Okay it all sounds like fun to begin with, but do they really know what they are facing?
For 2 hours it will be fun with friends bouncing around and kicking a ball about. For 2 hours it’s a bit of a drudge, maybe a bit of fun, then it hits. We still have 20 hours to go! This isn’t going to be an ordinary sleepover with friends!!! Then the pain, the quick snatched hour of sleep only to be woken to get back to the bounce or the football. Will we ever want to see a trampoline again, a football???!!!
But at the end of the day there are 1000 South African children who will be only too delighted with our efforts, the ones who will really reap the rewards and benefits.
Its 24 hours, one day, never again perhaps, but worth it this one time!
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So what is it all about….
Charters School in Ascot have been partnered with Holy Family School in Northwest South Africa as part of the International Inspiration Programme.
What is International Inspiration?
International Inspiration uses the power of sport to transform the lives of millions of children and young people of all abilities, in schools and communities across the world, particularly in developing countries, through the power of high quality and inclusive physical education, sport and play. Delivering the ambitions promised by the London bid team in Singapore, the programme aims to ‘reach young people all around the world and connect them to the inspirational power of the Games so they are inspired to choose sport.’
Led by UK Sport on behalf of the Government, International Inspiration is a collaboration of expertise in sport, development and education, including British Council and UNICEF UK as key delivery partners, as well as a host of other partners with support from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Department for International Development (DFID), the British Olympic Association (BOA), British Olympic Foundation (BOF), the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and the Youth Sport Trust. Funding has also been received by the Premier League. Delivery in country is supported by UK expertise from the Youth Sport Trust and by local implementing partners and the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee in each country.
Where is it taking place?
Projects are underway in eight countries; Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Jordan, Mozambique, Palau (in Micronesia) and Zambia. Projects are also due to start in Ghana, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago in 2009. The programme is working in partnership with the government in each of the countries to ensure the sustainability and legacy of the activity. The ambition is to reach 12 million children in 20 countries by 2012.
What about Charters And Holy Family?
Holy Family School is quite literally in the middle of nowhere next to the Pilansberg National Park and has a student population of 1000 pupils, ranging from 5 year olds to 17 year olds. As part of a new South African Government initiative they have been given the remit of providing at least 1 hour of quality Physical Education to the students per week. Until now, schools in SA were not allowed to teach PE, part of the legacy of the apartheid era when sport was perceived to be elitist. They now realise that this was a big error on their part and having seen the impact of Sport and PE in the top Sports Colleges in the UK they wish to redress the balance. Over the next three years a number of Young Sports Leaders will be visiting South Africa to work with Holy Family and some of the townships to support the development of sport and physical education and more importantly the impact it can have on a wider range of areas, from literacy and numeracy, to health and Aids awareness.
