Kenya Youth Sports4Peace & Reconciliation Project
youth development through sports Africa
SummaryThe project will give approx. 60 Kenyan youth, displaced through ethnic violence, an opportunity to engage with each other in intercultural dialogue & reconciliation through Sport activity & wkshops. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In a 5 day series of sports events and skills and Counseling workshops at an Internally Displaced People's camp in Eldoret, Kenya, the project aims to empower youths with the capacity to embrace peaceful conflict resolution through sports and to equip them with skills in using popular sports and Educational Development Theatre as animation tools for Peace building, participation and cross-cultural understanding.
Activities
Friendly soccer, netball, volleyball, handball matches. A special road race through post-election violence affected areas in Eldoret. A workshop to train youth group leaders on the use of sports and other creative resolution strategies.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $323
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $38,217
Total Funding Goal: $38,540
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Long term the project will directly serve 60 young people & their communities by success addressing ethnic violence issues & bridging the gulf betw the ethnicities to create opportunitie for youth to relate positively to improve their circumstances.
Project Message
The role of sport in promoting social integration, in particular of young people, is widely recognised. Sport […] a […] social phenomenon offers a common language and a platform for social democracy.
- Inter-agency TaskForce on Sport4Developm, United Nations
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Auma Obama
Sports for Social Change Coordinator East Africa
CARE International, East & Central Africa Regional
P.O. Box 2039 - 00202
Nairobi,
Kenya
25474048491
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
CARE
151 Ellis Street NE
Atlanta,
GA
30303
United States
800-422-7385
http://www.careusa.org
CARE's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
Where this Project is Located
Country
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Kenya
and can also be found under 
Human Rights.
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 June 5, 2008
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