international development through sport
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International Development through Sport
Presented by Nico Koenig
March 4, 2009Henry Hicks Building, Room 217
Dalhousie University
What is your Question?
• Write a question that you would like to have answered at the end of this session
Why Sport?
• What are the positive outcomes of sport?
• What are the negative outcome of sport?
Millennium Development Goals
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
How can sport help?•Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
•3.1 Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education•3.2 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector•3.3 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
•Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases•6a: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS•6b: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it•6c: Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
Experts say....SDP WG found athttp://iwg.sportanddev.org/en/index.htm
Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria, and other diseases• Sport programs can be used to reduce stigma and increase social and economicintegration of people living with HIV and AIDS• Sport programs are associated with lower rates of health risk behaviour thatcontributes to HIV infection• Programs providing HIV prevention education and empowerment can further reduce HIV infection rates• Sport can be used to increase measles, polio and other vaccination rates• Involvement of celebrity athletes and use of mass sport events can increase reach and impact of malaria, tuberculosis and other education and prevention campaigns
Others say....
Kicking AIDS Out Grassroots Soccer Alive and Kicking
Experts say....Promote gender equality and empower women
• Sport helps improve female physical and mental health and offers opportunities for social interaction and friendship
• Sport participation leads to increased self-esteem, self-confidence, and enhanced sense of control over one’s body
• Girls and women access leadership opportunities and experience
• Sport can cause positive shifts in gender norms that afford girls and women greatersafety and control over their lives
• Women and girls with disabilities are empowered by sport-based opportunities to acquire health information, skills, social networks, and leadership experience
Others say...Go Sisters (Edusport)NOWSPAR“Girl Effect” (Nike)
My Experience
My Experience
• CIDA youth internships (http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/internships)• Commonwealth Games of Canada (www.commonwealthgames.ca)• Send to Partner Organizations:Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Project, Trinidad
and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical education, Paralympic Committee (Namibia, Zambia, Jamaica) , Physically Active Youth (Namibia) , Olympafrica Youth Ambassador Program (Lesotho)
Youth Employment Strategy (YES)Canadian Sport Leadership Corps
Hosting Organization = SCORE
What is SCORE?• Founded 1991• Non-profit NGO• Ongoing Community-
Based Programs in South Africa (1991), Namibia (2000) & Zambia (2002)
Current Focus Areas“SCORE uses sport to provide children and youth with
valuable skills and opportunities that they need to succeed in life and contribute to their communities.”
• Life & Leadership skills training for Children & Youth• Sports Volunteers• Community sports leadership & organisational capacity• Women & Girls in Sport• Kicking AIDS Out!->International Office in Cape Town , South Africa
SCORE Highlights• More the 500 000 children participated in
20+ sports• More than 600 sports volunteers from
more than 20 countries • 2000-2004
– built 40 multi-purpose facilities in South Africa– more than 30 000 participated in 470 training
workshops– Increase in women’s participation from 20-25%
to 35-40%– Established local sports councils
Looking to get on board?• SCORE - www.score.org.za• Right to Play - www.righttoplay.com• Sportventurer -www.sportventurer.com• Street Football - www.streetfootballworld.org• Grassroots Soccer - http://www.grassrootsoccer.org
OR...-Stay Local, challenges here too! What can sport do
near by???-Find an organization somewhere in the world and
drop by!
Further questions in Sport for Development…•How do we know it works? Research needed•How can we use sport best? Sport + or + sport•Can sport “Cure” AIDS?•Sport for peace? Palestine Israel conflict, Congo•What is role of elite sport role in development through sport? Olympics, World Cup•Nike + International Development? •United Nations use of sport
Links People• Commonwealth Games of Canada
– www.commonwealthgames.ca/• Sport and Development Platform
– www.sportanddev.org/• Kicking AIDS out
– http://www.kickingaidsout.net/• Next Step Conference
– www.nextstep2007.org• MYSA
– www.mysakenya.org/• Nif, Uk Sport, Unicef (international
inspiration) Australia Sport Commission
•Simon Darnell, Post Doctorate here, leading canadian academics in sport and development•Bruce Kid, Dean of Physical Education, University of Toronto•Sara Nichols, University of Ottawa, studying HIV/AIDS awareness among Aboriginal youth and women•Lois Macgregor, Learn about sport and volunteer opportunities around Halifax! help your own community•Owen Willis, International Development professor Dalhousie, worked with MYSA in Kenya•Nico Koenig, residing in Halifax, [email protected]
Questions?
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