"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the
father", so said Roger von Oech, a contemporary American creativity
guru. I couldn't agree more. Research shows that community sport
programs provide children marginalized by poverty, disability,
family dissolution, ethno-cultural background and conflict with
training and team experiences to help develop effective social and
communication skills, build positive relationships, make friends, and
find social support.
This is exactly what the Kibera Tennis Court offers, and it was no different on Saturday, 14th May 2016. The children played all sorts of games including basketball, tennis and hula hoop. They were guided by coaches from Sadili Oval Sports Academy, Trizah Mboya and Asha Adongo accompanied by one of Kenya's best basketball players, Zack Okong'o.
Seeing
the children so happy and their coaches so relational and caring was
extremely heart warming. The sense of community and level of resiliency
displayed by these children once again reminded me why Sadili Oval
believes in the power of sports.
I believe in the power of sports too. Do you?
Let them play!
This is exactly what the Kibera Tennis Court offers, and it was no different on Saturday, 14th May 2016. The children played all sorts of games including basketball, tennis and hula hoop. They were guided by coaches from Sadili Oval Sports Academy, Trizah Mboya and Asha Adongo accompanied by one of Kenya's best basketball players, Zack Okong'o.
- Zack Okong'o teaching the children basketball
- Playing the hula hoop: one of the children in action
- Coach Trizah Mboya playing tennis with the children
- The children take a group photo after games
Let them play!
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