Coaching for HOPE

Coaching for Hope [www.coachingforhope.org/ ]‘is an innovative program which uses football (soccer) to create better futures for young people in Western and Southern Africa.’ Coaching for Hope is part of the international volunteering and development charity called SkillShare International.
A recent meeting with the Southern Africa Program Manager for Coaching for Hope has resulted in an exciting prospective for the Adolescent Group at Kidzpositive. Through the discussion it has become apparent that using soccer as a form of expression, group cohesion and team playing will encourage those interested individuals in the group to enjoy the multiply benefits of being part of this project. Our adolescent clinic in March will provide a space to introduce a Coaching for Hope coach from the Crossroads Multi-purpose Centre who will provide the adolescents with information about how to get involved, when to come to practices and how to join the mini-league. Through providing this service and introduction within a safe space at our clinic we hope that it will encourage our adolescent group to go along to the Crossroads Multi-purpose Centre and join in the fun. Adding to this, Coaching for Hope with SCORE [http://www.score.org.za/] provides opportunities for older adolescents who show soccer playing potential as well as leadership skills to be identified as suitable peer group leaders who will be offered the Coaching for Hope level 1 training later in the year. We hope that those dedicated and interested adolescents within our clinic will show their shining potential and grow within this fantastic initiative.