By Eric Omwanda Nehemiah | Program Manager at Mathare Foundation
The Open Dialogue Football Tournament had a work plan which guided us in before, during and after the implementation of the football tournament. The football tournament took place on the 18th of August at Eastleigh grounds. The football tournament whose theme was to cultivate the culture of tolerance among the refugees and the nationals in Mathare and Eastleigh areas (Nairobi-Kenya)
The two communities can now collaboratively do joint activities and projecs t. This has been made possible by through the football tournament. They came together for a common good course through football. This has built confidence of the 2 communities to work together and this will have a positive impact in the upcoming community forums.
The activity attracted 18 out of the 20 invited teams. This means that there was 90% tourn out as indicated in our logical framework. This has been made possible for good organization that was depicted during the football tournament. The boys and girls teams aged 14 years and below came from Eastleigh and Mathare slums.
The following are the outcomes of the projects so far:
(i) Improve relationship between national and refugees in Mathare and Eastleigh
(ii) People from different communities came together to enjoy football and share ideas
(iii) The two communities worked collaboratively during the football tournament
(iv) The young players from different communities shared a meal and discussed issues affecting them
(v) The tournament showed that excellence is beyond our religions and nationalities, both muslims, christians, somalis and Kenyans were awarded
(vi) The Mathare Foundation has a sustainable cash flow to pay for its monthly recuuring cost for 2 to 3 months
(vii) Income generation among the people who are involve in the project
(viii) Increased in the number of people who want to be part of subsequent events.
The activities which were planned to take in the Phase I of the Open Dialogue project. The two activities include football tournament and covering of administrative costs of the Mathare Foundation.
The football tournament costed us Kes 124,000 ($1200)
The administrative cost Kes 100,000 ($ 1,000) so far.
We have spent a total of Kes 224,000 ($ 2,240).
The tournament amount of funds sent by global giving is $ 4416. We have therefore used 50.7% of the total funds sent.
All project activities should be completed by latest November 2018.
Thank you everyone who donated for this course and we will keep you posted about the upcoming activities.
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