00:04their flyers reflect a need for peace amid pain pain caused by the loss of life from the barrel
00:10of a gun one year after zwaid allen was shot in his head trying to dodge bullets from gunmen
00:16who opened fire on a group at building 12 in maloney the community is still grieving
00:22among them many young children zwaid's mom keisha allen organized the peace walk in
00:28memory of her son in collaboration with his football team maloney real footballers fc
00:33head coach karen but tell me says the family is still awaiting justice well basically what they
00:40say is still under investigation and you know they're looking for new leads swede is our definition
00:46of what we were trying to do one of our coaches in the academy you know reach out to me
00:51swede was
00:52always a player jenga fc but he did get you know some users get reluctant sometimes and stop going
00:58training and the coach reached out to me and said we had a safe zwaid and i has been his
01:03big cousin
01:03we played maloney take him and we took it we took him in and started to take interest the court
01:11says
01:11the club remains committed to keeping young people positively engaged the thing's still going as you
01:16can see the kids behind me here they are still in it for it right now they are first and
01:22second in the
01:24trinidad and tobago youth league playing that is around the country so under 17 and under 20.
01:32many of the club's players are from maloney and are now gaining opportunities through schools and
01:37football programs but greater support is still needed we would be appreciated of the help definitely
01:45from the corporate world from the government to come in and do some more things and help us because
01:51you know partnership is with be able to do more than you could do by yourself so anytime partnership
01:56is willing to be on board we are on board captain of the team kwame wait highlights the importance of
02:02that assistance young players that coming up they depend on this you know this not just football anymore
02:08is a is a is a life like as a job it's something that could change their lives and their
02:12parents lives
02:13as well so you know i do think we need that extra support the code says the club community and
02:19people
02:20intend to host the peace walk annually alicia boucher tv6 news
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