Sport as a Universal Language

The project has as its general objective the promotion and dissemination of recreational-sports activities in places where well-being can be assumed as represented by the satisfaction of only basic needs (hunger and thirst) and is aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 15 to protect their health, considering the concept of health no longer as the absence of disease, but as personal well-being and psychophysical balance in relation to the context in which they live and to help them overcome the barriers of isolation.

In July 2016, the feasibility study was carried out with the presence on the Nigerian territory of the volunteer Rossella Ferrara, teacher of Gymnastics and Sports Sciences, who in this period has trained 20 young adults in various sports, some of these young people will have the role of coaches in the project.

In questo periodo ha formato 20 giovani adulti sportivi, alcuni dei quali saranno i nuovi coach del progetto.

THE PROJECT IS CARRIED OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

• S.O.Solidarietà

• Friends in Life Education Peer Club (FLEP Club, Nigeria)

• Sisters of Charity of the Precious Blood Ngugo Nigeria

LOCATION OF THE PROJECT

The village of Ngugo, district of Ikeduru – Imo State in Nigeria. The association has built, within the compound of the Sisters of Charity of the Precious Blood, a structure for a total of 800 square metres.of covered area surrounded by a porch, with an adjacent lawn and equipped with a well for water supply. These spaces have been equipped in part for the practice of sports and in the compound there are other areas and fields used for the same purpose.

HOW IT WORKS

• 2 days per week Thursday and Friday afternoons from 3 pm to 6 pm

• 2 young people of about 20 years old trained by our volunteer prof. Rossella Ferrara

• Placement with sports teachers and educators

• The contribution on the part of the beneficiaries is not required

• Sports: football, basketball, rugby, baseball, handball, volleyball, handball, table tennis, track and field, dodge ball

DURATION OF THE PROJECT

The duration of the project will entail 2 years. It will start again in July 2017.

SHORT-TERM AIMS OF THE PROJECT:

To foster a mutual exchange of traditions and cultures through the meeting of sports trainers who share the conception that sport can help distract young people from addictions and can foster the development of social and moral values.

THE LONG-TERM PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT:

To involve a number of young people within a circuit that can enable them to leave their niche of myopia or comfort zone and venture into the world. In other words, globalisation as an education for peaceful coexistence through respect for diversity as a resource.

Humanitarian intervention for the harmonious psycho-physical development of children who for now only manage to satisfy their basic needs.