Valdese Foundation Soul and Soil

Soul and Soil

The project was approved to MVNGO, in cooperation with the Ugandan partner Soul X-pression. The aim is to tackle the condition of deprivation and social exclusion suffered by street youngsters (ge 8-18) in the slums of Kampala by means of Education Through Sport and the building of local Youth operators’ capacities.  

Project activities are the following: 

 1- Seminar of training in the methods of NFE and ETS targeted at local Youth operators from the partner organizations working locally with Young people. 

2- Education Through Sport days involving youngsters in Kampala’s slums. 

The educational activities will be implemented by local Youth operators from the Ugandan partner in weekly modules of 3 days each (5 hours per day). In the process of preparing the events, a transfer of materials (Sport equipment) will take place with the purposes of setting the stage for the implementation of the activities and for the empowement of the local Youth sector.  

3- Football tournament involving the local Youth in Kampala.