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Soccer/Netball
at the Beach: Teens/Youth participate in sports at Kisubi
Beach 2005 |
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Africa
Youth Miistries Out of School Soccer Program
Above are the beneficiaries of the Project doing
their evening soccer training. |
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HEALTH! |
| Sports
and physical activity provides young people with physical, social,
and mental benefits, thereby improving productivity and psycho-social
well being. Physical activity is an effective disease prevention
method. In addition to its direct benefits, sport is also used as
a communication to promote healthy lifestyles. |
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| As
we integrate sports in our HIV/AIDS Prevention programs, in many
Countries, sport is being used to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and
to target vulnerable groups such as orphans and out of school youth.
Sport can tackle factors that contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS
by providing knowledge, life skills, access to services and safe
and supportive environment. |
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| In
Kenya,1,700 residents of Kwale participated in a full-day football
tournament “Kick AIDS out of Kwale” to promote girls
empowerment and to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS.
The “sport
for life” programme in Honduras addresses HIV/AIDS prevention
through the vehicle of an organised football league. It has been
successful in reducing school drop-out rate, street gangs, and
HIV/AIDS among adolescents, promoting family integration and improving
child health.
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| “The
aim of the United Nations activities involving sport is not the
Creation of sporting champions and the development of sports but
rather the use of sport in broader development and peace-building
activities” US SG Kofi Annan. |
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