adminTadious Manyepo
Sports Reporter
JADEL Football Academy founder Walter Musanhu has donated an assortment of football equipment including kits to his former schools, Harare High and Prince Edward.
The China-based former Motor Action player attended both schools as he crafted his academic and football skills.
He owns one of the most iconic African football nurseries in China which currently has over 300 youngsters from the age of six years. The Mbare-bred former Young Warriors man has since established a local branch of the academy.
And last week, Musanhu paid courtesy calls to Harare High and Prince Edward where he donated football equipment worth thousands of United States Dollars.
Speaking on the sidelines of the donations, Musanhu said it was a way of giving back to the communities which helped shape him.
“Look, one doesn’t just wake up as a pilot, doctor, teacher or sportsperson. It begins somewhere.
“Growing up in Mbare, I attended Harare High School before moving to Prince Edward,” said Musanhu.
“It is at these two institutions that I got the mentorship, both academically and sporting wise.
“The schools moulded me into the person I am now. I would play football before I went to China where, using the foundational skills I acquired at these schools, established Jadel Football Academy.
“The academy has grown in leaps and bounds winning a number of awards in the process.
“So these donations are a way of saying thank you to the men and women who nurtured me.
“There a lot of talented youngsters at these schools. The hope is that they will be able to utilise the equipment to the maximun and I know for sure they will help produce some excellent sportspersons.
“Sport is a huge profession and students should strike a balance between that and academics. I hope the equipment will go a long way in nurturing the sporting talent in some of these youngsters”.
The local branch of Jadel Football Academy which now employs, on a full time basis, more than 20 people in technical and administrative positions have been slowly building a solid philanthropic reputation over the past few months.
They helped former CAPS United and Harare City midfielder Moses Muchenje fight alcohol addiction through paying for his rehabilitation.
The former CAPS United captain was battling substance addiction over the past two years until Jadel Football Academy saved him.
After undergoing a three-month long rehab which ended in March, Muchenje is now back in the football trenches.
He is currently training with CAPS United with indications he could be registered in the mid-season transfer window.
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