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Project Pillar: Health
Care and Wellness
Project cost:
Approximately 5000-7000 for the October 2005 Football
match. Project Funded.
Status: In 2005 funding was
obtained by OVF Ghana for the first national level
SPTC benefit event in Ghana in the amount of 7300
USD. A match was organized between Liberty and
Heart of Oaks two national level football teams.
The game was held on Oct 9, 2005 in which 2000
fans attended. As a result of the event a small
amount of money was raised to support AIDS orphans.
Program is currently dormant.
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2002 event included discussions and interviews
on UEW's highly
acclaimed "Radio Windy Bay"
radio station. |
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Kafui speaks to AIDS Day 2002 crowd. |
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The
teams line up before the game in Oct of
2005.
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Sports
People That Care was featured in the first
ever
African Youth HIV/AIDS Best Practices Handbook.
The document includes a brief description
of all the Project including SPTC. |
Project Name: Sports People
that Care (SPTC)
Location: Ghana
Vision: Develop
program in Ghana that uses football and football
players as role models to win the fight against
AIDS.
Background: On
AIDS Day 2002 students at University of Education
Winneba, Ghana (UEW) played against each other
in a series of events. This included the interviewing
of several AIDS experts on the OVF Ghana
Youth Intellect (Ghana) Program
which is a comprehensive youth Radio interactive
program on HIV/AIDS. The led
to the development of SPTC as a national level
program designed to bring leading professional
footballers together to raise awareness and also
to raise funds to help treat and care for those
who are suffering from AIDS.
Rationale: Using
sports to win the fight against AIDS. means taking
full advantage of the popularity of football as
a way to promote health and teamwork among youth.
The program is designed so that sports can be
used to address social issues relating to AIDS.
This includes encouraging prevention through the
distribution of free condoms and educational phamplets,
while raising money for AIDS treatment and education
to fund SUFIA.
Project Proposal Design:
Program raises awareness about AIDS and through
several complementary events and ceremonies organized
in conjunction with the football match. A portion
of ticket receipts go towards treating and caring
for people infected with AIDS.
Future plans include the development
of SPTC into an ongoing sports training and benefit
program that would involve at risk youth. To complement
this, Support For Infected and Affected
(SUFIA) is specifically designed to identify
and provide drugs for the HIV infected and basic
human needs for the HIV affected. This includes
Food, Educational and Health needs, Clothes, Shelter
as well as social skills and job training.
Goals:
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Raise
awareness about the risks of AIDS and
of those behaviors associated with AIDS
such as unsafe sex practices. |
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Raise
money for AIDS treatment and education. |
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Promote
positive role model for youth |
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Address
social issues relating to AIDS. |
Target Groups and Beneficiaries:
This program is designed to 1) target
high risk groups who are susceptible to sexually
transmitted diseases like AIDS and 2) benefit
those who have already been affected by the disease.
Project Partners:
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ProLink
is a Ghana based
NGO that works to improve the lives of
ordinary people in Ghana. |
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United
Through Sport brings
people together to share a common goal
of playing sports and building friendships.
UTS is now working in Ghana, South Africa
and Costa Rica advancing sports and recreation.
UTS also directs money into important
non-sports ventures such as sponsoring
school children and building community
centers, providing kids’ Christmas
presents and funding teachers’ salaries. |
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