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Playing for Peace 2004. Playing for Peace. Mission-to use the game of basketball to bring about social interaction and development for children come from diverse communities
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Playing for Peace • Mission-to use the game of basketball to bring about social interaction and development for children come from diverse communities • Vision- to bridge divides among cultures and to develop leaders with the skills and commitment to improve their communities
History • Belfast, Northern Ireland • 1999 • South Africa • December 2000 • 3 schools and 4 coaches • Children reached • 2000- 30 children • 2001- 100 children • 2004 1800 children
Program Objectives • Bridging divides • Developing leaders • Healthy children
Bridging Divides • Games • Clinics • Tournaments • Retreats • Club league
Developing Leaders • 70 coaches- Agents of change • students between 18-26 • balance between male/females • provincial and South African representatives • training • basketball • life skills • leadership
Healthy Children • HIV/AIDS awareness • Drugs and Alcohol • Social responsibility • building culture of community service
Life Skills • Children’s curriculum • HIV/AIDS • Racism and sexism • Conflict resolution • Drugs and alcohol • Coaches • training • equip coaches with skills for optimal effectiveness • facilitation, HIV, Racism/Sexism, Leadership • Measurement • Dr Steve Collings
Life Skills Cont. • Implementation • weekly sessions • coaching clinics • manuals • practical approach to life skills • Partners
Geographic breakdown • Durban North (white suburb) • 4 schools • Durban city • 10 schools • Morningside • 3 schools • Umlazi (township) • 8 schools • Lamontville (township) • 4 schools • Mbumbulu (rural areas) • 4 schools • Molweni (rural areas) • 4 schools
Achievements • Tournaments • 8 city wide tournaments • City/township games • ongoing matches which foster relationships among children • Leadership retreat • Different leaders identified • team work and leadership skills taught • peer pressure • Court launches
Future Plans • Expansion • areas where strife, poverty and AIDS prevail • Richardsbay, Pietermaritzburg, Portshepstone • city, township ands rural areas • Life skills • HIV/AIDS model • Past participants • coaching • leaders roles in PFP management • working in own communities
Future Plans cont.. • Community involvement • Parent Teacher committee • Club teams • develop a culture of sport
Why playing for peace? • Sport • children activity • sport’s ability to unite people • Agents of change • facilitators • relationship with kids • Life skills • fight HIV/AIDS • social issues • A generation that made a difference • What we do transcends sport, culture