursday, 17th July 2014 and will run the following weeks (Tuesday, 22nd July, Thursday, 24th July and climax on Tuesday, 29th July 2014).
Successful participants will be awarded certificates before they are elevated for another level.
After successfully passing the introductory part, the coaches will then be introduced to the International Diploma Certificate in Trauma Counseling”, Jackson Nyiima, FUFA Education officer told www.fufa.co.ug.
The course is targeted at healing the wounds of Trauma for both coaches and players who confront various problems thus restoring hope and stabilizing the performance level of players.
This training was sanctioned by Fufa and the Technical Director presided over the opening ceremony.
The course instructors are Ms. Rita Pulle and Father Claudio Ssegonja all from the Prisons Family Ministries Uganda.
A notable figure in this training is the former National Team Captain Sam Kabugo.
