Retrak's Soccer-Based HIV-Prevention Program: Kick 4 Life 4 Uganda
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Founding Story
Team
Joan
Townsend
Retrak
, DC, Washington
, Kampala
Individuals, Foundations, NGOs, National government.
13 - 17.
Administrator.
I am applying on behalf of a particular program or initiative.
Other.
Community.
Putting Children in Charge: Giving children a voice and cultivating agency via experiential learning, project-based learning, and civic engagement.
Personal and Social Responsibility
Retrak will provide soccer-based HIV-prevention education to 420 highly vulnerable children and youth in the Kampala area, enabling them to change risky behaviors and make healthy decisions. Our soccer coaches will deliver four game-based activities per year at the two Retrak drop-in centers and at another local organization that works with vulnerable children. Additionally, we will take our program into the slums of Kampala on a quarterly basis to reach the children who are not yet part of Retrak’s programs. The games and activities will be for four hours a day for five days in the drop-in centers and for seven hours a day for five days in the slums. Movement games are paired with learning opportunities, enabling a child to have fun and get exercise while at the same time learning how to minimize his or her risk of exposure to HIV.
Since its inception, Retrak has incorporated sports and play in its programs for highly vulnerable children. In December 2011, the effectiveness of these practices was confirmed at the US Global Health Initiative’s Evidence Summit on Protecting Children Outside of Family Care. One of the take-aways from this event was the large body of empirical evidence on the effectiveness of learning through play. Retrak remains committed to the belief that children, in particular those living outside of family care, have a right and a need to play, and it will remain a vital component of our work.
Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child has a right to play. Street children are deprived of this right as they struggle just to survive. They're often highly traumatized and tend to have shorter attention spans than most children. We’ve found that by engaging in play, the children learn more and have greater levels of retention. Also, many children who have been on the streets for a long time lack the necessary literacy and numeracy skills to learn in a regular classroom setting, and using game-based learning tools is extremely effective.
Retrak is supported by foundations, government entities, other NGOs and through public donations. The breakdown is as follows: Foundations 23%, NGOs 22%, Governments (including USAID's PEPFAR program and the UK Dept. for International Development) 8% and Pubic/Individual Donations 47%.
Retrak is a nonprofit organization whose vision is “a world where no child is forced to live on the streets”. We put children at the very heart of everything we do and are fearless and tenacious in defending and promoting their rights. Although we work to help families overcome poverty, we're not ourselves in the business of making money. Rather, for 20 years our model has successfully relied on sustainable support from diverse sources.
There are an estimated 10,000 street children in Kampala. Last year Retrak reached 1,128 of them. We would use the $20,000 to leverage our impact by offering training of Kick4Life’s game-based learning methodology to other NGOs in Uganda and in the other African countries where we work.
We create synergy by partnering with local NGOs in Uganda (e.g. Child Restoration Outreach in western Uganda, Dwelling Places for younger children) as well as with the Ugandan government's Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development. Ongoing partnerships with local health facilities like the Mildmay Center, an outpatient clinic for AIDS treatment, allow children under Retrak’s care to access medical care and Voluntary Counseling and Testing.
Retrak’s previous entry in the Nutrients for All competition has enabled us to exchange information and ideas with other changeshop participants, including a Dutch organization that works in Africa and has advised us on engaging companies and scaling up our technical knowledge.
1.Provide services that offer highly vulnerable children a viable alternative to life on the street across the globe.
2.Grow as a development organization, working with families and communities to prevent children coming to the street and support those returning home.
3.Through research and advocacy, change policy and practice in favor of highly vulnerable children.
4.Work through partners in both normal and emergency or disaster situations.
Retrak employ a full-time Monitoring and Research Advisor who follows-up with all children in the program to measure longterm wellbeing. Our Evaluating Outcomes report (attached) shows that children who have gone through our program have increased access to education and overall wellbeing. However, re-entry to school remains a struggle for many as the education system is not well adapted to vulnerable street children's needs.
1,001 to 10,000
Yes
10-100
10-100
Physical Play, Games with Rules, Creating a Supportive Socio-Emotional Environment, Educational Structuring (developing playful projects within educational contexts).
LEGO's Chief Financial Officer, John Goodwin, is a founding member of Retrak's Board of Trustees
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Great idea - I particularly like the fact you have shared an example that enables us to visualise how the project works and how children interact with the topics you're focusing on.
Estou feliz em compartilhar com o mundo, porque há um monte de dúvidas sobre os cuidados de HIV-AIDS, mas agora eu tenho que acreditar que o milagre que eu receber pode ser útil para o mundo e vítimas de HIV AIDS. Meu nome é Angela Mane meu endereço de e-mail está [email protected] o herbalista que me curou é [email protected] Eu vivi com esta doença mortal por mais de um ano, o meu marido descobrimos que estávamos ambos HIV-positivo quando ele era resultado positivo. Tentamos de todas as maneiras de viver nossas vidas com drogas virais retro, apesar de esta coisa em nosso corpo que estávamos sempre infeliz, até que me deparei com este poderoso herbalista que jogou cura. No primeiro, ficamos céticos, mas meu marido insistiu em dar-lhe uma tentativa e pedir algumas das ervas enviados para nós, e algumas semanas após a conclusão do processo por causa deste herbalist ajuda, fomos para o check depois de tomar as ervas para algumas semanas, temos sido inundados com alegria que recebemos os resultados no hospital do nosso médico de família. A taxa de vírus no organismo dentro de algumas semanas havia caído, que foram completamente curados. O fitoterapeuta explicou que ele não publicou para o mundo, porque ele tinha sido rejeitado em 2011 pelo grupo de pesquisa internacional, pois utiliza um meio tradicional para tratar os pacientes. A coisa mais importante é para você ser curado, se você quer saber sobre este fitoterapeuta e-mail dele: [email protected] deseja.
Eu ainda sou chocar e surpreender este grande milagre que aconteceu na minha família, meu marido e eu tenho sido de diferentes doenças i foi testado HIV positivo no ano passado, outubro e meu marido era HIV negativo Fiquei tão surpreso porque ele estava mesmo doente naquele momento e que nos levam para o hospital, mas o médico confirmou que ele tinha problema renal. desde então temos vindo a gastar dinheiro em todo recebendo medicamentos do hospital diferente, eu estava procurando através da internet para ajudar quando eu vi um comentário de pessoas falando sobre como o Dr. Paul Emen ajudou a curar sua doença HIV e outras doenças, eu didn 't acreditar, mas eu só escolher dar tentar as ervas e entrei em contato com ele através deste e-mail ([email protected]) e foi-me dito o que fazer, embora o meu foi mais estressante do que a de meu marido diferentes ervas foi enviado para o tanto de nós. Para minha maior surpresa depois de mim e meu marido ir pacientemente através do tratamento como a instrução dada a nós por este homem chamado Emen e fomos para um exame médico e o resultado foi negativo e confirmou mais uma vez que o meu marido estamos perfeitamente bem, até mesmo a nossa médico estava confuso, ele disse que nunca tinha visto este tipo de milagre antes. Dr Paul Emen nós verdadeira aprecio um bom trabalho em nossa vida de e Deus irá abençoá-lo para o bom trabalho que está fazendo. você também entrar em contato com este grande e poderoso homem, se você tiver qualquer problema através de seu e-mail: [email protected]. você pode muito bem chamar-lhe 2348153930869.