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Tanzanian Woman Feeds Family with Soccer Ball Skills

A Tanzanian woman is travelling around Africa demonstrating1 her soccer ball skills as a way to feed her family.

Her name is Hadhara Charles Mjeje. Short videos of her in action have received a lot of attention on social media. Last month, one of her videos even caught the attention of United States President Donald Trump2. He wrote on the website Twitter, “Amazing!”

Mjeje started working on her ball movement, or juggling3, skills when she was growing up in Tanzania. For many years, she played for a local women’s soccer team.

Mjeje hits the ball with her feet, head and upper body, but not her hands.

Mjeje is a 29-year-old single mother of two boys. For the past six years, she has been using her special juggling skills to help her support them.

She asks for $4 for a two-minute performance. She earns between $45 and $50 a day. She says the money goes toward4 sending her children to school and buying food for them to eat.

So far, Mjeje has traveled to Cameroon, Burundi, Gabon and Malawi to give her performances.

At a recent show in Malawai, she told VOA, “There is no magic in this ball. This is my own talent I started developing long ago.”

In Malawi, her skill got the attention of the country’s National Women’s Football officials. They were interested in bringing her into their women’s soccer development program. Mjeje turned down the offer.

Sugzo Ngwira is the head of the Women’s Football Committee in Central Malawi. She said that if Mjeje were ready to use her skills with other players, her organization would explore ways of working with Mjeje.

Mjeje’s skills have caught the interest of male soccer players, too. Samuel Zeka plays social football in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. He says it is a rare talent for women to juggle5 the ball as well as she does.

“I would be very grateful if she would teach me such skills,” Zeka added.

Mjeje said she wished the American president could have done more to help her than write a supportive message on Twitter. She said she wished Trump had offered to help feed her family. Along with her children, she also has her aging parents to care for.

But Trump’s reaction on Twitter did lead to extra attention. Shortly after, she received requests for interviews from local and international news agencies6, including the BBC and Reuters.

She returned to Tanzania in early March, after an agent traveled to Malawi to meet her. The agent wanted to share the possibility of signing an advertising7 contract that could earn her a lot of money in Spain.

Mjeje said she hopes the new contract marks the beginning of a better life.

I’m Pete Musto.

Words in This Story

social media – n. forms of electronic communication, such as website, through which people create online communities to share information, ideas and personal messages

talent – n. a special ability that allows someone to do something well

grateful – adj. feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act

interview(s) – n. a meeting between a reporter and another person in order to get information for a news story

agent – n. a person who does business for another person


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1 demonstrating 091001418b3c0a122bab1ed0ec2565b4     
举行示威游行(或集会)( demonstrate的现在分词 ); 示范。展示; 显示; 论证
参考例句:
  • The reactionary police made a baton charge on the demonstrating crowd. 反动警察用警棍驱散示威的人群。
  • I'm having a hell of a wild time demonstrating this car. 为展示这种车子,把我搞得狼狈不堪。
2 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
参考例句:
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
3 juggling juggling     
n. 欺骗, 杂耍(=jugglery) adj. 欺骗的, 欺诈的 动词juggle的现在分词
参考例句:
  • He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts. 他被指控用欺骗手段窜改账目。
  • The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱。
4 toward on6we     
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
参考例句:
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
5 juggle KaFzL     
v.变戏法,纂改,欺骗,同时做;n.玩杂耍,纂改,花招
参考例句:
  • If you juggle with your accounts,you'll get into trouble.你要是在帐目上做手脚,你可要遇到麻烦了。
  • She had to juggle her job and her children.她得同时兼顾工作和孩子。
6 agencies 0e418dcec84ec1fd8f830787bb2c3325     
n.代理( agency的名词复数 );服务机构;(政府的)专门机构;代理(或经销)业务(或关系)
参考例句:
  • There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations. 联合国有许多专门机构。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The project is funded by the World Bank and other multilateral agencies. 这项计划由世界银行和其他多国机构资助。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
参考例句:
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

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