By Nancy Waweru | Principle
Annual community stake holders forum was held at VAP’s Youth Empowerment centre, ‘A place of pride for the youth and the community’.The forum brought together various stake holders including:parents,teachers,participants,partners and like-minded organizations to discuss about the challenges and successes of VAP’s programs in the community.The meeting is normally used as a ‘feedback lab’ where VAP collects,suggestions and opinions from the community and participants that helps to shape up the programs and the organization to effectively serve community needs.Additionally,the forum provides a platform for VAP’s partners to integrate and hear directly from the participants and members of the community about the challenges and impact of various programs implemented by VAP. “ My daughter’s self esteem and confidence was very low but when she joined VAP Employment and Entrepreneurship initiative,she has developed self esteem and confidence.The business skills she got enabled her to open her own business and VAP is walking with her through her business journey to make sure she stabilizes.” Jane’s mother.
FIBA Foundation Donates Basketball Balls
One year down the line since the inception and introduction of basketball based program as part of the plan to expand and integrate additional sport as a tool for social and economic development,VAP received a donation of 60 basketballs from FIBA foundation.The balls will be used to support ‘Stand Tall Program’ in schools and communities around Nairobi and its environs where participants have been involved in basketball fun based lifeskills focusing on positive health and well being,social connection,teamwork and the development of resiliency and employability skills ON and OFF the basketball court.As an additional layer of sports,VAP aims to provide a different taste of sports to its ever growing number of youth while hanging on to its mission of integrating social and economic values through sports by creating a pro-active health environment.
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