Sport changing young people's lives in Pakistan

Newly trained teachers by Youth Sport Trust International in Karachi has resulted in thousands more children benefitting from weekly physical education and sport sessions. The capacity building 'trainer the trainer' model which has been established means that there is now an in country cadre of 'Master Trainers' with the required skills to train more practitioners themselves.  

What began as a small pilot in 2019 has now grown to over 200 schools and given thousands of children the opportunity to take part in inter school competitions in cricket and rounders. Plans are in place through the establishment of a new organisation, Jawaan Champions, to reach more schools year on year and introduce additional sports as well as expanding to other parts of Pakistan. 

Youth Sport Trust International will be back in country shortly to deliver further training and monitor the progress which has been made since the last visit in 2024.

With your help we can continue to develop the delivery of high quality physical education to children across Karachi and beyond. 

Youth Sport Trust International was back in Karachi, Pakistan in June to deliver further training to upskill practitioners to become ‘Master Trainers’ themselves. Our expert trainers worked with a group of 17 teachers who had been identified from prior training as having the necessary knowledge, interest and motivation to be able to implement high quality Physical Education Training to other teachers in schools.

This ‘train the trainer’ model is proving highly effective in building an in-country cadre of Master Trainers and thereby ensuring that the initial Physical Education and sport competition pilot delivered by Youth Sport Trust International in 2019 can become sustainable and be rolled out more widely.  The focus of the course was on:

• Developing trainer skills and competencies
• Understanding fundamental movement and games’ skills
• Understanding Physical Education
• Alignment with the Pakistan curriculum
• Developing progression in Physical Education

All participants gave positive feedback about the training

• Trainers set clear objectives and expectations
• Flow of the training content was clear
• Complex topics were broken into manageable chunks
• Training was interactive and engaging
• The course was delivered at a pace appropriate to my needs

Although Youth Sport Trust International will continue to provide ongoing guidance, we are delighted that there is now an upskilled workforce in Karachi to ensure thousands of children are receiving high quality Physical Education lessons.  This would not have been possible without generous donations and we are most grateful for your support.  THANK YOU.