Fit4Work
- At risk youth
- Behavioral issues
- Community development
- Employment
- Education
- Youth development
- Youth leadership
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Kick4Life
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Kick4Life has adapted the Fit4Work program, developed by Street League in the UK, to fit the unique challenges and needs of the Basotho underprivileged youth in consultation with our coaches and youth. The training course targets an equal gender balance of youth aged 18+.
Once the curriculum was developed, it was tested in a pilot program which allowed for some adjustments in the program content and structure. The trainers who deliver the program were involved in the curriculum development as well as the trial program, giving them a sense of ownership and accountability.
The first Fit4Work program took place in January 2010. The participants were orphans and vulnerable children, who had just graduated from High School thanks to the Kick4Life scholarship program.
We are about to launch a second Fit4Work program. Places will be awarded to children living on the street, orphans and vulnerable children who have shown commitment to the Kick4Life program by volunteering their time or participating in Kick4Life’s HIV / AIDS prevention education program.
The Fit4Work Program will:
1. Create a stronger community with young leaders who will also act as positive peer models within their communities.
2. Accelerate Development by giving the youth the tools they need to find employment and add to the productivity of the country.
3. Drive Social Change by giving the underprivileged youth direction to a better future other than the destitute future they would otherwise be faced with.
2010: source enough funding to run the Fit4Work program on an on-going basis throughout the year and recruit a full time project manager.
2011: train more instructors to be able to roll out the program country-wide.
2012: ultimately we envisage being able to set up a job placement service as a social enterprise project which would generate income for the program to become self-sustained.
The Fit4Work program lends itself very easily to large-scale expansion and can be applied to other countries, not just in Africa, but also in the USA and other developed countries where there is youth with little guidance or assistance with life planning and work experience.
Lack of funding would prevent us from running future Fit4Work programs, as well as lack of support from organizations willing to offer work placements for the participants.
However experience from the first Fit4Work program we ran earlier this year, as well as further discussions with various organizations indicated that there is a lot of interest from both the private and public sector to offer the youth work experience opportunities.
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Kick4Life
1‐5 years
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Partnership is integral to the success and sustainability of Kick4Life where we work with local and national organizations, as well as many other smaller community groups.
These partnerships are crucial in maximizing utilization of resources to have maximum possible impact.
Support and buy-in from local government ensures the sustainability of our work and support from businesses is crucial in order to generate job opportunities for the youth graduating from the Fit4Work program.
In order for the Fit4Work program to grow we need:
1. Funding so that the program can be delivered on an on-going basis.
2. Good instructors to deliver the program.
3. Co-operation from local businesses and organizations to continue to offer work placements for the participants once they have completed the course.
One of Kick4Life's programs is a high school scholarship scheme for orphans and vulnerable children effected by HIV and AIDS. Once the scholars graduated from high school it was very evident that there was nowhere for our orphaned scholars to turn to for guidance about their future. So the idea of setting up a Fit4Work Training program came about.
This training is of particular importance to orphans who lack direction and role models in their lives to guide them for their future.
In 2005, brothers Steve and Pete Fleming embarked on a challenge to raise awareness and funds for children effected by HIV and AIDS in Africa. The challenge was for them to kick a football through Malawi covering the equivalent distance of 10 marathons in just 9 days - which they successfully completed.
Having experienced the incredible power of football in bringing together the youth from many communities, they decided to set up a charity called Kick4Life which uses the power of football to transform the lives of some of the most disadvantaged children in the world.
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