Kicking AIDS Out (KAO, Kenya)

CFK's Kicking AIDS Out (KAO) project empowers 32 young Kibera leaders trained as peer educators to help thousands of youth in the community tackle the challenges they face, including poverty, HIV/AIDS, gender, rape, substance abuse, tribalism and conflict through alternative means of education.  KAO peer educators use sports-related games, theatre, community forums, and informal school discussions to discuss these difficult topics, as well as the life skills young people need to develop in order to lead healthier lives.

Managed completely by the Kenyan KAO peer educators, this program builds the leadership skills and confidence of youth in Kibera so that they may have a vision for achieving their goals, while also supporting them through secondary and post-secondary scholarships to further their education.

This film is a short overview of the project, including interviews with some of the peer educators, and action shots of how KAO integrates sport and education to spread information throughout the community.  The film was produced by CFK Youth Development Officer, Rehana Tejpar.

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Carolina for Kibera enters Sport for a Better World Competition

Carolina for Kibera entered the Changemakers "Sport for a Better World" competition sponsored by Nike and Ashoka today. The competition seeks out innovators in the field of sports-for-social-change, and CFK submitted the youth sports and leadership program developed by CFK Founder Rye Barcott and CFK Executive Director Salim Mohamed as a model for ethnic and religious violence prevention in marginalized communities worldwide.

You can help CFK in the competition by registering with Changemakers, reviewing and commenting on the CFK competition entry, voting in December if CFK is chosen as a finalist, and telling your friends + family to do the same!  Also, please add the RSS feed Widget from the CFK competition entry to your personal webpages, including Facebook, MySpace, or weblog. That way, you will be in-the-loop when others post comments about CFK.  Comments will help us to revise and improve our competition profile.  Voting for our innovative youth sports and leadership model in December could help us win one of three $5,000 prizes!

Are you a student, faculty or alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? UNC-Chapel Hill is one of a select group of universities that will act as Official University Commentators for the Sport for a Better World Competition. There will be prizes for student commentators and an award for the university with the highest level of participation.  Sign up for the UNC-Changemakers listserv to receive details and announcements about the competition, UNC’s role in the competition, and how you can get involved.  Through this listserv, we will send “how to” details, resources, and helpful reminders to the UNC community. Sign up by sending a blank email to: join-unc-changemakers@listserv.unc.edu.

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