After months of waiting, the biggest sports event in East Africa is here!! Yes! and it is no other than the East Africa Cup Tournament!
The East Africa Cup tournament is a sports event that takes place every year in Moshi, Tanzania, and brings together youth teams from across East Africa including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Sudan. BYC has in the past participated in this auspicious event. The East Africa Cup has provided a proper avenue for development of young people through sports, and also cultural exchange and learning. It provides a platform for training in life skills. It mixes football with first aid and is a training event for local coaches and leaders so that they too gain from the experience by learning more about things like sports medicine, refereeing, coaching and community youth participation.
BYC is taking with them four teams and these include;
Under 13 girls’ and Under 13 boys’ teams
Under 16 girls’ and Under 16 boys’ teams
The journey has not been easy for BYC especially in raising funds in order to participate in this event since transport costs were upon the teams themselves. There has been constant knocking on people’s doors, drafting letters and proposals just to be able to secure funding, though the centre has not been successful in this area. Fortunately parents of the children chosen to be in the teams have really been cooperative and contributed immensely, able to raise transport costs for their children. This shows the importance of community support in BYC’s intervention in the community. BYC’s friends have also contributed to some costs since they understand the importance of sports to young people’s development. Not forgetting to mention the tireless efforts done by BYC’s volunteers in their constant reminding of parents and preparing the teams for this event.
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