2019 marked the 8th year Avalon Soccer Club has been represented by the Women’s U16s team in Vanuatu. The tour was established in 2012 as part of a club initiative to help promote women in soccer on both sides of the Pacific, and to foster an ongoing relationship between Avalon players and the soccer loving girls in Vanuatu. We spent 10 days full of friendly football games and local community support, which included painting classrooms, donating school supplies and handing out women’s hygiene packs.
This year I was lucky enough to be a part of the annual trip, along with 20 of my teammates and their family
members. We started fundraising as a team in September of 2018 and after 9 months, $5,000 was raised to support villages and schools with a variety of donations such as school supplies, medical supplies, clothing and sporting gear.
We spent our first day at Manua