Location and general information
Categories
Access to Sport - 
Employability - 
Environmental protection - 
Gender Equality - 
Personal development - 
Strengthening partnerships
Access to Sport - Employability - Environmental protection - Gender Equality - Personal development - Strengthening partnershipsContext
In today’s rapidly changing world, young people in Kenya face many challenges, ranging from unemployment and poverty to social exclusion and violence.
Project goals
- Provide young people with essential life skills, leadership skills and opportunities for personal growth and social inclusion
- Expand the reach of sports and education programmes to enhance learning outcomes and promote healthy lifestyles
- Implement gender-sensitive initiatives to ensure the inclusion of marginalised groups, especially girls, with the aim of having girls make up 40% of participants
- Increase girls’ participation in sport and other social activities from 30% to 45%
- Promote behavioural change among children
- Train coaches, mentors and community leaders on equality, inclusion and best practices in utilising sport for youth development
- Provide grassroots coaches with CAF D and C licence training
Project content
In its second year, the project is continuing to work with the same young people to further improve their access to sport and social and economic development opportunities. Grassroots ‘football for all’ leagues are being expanded across 22 different communities, alongside life skills workshops and mentorship programmes, school outreach campaigns and continuous community engagement, monitoring and evaluation.
Partners
