August 2018 became a month of peace and building hope among
the youth. With involvement of different Youth groups from greater Kasitu a tornament
of football for peace was organized to create synergies how the youth can be interacting
for co-existence. The sports events involved the youth both in and out of
school, women and men from all cultural diversity in the district.
“our history dictate that we need activities
that can unify us” after realizing
the fruits the community is reaping from Bumate United, a community owned
football club, the youth have moved a step towards developing other Bumate from
among themselves With support from other partners and CSO.Sport has proven
itself to be a useful tool in supporting conflict resolvers and peace builders.
The task of building on past and current successes in the
field is something that youth and politicians are keen to do. The future goals
of sport as a tool for peace building and conflict resolution are clear, “We need more networking to promote the positive impact of sport on
community welfare, with better awareness of inspiring case studies, of which
there are many. We need also to improve on lessons learned and good practice.”
According to Baguma Roberts one of the organizers from
Ntandi, he mentioned that the events reduced crimes in the villages as most of
the youth are engaging in preparation or come to cheer their teams, events
promoted team work and unity, we promoted identity as people from same sub
county as well we promoted talents and body physical fitness.
Other events that took place along sport and football for peace
was, HIV testing and counseling, blood donation being supported by Red Cross and
tree planting along the public institutions.
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