SPORTS GEAR IS KEY IN ENHANCING CHILDREN'S MORALE
Sports gear presents a strategic asset that we deploy to enhance self esteem among underserved children. Our model positions sport as the basic ingredient for developing social & lifetime skills needed to breakdown barriers and overcome poverty. Ensuring that children have access to appropriate sports gear is a critical step towards fostering a lasting passion for the game
Sports Gear Collection Drive
Sports is the global currency that our program employs to invest in long term social & lifetime skills development among children. Our commitment is to deliver on our ‘No Child Plays Without Gear Promise” in an environment characterized by limited or no basic resources. We appeal to coaches, sports teams, and families in the USA to kindly consider donating sports equipment for children in our program to enjoy the game and play with confidence. To this date, we have supplied sports gear that impacted more than 5000 children at rural schools in Zimbabwe. Thanks to the Indiana Pacers, Indiana Soccer, Connecticut Attack Basketball, & families in Indiana for donating basketball & soccer equipment that are impacting children.
Coaching/Officiating Materials
Teaching sound game fundamentals must be complemented by training volunteer officials on proper officiating skills. The strategy is for each rural school to have a trained & certified volunteer coach & official to ensure game development & program longevity. Certified volunteers receive officiating tools including the stripped shirt, mini-manual pump, a basketball, whistle, a Connecticut Basketball Officials Blazer & rule guide.
Partnerships With AAU Teams
Sport isn’t fun when you play barefoot. A unique way to encourage program participants to learn & enjoy sport is to equip them with basic sports gear. Research shows that children draw self esteem from a wide range of factors including actively participating in a sports program with appropriate gear. Participants that are actively involved in our sports program get to keep the sneakers they receive.
Recycled Trophies & Medals
Our program deploys trophies & medals as a positive reenforcement tool to recognize & reward outstanding performance. Thanks to our friends at Bardach Awards, Indianapolis, we get to recycle, & replate collected trophies, medals & awards from the USA for donation to our program participants in Zimbabwe. The initiative has scored huge successes considering the majority of children have never received a medal or trophy.