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Kozi hiyo mbayo ilianza tangu jumatatu ya wiki hii inamalizika leo jijini Mwanza.

Timu ya wataalamu ikiongozwa na makocha Martino Chavannes  na Gareth Dixon wote wa QPR, wakiambatana na  mwakilishi mmoja kutoka Kombe la dunia la watoto wa mitaani nchini Uingereza  Laura Youngson wapo jijini hapa kuhakikisha zoezi hilo linamalizika kwa ufanisi mkubwa.

KUTOKA MTANDAO WA QPR.

QPR IN the Community Trust duo Gareth Dixon (Social Inclusion Manager) and Martino Chevannes (Community Trust Manager) are helping to inspire change in Mwanza, Tanzania this week.

Throughout their week-long stay, Dixon will be providing us with a daily blog, outlining the work the pair are doing with the local children and adults as part of the preparations for the 2014 Street Child World Cup

Day 5 - Ownership

So nearly half way through the course now and it was time for the coaches to test their skills.

The day started with a quick review of the previous day's learning. The information we were receiving back from the coaches was spot on, with many correct answers and thoughts being aired.

It was then down to the hard work where the coaches continued planning their first structured coaching sessions. As mentioned previously, the delivery was going to be done as five small groups of either four or five. Martino and I contributed to the session plans and, with these complete, it was time to get the ball rolling.

I went from being very nervous the day before when we handed this task out to, by the end, suitably impressed. 

We saw a whole range of ideas come out and the delivery style of some was first class. Safety, maximum participation, inclusive, learning outcomes, enjoyment and success for players are vital to any session and here we were seeing all those factors in abundance. 

After the delivery we were getting the other coaches, who were acting as players, to feedback to the group. This proved to be an excellent way of communicating and something new for the participants. It is something they can pick up and transfer to their own sessions. 

Martino and I helped to facilitate the learning as we guided and offered support where needed. We also delivered individual feedback around their coaching ability which, on the whole, was positive.

One thing stood out for me and that was a participant called George and his delivery. George - a policeman - was friendly, in excellent control and gave great encouragement.

The relationship between street children and police out here hasn't always been the greatest with the kids being seeing as the problem and in some cases even rounded up. 

Drawing on my KICKZ knowledge, I commented to George and the group that if he could deliver sessions in that manner, the power it would have to break down barriers between street children and the police would be phenomenal. He agreed and said he would share this with his colleagues.

After a tough three hours on the pitch, in a now baking sun, it was time for lunch and a well earned rest.

Lunch was over and with not a minute to lose, there was a workshop delivered by a local organisation on HIV/AIDS, which is a major problem in this country. It is a sad fact that some of the children at the Tanzania Street Child Sports Academy are orphans from this illness and are also carriers. With nobody to look after them, the children end up on the street and exposed to all the dangers this brings.

As mentioned earlier about good coaching sessions being Safe, have Maximum Participation, are Inclusive, include Learning outcomes, are Enjoyable and finally give players success, Martino gave the group a workshop around this called 'SMILES'.

It was now time to spread the QPR message again, which I did by playing a QPR in the Community Trust video 'I support QPR, QPR supports me'. It gave me a reminder and the coaches an insight into the amazing and powerful work we do. I think the guys were quite surprised at the range of our work, which included our excellent Tiger Cubs programme, Off the Bench and KICKZ. I was very proud to play that and say 'I am a part of it'.

Before the day was out we spoke about how to facilitate education in a sports/community development programme. We did this by playing the ever popular 'Dice World Cup' which gives young people a chance to work on numeracy and some literacy skills. After some initial confusion everybody got really into it. 

People then got competitive to win by finishing first of the five groups. When it was complete, Doudy, Rose, Denis and Kitenge's group won and proudly announced that Canada had won in their World Cup. We had some other wacky winners such as Japan and Nigeria.

I spoke about how you had to be creative to deliver education at a sports session and by linking to football you can easily get young people to sit down for 20-30 minutes and work on maths. You can also use sessions like this to link onto the pitch for team work and problem solving elements needed to complete this task much like you need to on the pitch.

There were 25 spare copies of the exercise and now I have none. I think the children of Mwanza may be playing their own 'Dice World Cup' very soon!

The day was over but before we left, Martino and I were presented with a drawing as a gift from our resident artist, Sadock John. It was excellent and I was really moved by this gesture; it was a great way to finish off.

SOMA ZAIDI HAPA.

 http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/250413-tanzania-tour-diary-790912.aspx#kZ3Z8TmtQcmfdCFv.01

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