Project Report
| Oct 30, 2017
Graduation Ceremony
By Enouce Ndeche | Project Principle
![Graduation Ceremony]()
Graduation Ceremony
Jubilation for the last batch of in-school SKILLZ Kenya HIV awareness program participants during the graduation ceremony at their school. With schools now closing for long holidays, the focus is now shifting to the community centres with a cocktail of football based HIV prevention methodologies lined up including: a youth football league geared towards promotion of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) targeting adolescent boys, distribution of condoms and HIV testing services, etc.
Coaches Debrief
Skillz Coaches assembling for a debrief to discuss challenges and successes as they gather post questionnaires from their fellow coaches collected from participants. The post questionnaires are conducted after the program to gauge participants’ gained knowledge, attitudes and communication about HIV/AIDS. To gather further qualitative data, focus group discussions and In-depth interviews are conducted in some of the interventions and information entered into the scoreboard where they get analyzed on a monthly basis.
Football With a Different Mission
VAP fc plays in the ongoing Nairobi county league of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF). Composed of local former Skillz graduates, most of its players are committed Skillz coaches who give back to the community, visiting schools and community centres implementing HIV awareness programs to other millennials.Led by Ken who wears two hats, serving as VAP’s master coach (life skills trainer) and club’s head coach, the team is looking forward to be promoted next season. “I feel good to be a footballer and to use the same football to empower my community.” Said 17 year old defender Jared .
![VAP fc in action]()
VAP fc in action
![VAP fc in action]()
VAP fc in action
![Share on Twitter]()
![Share on Facebook]()
Oct 5, 2017
Thanks for being part of this Award
By Enouce Ndeche | Project Principle
![Football for Peace]()
Football for Peace
Through its continuous efforts of striving to learn, improve and grow its programs’ impact, VAP has won a spot on GlobalGiving’s Top 10 list of Non-profit organizations committed to impact https://www. globalgiving.org/learn/top-10- nonprofits/. This has been as a result of actively participating in the GlobalGiving Rewards systems which GlobalGiving uses to recognize the over 17,908 nonprofit partners globally who are committed to learn improve and grow. The Reward system provides tools and trainings necessary for nonprofit organizations to utilize as they continue to build and scale up the capacity of their programs while receiving points for both effectiveness (commitment to learning) and Engagement (participation on the GlobalGiving platform).The listing has been accompanied by a seed grant from GlobalGiving which will go towards strengthening the capacity of the programs."I wonna say thank you very much for your continous donations through GlobalGiving that contributed largely on our impact and effectiveness.Please rest assured that this award also belongs to you." Said Enouce,Director of Vijana Amani Pamoja.Please find attached the certificate.
Football for Peace
VAP coaches, volunteers and staff gathered at Buru Buru grounds to mark the International Day of Peace which is globally celebrated on 21st September. The group played a football match under the banner ‘Am Playing for Peace’ and later on had a walk from the pitch to the streets carrying peace messages to the Kenyan population to quench the simmering tensions. The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") is observed around the world each year on 21 September. Established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace.
Attachments:
![Share on Twitter]()
![Share on Facebook]()
Sep 6, 2017
Football Camp for Circumcision
By Enouce Ndeche | Project Principle
![Promotion of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision]()
Promotion of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Taking advantage of schools being on holiday, the month of August brought an opportune period for VAP to conduct community football camps in three different locations namely: Kawangware, Mukuru and Kiambio. The camp included various football games and activities from SKILLZ Mabeste and SKILLZ Mtaani that address issues of HIV with the main aim being to promote Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for adolescent boys. The one week interactive football camp also integrated adolescent girls who would utilize the information to inspire their male counterparts to uptake VMMC services. “The camp has been informative to me as an adolescent girl and after having known the role that VMMC plays in reducing HIV, am going to share this information with my boyfriend and encourage him to go for the services.” Said 17 years old Veronica, from Kawangware.
VAP Coach Inspires Indian Girls
With invitation from Discover Football, an organization based in Germany that focuses on enhancing women’s football professionalism right from the grassroot levels to the greater heights, coach Eva from VAP was amongst eight coaches representing eight countries from around the world that were invited to Goa India to attend Discover Football Festival. The festival involved workshops for players, coaches and journalists. The theme of the festival was ‘Women’s rights, gender equality and sexual reproductive health’. The event was used as a platform to sensitize the community on women’s rights to play football, adore their bodies as well as taking opportunity of the Discover Football Festival’s activities on amending their structures and improving women’s football.
![Share on Twitter]()
![Share on Facebook]()
