Let’s Confed, Africa !

This month, in parallel to the Confed Cup, the Altus team and our Youth Sport Leaders were given the opportunity to be part of an exciting project initiated by the German Technical Cooperation’s Youth Development Through Football initiative (GTZ YDF):

“Let’s Confed, Africa!”

We organized five succesful streetsoccer tournaments with lifeskill sessions in three provinces (in Winterveldt, Mamelodi, on the West Coast and in Nelspruit) as well as our Olympic Fun Day as part of the programme.

The climax of the project was the closing event on the 28th of June which brought together streetsoccer teams including players from four South African provinces and from seven African countries in a thrilling tournament managed by our Youth Forum and won by the Africa Unite Team with players from each country.

Thanks go to GTZ YDF for involving us, to Karos & Kambro, Greenfeet and to all the hard-working volunteers and youth!

Olympic Fun Day 2009

To celebrate the spirit of true sportsmanship with kids from across Southern Africa, the Olympic Fun Day was held on the 26th of June in Klipkruisfontein at Gontse Primary School. As part of GTZ’s “Let’s Confed” initiative,16 delegations with boys and girls from around South Africa and from several other countries were invited to experience a day full of sport and fun. Each team represented either an African country or a country which takes part in the Confederations Cup and prepared a short presentation about important things concerning this country. Congratulations to the team of the Siamisang Primary School from Winterveldt, that won a thousand rand for the best presentation! Besides soccer and basketball, the kids could also enjoy themselves at fun games like broomhockey and various races as egg&spoon race and sack race.

Thanks to the help of our Youth Leaders and to the support of the teachers, the event was a big success!

Olympic Education

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