Play for Education. Play for a better Future
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Hello everybody, my name is Simone Sciolli and I am the coordinator of the Kucheza ni Afya project which is functioning under the local NGO TATU Project , and I am here to ask you for your help.
Kucheza ni Afya means “Playing is healthy”, and the goal of this project is to improve the availability of sports in schools, which then leads to better health (both emotional and physical). We are coordinating 14 training sessions for basketball and football every month in 3 schools.
This way children can learn healthy habits connected to sports and all the values related to it. Furthermore, we believe that sport can be a powerful social tool that brings people together, greatly lowering many of the inequalities and diversities that are present in society.
The idea behind this proposal is to give students a chance to strive for a better future. Now that they are young, I believe it is paramount that through sports they can learn values, experience emotions, and acquire skills that they will be able to apply in the future as sports can truly represent a bridge that will help them attain a healthier development.
My concern, indeed, is focused to when they become teenagers and start thinking and hopefully dreaming about their future. So why cannot we find a way to help them pursue those dreams? Why should we limit ourselves to let them play sports, when a next step can be achieved and it can represent a new path for them?
Making a community sustainable means also making its youth healthy and independent as well. If we narrow their actions just to sports, while we may be impacting their lives, we may however lose the opportunity to achieve something greater.
School facilities cannot unfortunately create a safe and engaging environment due to the scarcity of resources available. For example, the number of students is way higher than the number of desks, thus forcing them to follow lessons sitting on the floor. Also, the quality of the material (notebooks and books) provided by the schools to students is very low, thus increasing their learning difficulties.
Moreover, the conditions in which they have been playing are not the best, therefore it would be very useful if we could have the chance to renovate the sports facilities of the schools, in order to improve the quality of lessons. Finally, most kids do not have a proper sports uniform, and the majority of them do not even have shoes to wear, so it would be vital to provide them with adequate equipment.
So the reason why I am here is that I need your help and support.
Every single amount, even the smallest would be very helpful, and it would make a big difference for them.
Thank you very much.
Kucheza ni Afya means “Playing is healthy”, and the goal of this project is to improve the availability of sports in schools, which then leads to better health (both emotional and physical). We are coordinating 14 training sessions for basketball and football every month in 3 schools.
This way children can learn healthy habits connected to sports and all the values related to it. Furthermore, we believe that sport can be a powerful social tool that brings people together, greatly lowering many of the inequalities and diversities that are present in society.
The idea behind this proposal is to give students a chance to strive for a better future. Now that they are young, I believe it is paramount that through sports they can learn values, experience emotions, and acquire skills that they will be able to apply in the future as sports can truly represent a bridge that will help them attain a healthier development.
My concern, indeed, is focused to when they become teenagers and start thinking and hopefully dreaming about their future. So why cannot we find a way to help them pursue those dreams? Why should we limit ourselves to let them play sports, when a next step can be achieved and it can represent a new path for them?
Making a community sustainable means also making its youth healthy and independent as well. If we narrow their actions just to sports, while we may be impacting their lives, we may however lose the opportunity to achieve something greater.
School facilities cannot unfortunately create a safe and engaging environment due to the scarcity of resources available. For example, the number of students is way higher than the number of desks, thus forcing them to follow lessons sitting on the floor. Also, the quality of the material (notebooks and books) provided by the schools to students is very low, thus increasing their learning difficulties.
Moreover, the conditions in which they have been playing are not the best, therefore it would be very useful if we could have the chance to renovate the sports facilities of the schools, in order to improve the quality of lessons. Finally, most kids do not have a proper sports uniform, and the majority of them do not even have shoes to wear, so it would be vital to provide them with adequate equipment.
So the reason why I am here is that I need your help and support.
Every single amount, even the smallest would be very helpful, and it would make a big difference for them.
Thank you very much.
Organizer
Simone Sciolli
Organizer
Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome
