The article I’m going to tell you about consists in a foundation created by a famous football player named Zesh Rehman, he is the captain of Bradford City in England. He is 26 years old and is the only Asian man to play in all four divisions of the English game, including the Premier League.
His childhood was hard; the beginning of his football life wasn’t easy either. Because of the social limits that are imposed over the Asian boys that make nearly impossible to be a professional football player in Britain. Regardless of the hard obstacles he became the first and only Asian man that plays in the football league of Britain, all this because of his hard work and perseveration.
Now he's offering help to youngsters from similar backgrounds who might want to follow in his footholds by the creation of the ‘Zesh Rehman Foundation’. The aims of this foundation are in one hand: support the kids that have Asian heritage and in the other hand: wants to encourage football as a "pathway to community cohesion" between kids from different cultures. A sociological initiative that helps to overcome the fragmentation and discrimination of the Britain society.
You can read the whole article in :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/13/zesh-rehman-football-asian-community
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