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To integrate social and economic values through football/soccer by creating a proactive health environment.
VAP is seeking support to construct a youth-friendly centre on recently purchased land in Nairobi which will provide training, safe space, clinical services, and psycho-social support to young people when they need it most. In addition to football pitches, the VAP Youth Empowerment Centre will have a library, gender-based violence recovery centre, volunteer accommodation, and vocational training centre. The centre will be a social enterprise, bringing in revenue for sustainability.
Many children in Nairobi's slums struggle to finish education. VAP has teamed up with Arsenal in the community to bring the "Double Club" initiative, which combines the importance of literacy with the excitement of football coaching to make learning as stimulating as it should be. This scheme uses stories of top players to engage children into expressing their dreams and ambitions using the English Language. Supporting this project will help them to enjoy learning English literacy and football.
Providing HIV information to youth living in Majengo slums through a series of sports activies,drama plays and videos.
Targeting girls aged 10 - 21 years old in Nairobi's slums, Mrembo unveils, restores and builds the inner beauty of girls through sport. The program addresses issues of sexuality, reproductive health and self-esteem with the objective of helping girls make positive and healthy decisions. New for 2013, the initiative will provide vocational training opportunities to the neediest girls to help prevent the kind of economic desperation which forces many into prostitution or abusive relationships.