Sport for Social and Human Development
- promoting human values, fair play, ethics, well-being and healthy-lifestyle;
- bringing together persons from different social, cultural and geographic background regardless of religion and ideology;
- contributing to peace and human development.
In this context, the aim of TeV is to raise awareness to the significant benefits of the educational, social and moral values of sport and physical education and their important role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Our Community based YouthAKILI Sports Ventures are based on UNESCO’s core action in physical education and sport is focused on:
YouthAKILI Sports Ventures
AKILI in Kiswahili is easily translated to the ‘intelligence’ and together YouthAKILI inspires young people to utilise their potential by working as a team on adventurous, environmental and community oriented projects in Tanzania.
YouthAKILI stimulates the cooperation and global integration of all young people involved by offering them active participation in the promotion of strong environmental awareness in the civil society, an alternative educational environment for the youth with learning disabilities, eliminate clash of ignorance through sport development and initiate poverty alleviation programme for their empowerment.
Related to these facts are the physical and emotional effects of living in a challenging environment where HIV/AIDS is part of every aspect of life. We are engaged in a number of innovative partnerships, supporting crosscutting community projects that involve a range of participatory activities and approaches.
YouthAKILI overall aim of promoting health-competent young people by advancing the field of health communication, based on proven and evidence-based strategies, experience and the development of new approaches on HIV/Aids Awareness.
YouthAKILI Sports Ventures will thus be: Breaking cultural barriers using Sports as a neutral platform
Your Placement in Tanzania
Football is loved and played by thousands of young people throughout Tanzania and nowhere more so than in the friendly coastal towns of Tanga, Pangani and Zanzibar.
The communities surrounding these towns are full of keen, and often talented, young players who dream of being the next stars. It’s a common sight to see groups of children kicking a ball around a dusty ‘pitch’ in the Tanzanian twilight.
It’s a perfect opportunity to offer children a refreshing style of learning that can help raise their self-esteem.
Tanga is the mainland’s birthplace of Kiswahili language. Tanga is Tanzania’s second largest seaport town and with a population of 220,000. It’s heyday ended at the end of the 19th century but there is still an heir of colonial charm about the place. The people are friendly, the idyllic beaches stretch for miles, and the nightlife transforms the town from a sleepy seaside town to a hip sea of neon lights when the sun goes down.
Really get into life in Tanzania by becoming one of the Tanga community’s most prized members of society: Volunteer in and around the city, teaching English, Sports Development and other performance related activities and the outdoors.
Pangani
Enjoy the “Zanzibar of the Tanzanian mainland.” Imprinting its historic legacy in the tumbling streets of stone town.
It’s history dates back to the 6th century BC and is also a prominent part of colonial history, an interesting history and strong cultural conventions. It’s a quiet little fishing town situated on the Pangani River, not far from some of the best idyllic beaches on the Tanzanian Coast.
Pangani is in need of good teachers to bring English, Computer and Sports skills to primary and secondary schools in areas surrounding the town. You will be offering support to one of the local teachers in the classrooms and if you’re feeling confident enough, maybe taking over some of the lessons yourself.
Zanzibar …Exotic Medley
Your arrival in Zanzibar from the tense pace of modern travel, at will, goes back in time. Thus it comes as no surprise to the traveler in the millennium that Burton should have written when he looked upon ‘the mysterious island’ for the first time, that ‘earth, sea and sky, all seemed wrapped in a soft and sensuous repose’
Zanzibar, was known in the 19th Century as the Metropolis of East Africa – the place where trading in slaves held as great an attraction as trading in ivory.
Today, Zanzibar is exotic and enticing.
The Reality
However, although the passion never fades, the opportunities to play and develop at a decent and well-structured level just aren’t there. This is why we have teamed up to give youngsters the chance to train and play as part of a team and enjoy the same sports opportunities that are so often taken for granted in the West.
YouthAKILI Street Football League Encounter is the way forward.
Getting alongside children from less-advantaged backgrounds and building friendships over a common ground. It is from here that you will start to give enthusiastic, young players the chance to play the sport they love in an organized and fun environment.
Whatever your background or skill-level, be assured that you will be able to offer something both positive and unique to the children and football projects you work on.
Your building of teamwork with children and organise sports competitions will ensure that our children have the opportunity to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to their age.
Programme Costs & Dates