Soccer Coach Who Overcame Extreme Poverty in Zimbabwe Now Giving Back in a Beautiful Way

News Staff : Aug 21, 2018
Faithwire.com

"...I think it's going to be huge for them." -Itayi Pondwa

[Faithwire.com] An Arkansas youth soccer coach may be living out the very definition of the American dream, but he hasn't forgotten his roots and the hardships he faced along the way. Today, he's giving youths in his hometown the chance to experience something he never could as a boy. (Screengrab: ABC News/via Faithwire)

Itayi Pondwa grew up in a small southern town in Zimbabwe, where soccer pitches consisted of dirt fields and he played the game without shoes to protect his feet.

Pondwa and his friends didn't even have real soccer balls—as a young boy, he would create makeshift soccer balls using plastic bags and filling them with newspaper... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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