“My seven best childhood friends are in prison. They chose that life, I chose a different one.”
Growing up in a neighbourhood riddled with crime, Aurio ‘Puma’ Emerson had to overcome many challenges to get his life on track. Today, the Associação CAIS programme graduate is an inspiration to others. As a street football coach he shows the children in his community that “there is light at the end of the tunnel.”
Watch this moving video created by UEFA as part of their #EqualGame campaign.
#football4good[fb_vid id=”1020808578091379″]As his friends turned to crime, it was street football that saved Aurio ‘Puma’ Emerson from a life on Lisbon’s streets ⚽️ 🇵🇹 Football ➡️➡️➡️ hope 🙌#EqualGame 📲 EqualGame.com
