Sadili Oval: Shaping the lives of children of Kibera through sports and life skills
"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father", so said Roger von Oech, a contemporary American creativity guru. I couldn't agree more. Research shows that community sport programs provide children marginalized by poverty, disability, family dissolution, ethno-cultural background and conflict with training and team experiences to help develop effective social and communication skills, build positive relationships, make friends, and find social support. This is exactly what the Kibera Tennis Court offers, and it was no different on Saturday, 14th May 2016. The children played all sorts of games including basketball, tennis and hula hoop. They were guided by coaches from Sadili Oval Sports Academy, Trizah Mboya and Asha Adongo accompanied by one of Kenya's best basketball players, Zack Okong'o. Zack Okong'o teaching the children basketball Playing the hula hoop: one of the children in action ...
