East Africa Cup 2011, The road to Moshi begins.....

Its one week remaining to East Africa Cup 2011 kick off this year, young people all over East and Central Africa are energized about the “road to Moshi”. Participants from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Host Tanzania are excited about participating in Africa largest youth sport and development event. From the 16th of June all roads will be leading to Moshi in Tanzania, not to climb striking Mt Kilimanjaro but to celebrate people who use sport in their community throughout the year.

To stress that East Africa cup is more than just sports, before the tournaments kicks off on the 22nd of June, leaders will be taking part in different trainings ranging from Kicking Aids Out from 17th to 20st focusing on potential leader level II, leader level II, and master trainers, 18th to 20th referees, 18th and 19th EACCES meeting (East Africa Cup Community Coach Education Systems), BBC world service trust will be delivering trainings on Journalism and media skills from 20th to 25th. Other training focusing on the participants will run concurrently with the tournament i.e. leadership, first aid and sports injuries, cartoon seminars, conflict resolution, HIV/AIDS, culture and coaching. Is this not unique approach!

Another milestone in this year’s event is the introduction of volley ball and sitting volley ball which will be additional to football and reflects EAC desire to connect more with many young people all over East Africa and the whole world.

On the 23rd ICES (International Community Coach Education Standards) webinar will be hosted by East Africa Cup aimed at exploring the role that competition plays in effective sport and development programmes and the implications for coach education in this field. The speakers on this webinar will address the question of whether promoting competitiveness and competition either supports of detracts from development goals.

This is just a tip of the ice berg, we have a lot happening in this year’s event, you just can’t afford to miss, but if you happen to, we shall be live on twitter, facebook, blog, and also different journalist from different media houses will be broadcasting live news.

We just cant wait….

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