After 10 years of working progress Victor, Kennedy, Derrick and Eddy (4 of the boys in our long-term sport development program) have earned a spot at the World Duathlon Championships Elite & U23 to be held in Almere, Netherlands from 4th to 13th Sep 2021. Two of the girls in our program have also qualified to attend the global showpiece. These 6 athletes are at a critical stage of transition from amateur to professional athletics.
Kenya has an oversupply of top-class athletes numbering in the tens of thousands. The opportunities for all of them to live to their potential is limited as most lack the exposure that a professional athlete needs to be successful. Recent surveys suggests that for every one Kenyan athlete who makes it to the global stage, hundreds of others scrap by. After 10 years of developing young boys and girls from Kibera Slums to become professional athletes. It is now time to break this ceiling.
In April 2019, one of the boys in the program was able to win the World Duathlon Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain in his age-group (20-24). The exposure that comes with attending the World Championships not only changes their perspectives about life, and the world but it also shape their dreams, motivates them and give them the sense that you can achieve whatever you set out to achieve even when its hard. That is the most powerful weapon you can give to anyone.
Appearances at the World Championships have triggered friendly competition among the youths enrolled in the project and hundreds of other upcoming athletes in Kibera Slums who will draw inspiration form their dedication to work towards their own athletic goals and the successes of the team.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
