Social Change through Sport for 5000 Kibera Youth
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Summary
This project promotes ethno-religious and gender cooperation, and leadership, through sports to 5000 youth in one of the world's most densely populated urban settlements: Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya).
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
More than 700,000 people live in the Kibera slum (Nairobi, Kenya), an area the size of New York City's Central Park. Over half of Kibera residents are youth under the age of 15. Because Kibera has a violent history of ethnic and religiously-based violence, CFK uses sports as a tool for fighting this violence with 5000 Kibera youth. In exchange for playing in multiethnic soccer tournaments, boys and girls participate in community clean-ups, HIV/AIDS awareness events, and leadership trainings
Activities
If we provide soccer equipment, uniforms, and skills-training opportunities for 5000 Kibera youth, we will reduce ethnic, religious and gender violence, by keeping kids off the street and teaching them to work together.
Funding Information
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://cfk.unc.edu)
- Friends of Carolina for Kibera Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2453718747)
- Friends of Carolina for Kibera Facebook Cause (http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/5385?recruiter_id=1841150)
- Carolina for Kibera MySpace Page (http://www.myspace.com/carolinaforkibera)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The CFK Youth Sports Program will engage more than 5000 young people in Kibera, allowing them to learn to cooperate with people of different ethnicities, religions, and gender from an early age, thus reducing slum violence.
Project Message
You start seeing projects like CFK expand, and over time you see more pathways out of Kibera. More people are able to grow businesses. More young people are able to take advantage of education.
- Barack Obama, US Senator & Democratic Presidential Candidate
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Rye Barcott
President
FedEx Global Education Center, Third Floor
301 Pittsboro St, Campus Box 5145
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
United States
330-904-4859
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Carolina for Kibera, Inc.
FedEx Global Education Center UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Box 5145
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina
27599-5145
United States
919-962-6362
http://cfk.unc.edu
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Kenya
and can also be found under 
Sport.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 1, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
CFK Day in Kibera
By Rye Barcott - Founder and President , December 19, 2008 04:08 PM
This year’s celebration was attended by more than 5000 youth representing each CFK program as well as many other organizations and initiatives within in the slum. Throughout the week, peer educators were able to recruit 114 young people for VCT services through individual talks and group sessions at the soccer fields. On the actual day, the youth of the Sports Program held a procession through the slum with banners reading “Tuliza Amani Mtaani,” or “We Want Peace in Kibera.” Over 1000 youth made the 4km hike as part of the parade!
In addition to the soccer finals for several of the teams (U-12, 14, 17, and 20), CFK also held a community forum in which the youth participated in the reading of poems and narratives as well as the performance of dances and skits. Throughout the day youth were rewarded with uniforms, balls and other soccer equipment, as well as school uniforms, books and pens. Finally, CFK also conducted an awards ceremony in which Provost Leadership Awards were awarded to emerging young leaders within the community.
According to our Executive Director, “it was a day of fun that went from 7am to 9pm”!
As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. On behalf of the youth, staff, and volunteers of Carolina for Kibera, thank you all for your support! Without your generosity, our work would not be possible.
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