{"id":72914,"date":"2019-11-16T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-luis-alejandro-castaneda-from-colombia-and-chinasa-ukandu-from-nigeria-win-the-worldremit-and-arsenal-future-stars-coaching-programme\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:12:01","slug":"luis-alejandro-castaneda-de-colombia-y-chinasa-ukandu-de-nigeria-ganan-el-programa-de-entrenamiento-future-stars-de-worldremit-y-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/luis-alejandro-castaneda-de-colombia-y-chinasa-ukandu-de-nigeria-ganan-el-programa-de-entrenamiento-future-stars-de-worldremit-y-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Alejandro Casta\u00f1eda from Colombia and Chinasa Ukandu from Nigeria win the WorldRemit and Arsenal &#8220;Future Stars&#8221; coaching programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p\/>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LONDON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 16, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Online money transfer company <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2645330-1&amp;h=2375926136&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldremit.com%2F&amp;a=WorldRemit\" rel=\"nofollow\">WorldRemit<\/a><\/u> and Arsenal today announced that Luis Alejandro Casta\u00f1eda from <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Chinasa Ukandu<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-location\">Nigeria<\/span> are the winners of the 2019 Future Stars coaching programme.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg7dc2left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg7dc2left\" title=\"Future Stars winners, Chinasa Ukandu from Nigeria and Luis Castaneda from Colombia\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Future Stars winners, Chinasa Ukandu from Nigeria and Luis Castaneda from Colombia\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1030494\/Future_Stars_winners.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The two youth coaches will now prepare to travel to <span class=\"xn-location\">London<\/span> for a personalised training session with Arsenal Football Development coaches, and their trip will be sponsored by WorldRemit.<\/p>\n<p>Luis and Chinasa were among eight finalists, four men and four women, who were selected by a panel of judges from WorldRemit and Arsenal for their commitment to using football to empower young people and benefit their communities. <\/p>\n<p>They emerged as the winners following a public vote on <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2645330-1&amp;h=2579709414&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurestars.worldremit.com%2F&amp;a=www.futurestars.worldremit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.futurestars.worldremit.com<\/a><\/u>. Almost 40,000 votes were cast in less than three weeks \u2013 Luis received the highest number among the male finalists and Chinasa received the highest number among the female coaches. <\/p>\n<p><b>About Future Stars<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Future Stars programme was developed by WorldRemit and Arsenal to celebrate the positive impact that grassroots youth football coaches have on their communities, helping the children they train to develop life skills both on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its second edition, the Future Stars 2019 programme received over 1,400 applications from across <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> and the Americas. This was the first year that the programme was expanded to the Americas.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Future Stars winners<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Luis Alejandro Casta\u00f1eda &#8211; <\/b>Luis is a volunteer coach for a blind boys&#8217; football team from Bogot\u00e1 and the surrounding area. The team was set up by his father, who is blind, 20 years ago to help young people develop their mobility and independence. <\/p>\n<p><b>Luis said:<\/b>\u00a0<i>&#8220;I&#8217;m so grateful to WorldRemit and Arsenal for this opportunity. I&#8217;ve always dreamed of travelling to <span class=\"xn-location\">London<\/span> and will use the experience of training with Arsenal Football Development to help develop and raise awareness of Paralympic sport in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> and even globally.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Chinasa Ukandu<\/span> &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Chinasa coaches boys and girls aged 5 to 16. Together with her friends, she helps provide young people with an opportunity to develop football and life skills at Help The Talent Academy in Lagos State. She completed phase three of the Premier Skills Coach Educators Course (an initiative by the English Premier League and British Council) in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><b>Chinasa commented:<\/b>\u00a0<i>&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited to win the training session in <span class=\"xn-location\">London<\/span> and can&#8217;t wait to meet the Arsenal Football Development coaches. I love a challenge and will use this global coaching opportunity to take new skills back to <span class=\"xn-location\">Nigeria<\/span> and give back to my community.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Gabriel Carvajalino<\/span>, Country Manager for <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> at WorldRemit, said:<\/b>\u00a0<i>&#8220;At WorldRemit, we are inspired every day by our customers, who work hard to send money home to support their communities.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Through our partnership with Arsenal and the Future Stars programme, we are delighted to celebrate the stories of inspiring individuals such as Luis and Chinasa, who use sport to make a difference to the lives of the young people they train. Congratulations to the winners and our team looks forward to welcoming you to <span class=\"xn-location\">London<\/span>!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Simon McManus<\/span>, Head Coach at Arsenal Football Development, said<\/b>: <i>&#8220;Through our programmes in <span class=\"xn-location\">London<\/span> and across the globe, our Football Development coaches are dedicated to helping set young players up for success both on and off the pitch.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The Future Stars winners&#8217; work within their communities shows just how powerful football can be and the importance of promoting diversity within the sport. We are excited to meet Luis and Chinasa and support them in amplifying their contributions to grassroots football in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Nigeria<\/span> even further.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Isabel Bolivar<\/span>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:ibolivar@worldremit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">ibolivar@worldremit.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2645330-1&amp;h=4176777389&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1030494%2FFuture_Stars_winners.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1030494%2FFuture_Stars_winners.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1030494\/Future_Stars_winners.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  WorldRemit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p \/>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LONDON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 16, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Online money transfer company <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2645330-1&amp;h=2375926136&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldremit.com%2F&amp;a=WorldRemit\" rel=\"nofollow\">WorldRemit<\/a><\/u> and Arsenal today announced that Luis Alejandro Casta\u00f1eda from <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Chinasa Ukandu<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-location\">Nigeria<\/span> are the winners of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deportes-y-recreacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}