Kenya
Sport
Nairobi Girls Learn Self-defense & Conflict Skills
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Share & SaveMore Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesThe sprawling estates around Nairobi promise a daily threat of violence. Boxing and running provide a useful structured activity to teach the girls self confidence, discipline, self respect and self defense skills. Sports help the girls learn to relax, work in a team and concentrate. Partners provide HIV AIDS and domestic violence education. The girls learn coaching skills and have the chance to take part in media and communications training. They learn about boxers all over the world. ActivitiesWe will provide the skills and motivational support to help girls deal with daily violence and apathy in Nairobi slums. We will train four new trainers who will spread the project to other areas and reach new girls. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $505 Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactGirls who have sports skills, can solve problems and defend themselves change the climate of the violent neighbourhoods they share by showing that girls must be treated with respect. The girls share their skills with their friends and families. Project Message
Eastlands is an area which is prone to much violence and vices. Boxing is the best thing to do for self defense. I want to work in community development and give back to the youth. Who is Running This ProjectContact
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For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on August 22, 2008. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 13, 2008. Latest Update from the FieldProject UpdateBy Heather Cameron - Executive Director, August 22, 2008 12:27 PM
Boxgirls International hosted a box coaching workshop from July 31st to August 3 in Nairobi, Kenya with young women from Nairobi and Kilifi. The girls reported that: “I now feel more ready to coach kids.”, “I learned a lot about stretching that I did not know”, “I don’t feel so scared saying my opinions”, “I can talk in front of people now and they will listen since I have the knowledge”. The girls from Boxgirls Nairobi and Moving the Goalposts Kilifi learned practical skills of gender sensitive coaching, strength training, tactics and how to teach amateur boxing and self defence to girls in the community. At the end of the course the girls organized and hosted a coaching session with girls and boys from the neighbourhood. The next steps are for the girls to earn money to support themselves and the project by offering afterwork training to professional women in downtown Nairobi in addition to the regular afternoon sessions with local schools. Comment on this update
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