Do you see Street League for Change as a local model or as having the potential to be a model for much larger distribution and impact? Also, in the question "What is the potential demand for your innovation?" we would like to know who is in need of your innovation rather than what your program needs. Perhaps you could update your response to the question with that in mind?
Thank you for your response.
Dana Frasz
Changemakers
Hi Dana,
Thanks for your comment. I have been having internet connection problems and just got your comment.I will like to know how I can update and make the changes that you suggested. Thanks
Omer Songwe
Programme Coordinator
Youth Outreach Programme Cameroon
Ryan White House, Mile 1 Road Bamendankwe
P.O. Box 5185 Nkwen Cameroon
Hi Omer,
I read your entry and realized that our organizations have similar goals and might have room for collaboration. Grassroot Soccer has developed a proven-effective HIV prevention and lifeskills curriculum primarily targeting 12-15 year-old African youth. Administered by professional soccer players, health teachers, coaches, and peer educators in 11 African countries, the curriculum consists of 16 hours of instruction, which can be spread out over the course of several months. We directly oversee implementation of programs in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and South Africa and have implementing partners that have incorporated the curriculum into their local programs in Ethiopia, Namibia, Liberia, Sudan, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Lesotho, and Dominican Republic. While we do not directly fund programming in these countries, we provide training and technical assistance to local NGOs who run the educational programs. Depending on reach and resources, partnering organizations are able to graduate anywhere from several hundred to several thousand graduates from GRS programs per year.
GRS prides itself on rigorous monitoring and evaluation to ensure that our programs are having maximum impact. Independent evaluations have found the GRS model to significantly improve adolescents' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, intended behaviors, and perceptions of social support. We have valuable partners around the world not only in FIFA and professional soccer teams, but also in well respected foundations, corporations, and academic institutions.
I noticed that YOP runs HIV prevention activities in 12 communities in Cameroon and has supportive ties in Canada and the UK. This would make your organization a good candidate for joining the Grassroot Soccer Network. Take a few minutes to learn more about our sports-based HIV prevention model at http://grassrootsoccer.org. If you see potential room for collaboration with your programming in Cameroon, please do get in touch.
Hi Omer,
The description of your project is inspiring! I particularly like the broad based country approach with different communities and the boy-girl teams where you can score an extra point by going to a life-skills training. Last year I founded WomenWin, a new foundation, based in the Netherlands, which gives financial support to activities that empower women and girls through sport. I am particularly interested in how the girls and young women are participating and responding to your project. Are there any specific themes/problems they are bringing up and discussing at the trainings? Have you seen any changes in their self-esteem after they participate in the games and trainings? What has come up from the co-gender discussions? And, how are you measuring the change in attitude of the boys toward women/girls? Thanks in advance for your response,
Thank you for participating in this collaborative competition. We value the time and effort you’ve put forth and we would like to offer you feedback and some thought provoking questions from our Evaluation Team.
The initiative’s impact to date has been significant, with the potential for large-scale impact considerably magnified by peer educator replication of the program. The monitoring and evaluation component of the program is helpful in measuring impact and gauging the initiative’s progress. While having notable impact, the combination of HIV and gender-based violence program targeted to young men is not uncommon. In addition, more information regarding finances would be useful in assessing financial sustainability.
Please use this input as both potential insights into your innovations, as well as constructive ideas for how to improve or grow your organization.
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Hi Omer,
Do you see Street League for Change as a local model or as having the potential to be a model for much larger distribution and impact? Also, in the question "What is the potential demand for your innovation?" we would like to know who is in need of your innovation rather than what your program needs. Perhaps you could update your response to the question with that in mind?
Thank you for your response.
Dana Frasz
Changemakers
Hi Dana,
Thanks for your comment. I have been having internet connection problems and just got your comment.I will like to know how I can update and make the changes that you suggested. Thanks
Omer Songwe
Programme Coordinator
Youth Outreach Programme Cameroon
Ryan White House, Mile 1 Road Bamendankwe
P.O. Box 5185 Nkwen Cameroon
Hi Omer,
I read your entry and realized that our organizations have similar goals and might have room for collaboration. Grassroot Soccer has developed a proven-effective HIV prevention and lifeskills curriculum primarily targeting 12-15 year-old African youth. Administered by professional soccer players, health teachers, coaches, and peer educators in 11 African countries, the curriculum consists of 16 hours of instruction, which can be spread out over the course of several months. We directly oversee implementation of programs in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and South Africa and have implementing partners that have incorporated the curriculum into their local programs in Ethiopia, Namibia, Liberia, Sudan, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Lesotho, and Dominican Republic. While we do not directly fund programming in these countries, we provide training and technical assistance to local NGOs who run the educational programs. Depending on reach and resources, partnering organizations are able to graduate anywhere from several hundred to several thousand graduates from GRS programs per year.
GRS prides itself on rigorous monitoring and evaluation to ensure that our programs are having maximum impact. Independent evaluations have found the GRS model to significantly improve adolescents' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, intended behaviors, and perceptions of social support. We have valuable partners around the world not only in FIFA and professional soccer teams, but also in well respected foundations, corporations, and academic institutions.
I noticed that YOP runs HIV prevention activities in 12 communities in Cameroon and has supportive ties in Canada and the UK. This would make your organization a good candidate for joining the Grassroot Soccer Network. Take a few minutes to learn more about our sports-based HIV prevention model at http://grassrootsoccer.org. If you see potential room for collaboration with your programming in Cameroon, please do get in touch.
Thanks for all the great work you do!
Zak Kaufman - Grassroot Soccer
zak@grassrootsoccer.org
Hi Omer,
The description of your project is inspiring! I particularly like the broad based country approach with different communities and the boy-girl teams where you can score an extra point by going to a life-skills training. Last year I founded WomenWin, a new foundation, based in the Netherlands, which gives financial support to activities that empower women and girls through sport. I am particularly interested in how the girls and young women are participating and responding to your project. Are there any specific themes/problems they are bringing up and discussing at the trainings? Have you seen any changes in their self-esteem after they participate in the games and trainings? What has come up from the co-gender discussions? And, how are you measuring the change in attitude of the boys toward women/girls? Thanks in advance for your response,
Astrid Aafjes
Women Win
www.womenwin.org
Dear Omer:
Thank you for participating in this collaborative competition. We value the time and effort you’ve put forth and we would like to offer you feedback and some thought provoking questions from our Evaluation Team.
The initiative’s impact to date has been significant, with the potential for large-scale impact considerably magnified by peer educator replication of the program. The monitoring and evaluation component of the program is helpful in measuring impact and gauging the initiative’s progress. While having notable impact, the combination of HIV and gender-based violence program targeted to young men is not uncommon. In addition, more information regarding finances would be useful in assessing financial sustainability.
Please use this input as both potential insights into your innovations, as well as constructive ideas for how to improve or grow your organization.
Warm regards,
The Changemakers Evaluation Team
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