Massai Cricket Warriors spread their message through cricket
ZOO LAKE - Massai Warriors use cricket to spread the message of stop female genital mutilation and HIV and AIDS in Kenya.
Sport has the ability to unite different people and bring about change in ways that are unimaginable.
This according to Sonyanga Ole Ngais, captain of the Massai Cricket Warriors team from Kenya which travels the world to spread their message. The team did just that by spreading their message at a friendly T20 cricket match held at Zoo Lake Sports Club, hosted by the amateur cricket league, Last man stands.
They played against a team called, Can’t remember, one of the teams that plays in the amateur cricket league.
“Every time we play a game, we play it in our full traditional wear,” said Ngais. “This encourages people to ask why. Then we tell them it is because we want to spread our message of stopping female genital mutilation (FGM) and HIV/Aids in our country,” he said.
He added that by telling people to watch their film produced by English cricketer Jimmy Anderson, called Warriors, people would understand why they were trying to eradicate FGM and HIV/Aids. “People must understand how girls and boys are equal, we want that in our country, that is why we are saying as a team that we will take a stand and not marry circumcised women.”
Can’t remember captain Murray Taylor explained that the game was hosted to show their support of the Massai Warriors and help their message spread as far as possible.
“It was really special to be able to play cricket against such a world-renowned group of people who are pushing for something great,” said Bodie Crossingham of Can’t remember.
Details: www.warriorsfilm.co.uk
