The Kids League KIT 4 KIDS
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AN INCOME GENERATING SPORTS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING UNIT TO PRODUCE SPORTS PACKS FOR SCHOOLS IN UGANDA, SUPPORTED BY GOVT MINISTRY, DONORS AND CORPS.
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Year the initative began (yyyy)
2003
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Positioning of your initiative on the mosaic diagram:
Which of these barriers is the primary focus of your work?
Lack of “safe spaces”
Which of the principles is the primary focus of your work?
Use sport to build character
If you believe some other barrier or principle should be included in the mosaic, please describe it and how it would affect the positioning of your initiative in the mosaic:
UGANDA SUFFERS FROM HIGH (80%) UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. IMPORT SUBSTITUTION WOULD PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS TRANSFER AND INCOME GENERATION FOR TKL PROGRAMMES.
The Kids League (TKL) WILL TRY TO LINK WITH ALIVE AND KICKING IN KENYA TO EITHER MANUFACTURE BALLS IN UGANDA OR EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT IN UNIQUE BARTER EXCHANGE.
INCOME GENERATION WILL ENSURE SUSTAINABILLITY OF PROGRAMME AND FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TKL CAPITAL PROGRAMMES.
TKL KIT 4 KIDZ WILL PROVIDE CONSIDERABLE INCREASE/IMPROVEMENT IN SPORTS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT IN SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS WILL USE THE NEW FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE SPORTING ACTIVITIES TO HELP PROVIDE GOOD ALL ROUND EDUCATION.
Name Your Project
The Kids League KIT 4 KIDS
Describe Your Idea
AN INCOME GENERATING SPORTS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING UNIT TO PRODUCE SPORTS PACKS FOR SCHOOLS IN UGANDA, SUPPORTED BY GOVT MINISTRY, DONORS AND CORPS.
Innovation
What is your signature innovation, your new idea, in one sentence?
AN INCOME GENERATING SPORTS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING UNIT TO PRODUCE SPORTS PACKS FOR SCHOOLS IN UGANDA, SUPPORTED BY GOVT MINISTRY, DONORS AND CORPS.
Describe your innovation. What makes your idea unique and different than others doing work in the field?
SCHOOLS IN UGANDA HAVE LIMITED SPORTS EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS GOALS, NETS, UNIFORMS, BALLS, REFEREES EQUIPMENT, TRAINING EQUPMENT AND COACHING MANUALS. A LOT OF SPORTS EQUIPMENT IS EXPENSIVE AND IMPORTED. TKL WILL ESTABLISH A DEVELOPMENT UNIT WITHIN THEIR EXISTING STRUCTURE AND ENCOURAGE OTHER LOCAL INDUSTRIES TO MANUFACTURE SUCH QUALITY EQUIPMENT TO CREATE SPORTS PACKS. FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, NETBALL, RUGBY AND CRICKET PACKS WILL BE PUT TOGETHER.
SCHOOLS TO BENEFIT WILL BE SELECTED IN COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION MINISTRY. SCHOOLS WILL BE ASKED TO QUALIFY BY CARRYING OUT SPORTS FIELD IMPROVEMENTS READY TO RECEIVE EQUIPMENT PACKS. SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT WOULD THEREFORE PROMOTE OWNERSHIP AND PRIDE AND ENCOURAGE MAINTENANCE OF FACILITY.
TKL WILL ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND CORPORATE SECTOR TO FUND THESE PACKS UNDER EDUCATION AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BUDGET PROGRAMMES.
What are the existing barriers, the biggest problem, your innovation is hoping to address/change?
LACK OF SPORTS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT IS PREVENTING SCHOOLS FROM DEVELOPING SPORTS.
SOME EQUIPMENT SUCH AS UNIFORMS AND STEEL/WOODEN GOALPOSTS ARE AVAILABLE BUT ARE EXPENSIVE. WITHOUT EQUIPMENT THERE IS NO INCENTIVE FOR SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE/MAINTAIN SPORTS FACILITIES.
THE TKL SPORTS PACK PROVIDES THE PERFECT VEHICLE TO ASSIST GOVT, MINISTRY OF EDU AND SPORTS, THE SCHOOLS AND DONORS, CORPORATES TO JOIN AND MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN SPORTS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT IN SCHOOLS
Delivery Model: How do you implement your innovation and apply it to the challenge/problem you are addressing?
INITIALLY, TKL REQUIRE CORE COSTS OF AROUND $5,000 TO FINALISE STUDIES AND PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS PLAN, TO REACH AGREEMENT WTH GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES AND SENSITISE SCHOOLS AND LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND CORPORATES.
ONCE ALL AGREEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALISED TKL WOULD REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY $35,000 TO SET UP THE PROGRAMME, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A 2ND HAND PICK UP, WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, TRAINING STAFF ETC. AND START PRODUCING PACKS
ONCE THE UNIT IS ESTABLISHED TKL WOULD LOOK TO DONORS AND SUPPORTERS TO COVER THE COST OF EACH SCHOOL PACK. THESE APPROXIMATE COSTS ARE ENVISAGED AS FOLLOWS; FOOTBALL $1,000; BASKETBALL $800; NETBALL $700; RUGBY $1200; CRICKET $600. EQUIPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION WOULD BE BRANDED WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
TKL WOULD ALSO MAKE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR RETAIL PURCHASE AND BY WHOLESALE TO DISTRIBUTORS AND SPORTS SHOPS.
How do you plan to grow your innovation?
TKL WOULD CONCENTRATE ON CONSOLIDATION AND IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE PRODUCT QUALITY IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET. TKL WOULD TRAIN LOCAL STAFF IN MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND PRODUCTION.
THERE ARE OVER 2,000 SCHOOLS IN UGANDA THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM SUCH A PROGRAMME IN UGANDA.
IT IS ENVISAGED THAT THE SPORTS PACKS WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OR REFILLING AFTER TWO YEARS. DEMAND THEREFORE WOULD BE CYCLICAL AND CONTINUOUS.
TKL WOULD EMBARK ON AN AGGRESSIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN WITH THE HELP OF CORPORATE SPONSORS, DONORS AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS TO RAISE SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAMME. THE MEDIA WOULD BE REQUESTED TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS OF THIS PROGRAMME.
THERE IS STRONG POTENTIAL FOR EXPORT TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. WHEN THE MODEL HAS BEEN REFINED IT IS POSSIBLE TO ASSIST SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES IN REPLICATING THIS MODEL.
Impact
Provide one sentence describing your impact/intended impact.
TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT; TO DEVELOP IMPORT SUBSTITUTION ; CREATE EMPLOYMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN MANAGEMENT.
What impact has your innovation had to date/or what is your intended impact? Exactly who are the beneficiaries?
OVER THE LAST 9 YEARS BOTH KKL AND TKL HAVE ESTABLISHED A RESPECTED NAME THROUGHOUT UGANDA AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR THEIR INNOVATION IN CREATING SPORTS PROGRAMMES TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES FACED BY CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES.
THE FOUNDER OF BOTH ORGANISATIONS, TREVOR DUDLEY WAS AWARDED AN ASHOKA FELLOWSHIP IN 2003 FOR CREATING SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL CHANGE IN UGANDA.
SINCE 1998 THE KAMPALA KIDS LEAGUE (KKL) AND THE KIDS LEAGUE (TKL) PROGRAMMES HAVE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER 30,000 BOYS AND GIRLS TO TAKE PART IN SPORTS PROGRAMMES. THE SPORTS PROGRAMMES BROKE BARRIERS DOWN AND ALLOWED KIDS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL , EX CHILD SOLDIERS, AND TRAUMATISED CHILDREN TO MIX AND PLAY TOGETHER AND TRANSMIT HEALTH AND EDUCATION MESSAGES.
OVER THE YEARS TKL HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS A DESPERATE NEED TO PROVIDE SPORTS EQUIPMENT TO SCHOOLS. THE INTENDED IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE CONSIDERABLE.
How many people have you served directly?
SERVED DIRECTLY = 42,000;
PLAN TO SERVE DIRECTLY OVER 2 YEARS = 750,000
(500 SCHS @ 1,500 PUPILS)
How many people have you served indirectly?
SERVED INDIRECTLY = 100,000
PLAN TO SERVE INDIRECTLY OVER 2 YEARS = 1,500,000 (COMMUNITY)
Please list any other measures reflective of the impact of your innovation?
IN ADDITION TO THE DIRECT BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE THE SCHOOL CHILDREN THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS.
THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY BUILDING BY CREATING AND TRAINING A MANAGEMENT TEAM TO HANDLE THE PROJECT. THERE WILL ALSO BE SKILLS TRANSFER AS OUR WORKERS LEARN NEW SKILLS IN MAKING BALLS, NETS, GOALPOSTS ETC.
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL ALSO BENEFIT NATIONWIDE FROM THIS SUPPORT BY TKL.
THERE IS A TENDACY FOR DONORS TO IMPORT EXPENSIVE PRODUCT FOR DONATION. TKL KIT FOR KIDZ WILL CREATE
What are the main barriers to creating or achieving your impact?
LACK OF SUPPORT BY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION,
LACK OF SUPPORT FROM DONORS AND CORPORATES
INABILLITY TO TRAIN LOCAL STAFF TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTION.
INABILLITY TO FIND AND/OR DEVELOP WORKSHOP PREMISES.
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Sustainability
How is your initiative financed (or how do you expect your initiative will be financed)?
TKL WILL APPEAL TO ITS EXISTING DONOR AND CORPORATE SPONSOR BASE TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE STUDIES, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL PHASES OF THE PROJECT.
TKL WILL ALSO PUBLICISE THE SCHEME THROUGH POSTING ON INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE APPEAL SITES SUCH AS GLOBAL GIVING FOR TAX EFFICIENT DONATIONS.
THE PROJECT IS TO BE FINANCED IN 3 PHASES.
INITIALLY TKL REQUIRE $5,000 TO COVER THE COSTS OF STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS PLAN THAT WILL ACT AS THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE PROGRAMME. TKL AIM TO RAISE THIS FUNDING WITH THE SUPPORT OF CORPORATE SPONSORS.
If known, provide information on your finances and organization.
TKL ANNUAL TURNOVER IN 2006 = APPROX $400,000
• Annual revenue generated:
REVENUE FROM DONORS SPONSORS ETC IN 2006 = AROUND $400,000
TKL STATISTICS IN 2006
FULL TIME = 20; PART TIME =6; VOLUNTEERS = APPROXIMATELY 1,000
ONCE THE BUSINESS PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED TKL WILL THEN USE THIS TO TRY TO RAISE THE APPROXIMATELY $35,000 NEEDED IN CAPITAL CORE COSTS TO PURCHASE 2ND HAND PICK UP, RENT A MANUFACTURING UNIT, PURCHASE EQUIPMENT AND EMPLOY AND TRAIN LOCAL STAFF.
ONCE ESTABLISHED TKL WILL THEN APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL DONORS , CORPORATES AND FOUNDATION FUNDING TO COVER THE COSTS OF SPORTS PACKS FOR SCHOOLS. ALL SPONSORSHIP WILL BE RECOGNISED BY IMPRINTING OR LABELLING EQUIPMENT.
What is the potential demand for your innovation?
THERE ARE OVER 2,000 SCHOOLS IN UGANDA THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM SUCH A PROGRAMME.
WITH APPROVAL AND SUPPORT FROM MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ALL SCHOOLS THAT GET INVOLVED BY IMPROVING THEIR OWN SPORTING FACILITIES WILL QUALIFY FOR THE SCHEME.
BASED ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE OF KIT DONATION/REFILLING THE DEMAND FROM SCHOOLS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY UP TO 2000 SCHOOLS/104 WEEKS = APPROXIMATELY 20 SPORTS PACKS PER WEEK.
What are the main barriers to financial sustainability?
THE PROGRAMME WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM INTERNATIONAL DONORS, CORPORATES AND FOUNDATIONS.
IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT CONSIDERABLE POSITIVE PUBLICITY IS GENERATED BY THE PROGRAMME TO ENSURE THAT POTENTIAL DONORS ARE AWARE OF THE BENEFITS OF SUPPORT.
MANY DONORS ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING SCHOOL PROGRAMMES THROUGH IMPORTS OF SPORTS EQUIPMENT.
TKL SHOULD USE THEIR GOOD REPUTATION IN SPORTS DEVELOPMENT TO PERSUADE DONORS TO SUPPORT VIA LOCAL MANUFACTURE.
The Story
What is the origin of this innovation? Tell us your story.
SCHOOLS IN UGANDA HAVE LIMITED SPORTS EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS GOALS, NETS, UNIFORMS, BALLS, REFEREES EQUIPMENT, TRAINING EQUPMENT AND COACHING MANUALS. A LOT OF SPORTS EQUIPMENT IS EXPENSIVE AND IMPORTED. TKL WILL ESTABLISH A DEVELOPMENT UNIT WITHIN THEIR EXISTING STRUCTURE AND ENCOURAGE OTHER LOCAL INDUSTRIES TO MANUFACTURE SUCH QUALITY EQUIPMENT TO CREATE SPORTS PACKS. FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, NETBALL, RUGBY AND CRICKET PACKS WILL BE PUT TOGETHER.
SCHOOLS TO BENEFIT WILL BE SELECTED IN COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION MINISTRY. SCHOOLS WILL BE ASKED TO QUALIFY BY CARRYING OUT SPORTS FIELD IMPROVEMENTS READY TO RECEIVE EQUIPMENT PACKS. SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT WOULD THEREFORE PROMOTE OWNERSHIP AND PRIDE AND ENCOURAGE MAINTENANCE OF FACILITY.
TKL WILL ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND CORPORATE SECTOR TO FUND THESE PACKS UNDER EDUCATION AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BUDGET PROGRAMMES.
UGANDA SUFFERS FROM HIGH (80%) UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. IMPORT SUBSTITUTION WOULD PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS TRANSFER AND INCOME GENERATION FOR TKL PROGRAMMES.
TKL WILL TRY TO LINK WITH ALIVE AND KICKING IN KENYA TO EITHER MANUFACTURE BALLS IN UGANDA OR EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT IN UNIQUE BARTER EXCHANGE.
INCOME GENERATION WILL ENSURE SUSTAINABILLITY OF PROGRAMME AND FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TKL CAPITAL PROGRAMMES.
Please provide a personal bio. Note this may be used in Changemakers marketing material.
TREVOR DUDLEY HAS LIVED IN UGANDA FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. IN 1998 HE OBSERVED THAT SCHOOLS WERE REDUCING TIME FOR SPORT. HE STARTED KKL TO HELP KIDS IMPROVE THEIR LIVES THROUGH SPORTS PROGRAMMES IN KAMPALA.
IN 2003 HE WAS AWARDED AN ASHOKA FELLOWSHIP FOR CREATING SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL CHANGE. HE THEN RETIRED FROM HIS JOB TO CONCENTRATE FULL TIME ON EXTENDING THE PROGRAMME TO DISTRICT LEVEL. NOW OVER 30,000 BOYS AND GIRLS ARE INVOLVED IN TKL SPORTS PROGRAMMES IN 11 CONFLICT ZONES IN NORTHERN UGANDA.
How did you hear about this contest and what is your main incentive to participate? (this is confidential)
AS AN ASHOKA FELLOW INVOLVED IN SPORT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN HELPING NIKE/ASHOKA IN DEVELOPING THIS CHANGEMAKER INITIATIVE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT REFERENCE I CAN LIST IS THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE PASSED THE EXHAUSTIVE SELECTION PROCESS TO BECOME AN ASHOKA FELLOW.
Affiliation (please list all that apply)
ASHOKA FELLOW AND NIKE
