Bristol Kenya partnership with Camps International 2011

Sports Development Expedition to Kenya

Travel dates: 22^nd August – 20^th September 2011

Camps International is delighted to support the Bristol-Kenya partnership to help deliver the important sporting, educational and cultural links between Bristol and Kenya whilst promoting Olympic ideals.

What is SDX?

The Sports Development Expedition (SDX), developed by Camps International is a unique programme aims to promote sport as a toll for social change in Kenya. SDX was established in 2007 and has received national awards and recognition. To date volunteers have worked with under-privileged Kenyan schools, coached 1,200 children and benefitted a further 6,500 people by improving community sports facilities and creating opportunities.

The rural Kenyan communities the programme benefits have around 70% of people living below the poverty line and access to proper sanitation, clean drinking water, healthcare and an education are often limited or non-existent. Sports development has long been recognised as a tool for sustainable community development and with your help we can help create more future sporting legends from a nation that has a great sporting history.

Your Role as a Volunteer:

As a Bristol volunteer on the SDX programme, you will travel to Kenya as part of a team on a 4-week expedition where you will spend a month working with several local schools coaching football, netball, athletics and hockey and improving school and community sports facilities.  The month culminates in an amazing two-day interschool sports festival, which your team will organise and run. The SDX programme will also give you the chance to:

•               Instil values such as discipline, teamwork, respect and fair play

•               Foster skills such as leadership, problem solving and organisation

•               Bridge cultural and ethnic divides and address gender equality

•               Improve health and fitness

•               Identify and harness talent and create ambition

•               Create business opportunities, enterprise and employment

For more info on Camps International and what you can expect from the Sports Development Expedition go to: http://www.campsinternational.com/gap-year/index.html

If you want to join the team and get involved call Hattie or Linda on 0844 800 1127 or email them at gap@campsinternational.com to book your place today!