Zimbabwe: Eve Sports Academy

About the local hosting organization

Eve Sports Academy works with the community to address challenges faced by kids in the city. The city can no longer afford to provide reactional services to the young children of Mutare. The aim of Eve Sports Academy is to support the children in adopting techniques and skills in sports which are essential for their personal development as well as a healthy lifestyle. Eve Sports Academy have started creating space in which people can learn adapted techniques and methods that improve the quality of community life through sports, especially the disadvantaged members of the community.

Presentation of the programme

Volunteers on this program facilitate training and extra-curricular activities for Children coming all walks of life. The idea of this program is to accord children from the city of Mutare and the surroundings communities with hands on sports training, so that the beneficiary can be self-reliant. The Sports Academy also addresses issues of community development through sound sports management. Volunteers will work together with the communities in crafting strategies which have the capacity to achieve identify talent amongst the beneficiaries as well as the surrounding communities and beyond. Volunteers will also have an opportunity to engage in indoor and outdoor games with the beneficiaries. It is basically an opportunity for international volunteers to appreciate local initiatives by the surrounding communities in their humble initiative to use sports as a vehicle to promote community development

About the accomodation

The volunteer will live with host families within the community and this will provide volunteers with the opportunity to learn more from the local people and also share in their daily way of life as well as deep understanding of the host community. Volunteers are therefore advised to be flexible and open minded. This will make it easy to negotiate entry into the community as volunteers.

About the food

Basic meals will be provided in the host family from what is locally available in the local community.

About the location

Cross Kopje, Vumba, Nyanga, City Centre tour, Chimanimani, Birchenough Bridge, Hot Springs.

Requirements

No special skills are required in this program. Basically, passion and commitment are all volunteers require to take part in this program. Development Practitioners are most welcome to this project. Volunteers with other ideas to share are most welcome.