ABOUT ,BOSCO SPORTS NETWORK

 BOSCO SPORTS NETWORK  (BSN) WHO ARE WE?

The Background and History

Bosco Sports Network (BSN) is a Project that aims at coordinating and animating sports activities in the grass roots level as well as in the learning institutions. We have been motivated and inspired by St. Don Bosco who dedicated his entire life for the welfare of children and youth especially those who are poor and needy.

Our Objective

Objectives is to contribute in human development by transforming the lives of poor children and youth of Africa by engaging them into useful sports activities, hence “Changing and improving their Lives through Sports”. We work at convincing both governments and private sectors that sports is a necessity and a basic right for both children and adults rather than a leisure or a pass time activities.

Our Goals

·         Provide opportunities for social co-existence across the communities with a focus on religious and social tolerance.

·         Promotion of positive values

·         Promoting healthier living

·         Enhance sport’s skills and administration

·         To convince the governments and private sectors to promote sports for all.

Board Members 

BSN has a board of six members who meets occasionally to plan and evaluate the programs in order to make sure that the project is going towards achieving its goals and objectives. The following are names of the board members.

Fr.Joachim Michael- In charge

Mr. Musa Nditi - Soccer

Mr.Mohamed Yusuph - Basketball

Mr. Aule Haule - Roll Ball

Mr. Edward John - Media 

Mr Silyvester David- Media

Technical Management

BSN has a team of technical managements in all the sports. The choice of these managers falls under the criteria of knowledge, experience, reliability and positive moral standards. In all the sports we have one appointed manager who in turn appoints several assistance to help him /her carrying his/her training plans

Our Partners

We believe it takes a team to win a game. That’s why we work together with grass roots sport’s centers, private and governmental Sectors. Our partnership is directed towards project enhancements for smooth running of the programs.  Moreover, it is a win – win approach whereby BSN becomes a platform where our partners through their partnering with us can advertise their business and so forth.

 

2. WHAT WE DO (PROGRAMS)

We help to unleash the power of sports in the Local and Regional level and to demonstrate its ability to transform the life of children and youth in the areas of health, employments, recreation and community integration.

Team up for Youth Employability:

The project targets youth workers, teachers and NGO working with the young African who are not in education, employment or training and equip them with the skills they need to build new paths towards sustainable livelihood. Through the combination of non-formal education, sport based youth work and employability training, the program offers an innovative approach to Africa’s most pressing social challenge. We team up with other NGO’S and Religious institutions to make sure this goal is achieved. Through sports we have been able identify hundreds of youth in “Jua Kali” industry who receive VETA certificates after shorts courses of confirmation.   

Happy Hour

We create occasions in which young people come together to celebrate each other. This helps to create bond of unity and the spirit of togetherness.  These occasions are such as picnics, movies, swimming as well as family visits.

Events

Events are the best way to attract any audience and raise awareness for any cause. Our events directed to children and youth alike. Sometimes we give sports seminars to sports administrators so as to increase their capacity on sports arena.

·         Sports Clinics

·         Life skills lessons

·         Academic tutoring and grade monitoring

·         Community service opportunities

·         School  placement support

Bonanza (Tournaments/League)

·         New Year bonanza

·         Summer Camp

·         Bosco Sports Network League

Infrastructure

It is difficult to find good facilities for sports. Most of open spaces where kids and youth used to play before have been grabbed by private developers. Due to this we encourage our coordinators to be creative to find safer places for children and youth respectively.  Meanwhile we are dialoging with local governments to allow us make use of schools playgrounds as well as to allocate for us  a free spaces safe for sports activities to take place.

3. OUR NETWORK

BSN brings together individuals with the mind of sports and who desire to see children and youth from different background get the opportunity to enjoy sports. As such we are working closely with several streets sports centers in Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Iringa, Dodoma, and Nairobi. (Kenya). Networking helps us to create a “sports family where we live, learn and play together. This enforces our capability and increase our capacity to reach to a bigger group of children and youth in Tanzania and East Africa in general. The following are the street sports centers that form BSN Network.

1.      BOSCO JR	TEMEKE	C.BEKER	45
2.      UPANGA	ILALA	MR NDITI	70
3.      MBAGALA YOUTH	TEMEKE	MR. BILANGA	45
4.      MBAGALA KIBURUGWA	TEMEKE	MR. JAMES	95
5.      ROCK STARS	KINONDONI(Mango Garden)	MISS AMINA	50
6.      DYSA	TEMEKE (Mwembe Yanga)	MR WILLY	62
7.      AZIMIO	AZIMIO	MR MBILE	55
8.      DB OYSTERBAY	KINONDONI	MR ERICK	40
9.      DB TEMEKE	TEMEKE	MR. KABAILA	55
10.  KIDATU	MOROGORO	PASTOR	50
11.  MIYUJI	DODOMA		45
12.  MKWAWA	IRINGA		50
13.  MUKURU	NAIROBI		40
14.  PRIMARY SCHOOLS	DAR ES SALAAM		1000+
TOTAL			702

4. GET INVOLVED

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