Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

About 3000 community youth and children from Kibera slums shall be educated or certified in sports, HIV-AIDS, leadership, lifeskills, health & environment for awareness. They will be integrated into normal society through regular jobs and schooling.

Project Message

I went through the academy school through scholarship & sports. I completed high school and university and I now work as an accounts assistant in a PR agency. I now help others at Sadili to succeed.
- Arianne Otiende Okong'o, Beneficiary of the program

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Dr. Elizabeth Odera,
Director
Off Kitengela Road
Langata
Nairobi, Nairobi 51736-00200
Kenya
254-20-609046
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Learn more about Sadili Oval and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Sport.

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 August 06, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 27, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

GOALS FOR PEACE A SUCCESS

By DR. LIZ ODERA - DIRECTOR, August 06, 2008 03:58 PM

For three months from May to July 2008, all roads led to Sadili Oval and the Nairobi West Prison Grounds on Saturdays, for the Raila and Friends-sponsored 4th Annual Lang’ata Youth Soccer League. The event, which ran under the theme "Goals for Life" saw a record 108 teams of boys and girls aged between 8 and 14 years from Lang’ata Constituency compete under the theme “Goals for Peace”. A large majority of the children were from Kibera, where soccer remains the primary sport. This event, which was the junior soccer as well as peace-building event in the year also included the planting of trees by students in Lang’ata and Karen schools, as well as in the Southern Bypass in the Trees for Peace Campaign. The Campaign was so successful, that 7415 trees have been planted so far, which has far exceeded the initial target of 4,000 trees. The Finals and Award Ceremony was attended by senior government and the Diplomatic Corps, including the Prof. Sambili, Kenya’s Minister for Youth and Sports, Ambassador for China, His.Excellency Zhao Ming, the Ambassador of France Her Excellency Elisabeth Barbier, the DCM American Embassy, Hon. Pamela Slutz, and Mr. Rakesh Rao, CEO Crown-Berger.
Trees for Peace Sponsors: Ministry for Youth and Sport, Embassy of China, Embassy of France, US Embassy, NEMA, UNEP Office for Africa, Nairobi City Council, Safaricom, Barclays Bank, Total Kenya, Tamarind Group, Crown Berger (K) Ltd.
Goals for Peace Sponsors:
American Embassy, National Olympic Committee, AMREF, Mabati Rolling Mills, General Motors, NEMA, GlobalGiving
Organisers: Sadili Oval’s Sports for Life Programme.
Patron of Annual Lang’ata Youth Soccer League: Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, Member of Parliament for Lang’ata Constituency and Kenya’s Prime Minister.

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