Gichuki Francis
A global resource person and a change maker who believes, invests and journeys with young people supporting them design pathways to their life dreams.
Location Kenya
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great stuff!
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Awareness among the participants, staff and community is important is the first step we take to mitigate risks in the communities where programming takes place
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Any one with some insight on this question will appreciate!
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As a founder of Transforming Young Stars of Africa (TYSA), its a journey of establishing both an impactful organization and programmes. It requires passion, commitment and willingness to learn in the process
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In one of the programme that we implement, the young people carry out personal evaluation of their personal growth in the programme that they have been involved over the period. This process put the young people at the centre of their own development.
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Data collection and analysis is one area that i need to grow in
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We desire to have young people design and implement their own self directed project based on their own passion and context.
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Thank you for sharing the template for situational analysis. It is comprehensive
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Focused Group Discussion is one approach i used a lot to engage young people and parents in getting their input into programme
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More often, we ignore creating a robust organization and management yet it is fundamental for sustainability
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I have a question relating to the week one. What would be the qualities or key pillars of a sport for development organization! what should a sport for development organization have in place! or practice! what are the fundamental foundations of sport for development organization! What should an organization have in place to qualify as a sport for development...
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Change as a process by itself needs time as factor. The enjoyment ,fun and positive emotions generated by sport are fundamental towards the physical or social change that we may desire to see
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It take bravery to bring inclusion in sport or any activity. Its a slow paced process that requires passion, courage and persistence.
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I remember many years ago when i was offering sporting opportunities for rural children, the question of safety was always and is still a key component of play. Are our children safe! the parents will always ask. Creating awareness on the rights of the children to both the children and parents/guardian is a first step towards fulfilling the rights
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developing strategies to implement policies in sports for development is a dynamic process.It is an ongoing process that requires close monitoring to ensure the strategies and the policies are communicating to each other and where necessary adjustment is adopted
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A co-created policy has the potential to be alive during its implementation time and is likely to go beyond the times.
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yes, you are a 'policy maker' when you get involved in developing the policy. This demystifies the policy making process. sometime sits left to mean legal experts yet its a whole range of people involved
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its here the rubber meets the road! The magnetic power of sports to propel the issues relevant to the individual and community converge
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Life is not a straight line. We do many things without considering the impact but we do good and move on. As much as we have designed processes, allowing occurrence of authentic activities could reveal much more impact.
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effective tool that support logical flow of thoughts and indepth action planning
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I admire the simplistic outline of the relationship between policies and programmes
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Sport and Development open up a whole range of interpretation and its usage in different context. As Mandela said, sport has the power to change the world, he opened up new horizons to look at sport.
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Iam reflecting the translation of S&D and S4D in both English and my local language ( Kiswahili)! As a practitioner, one finds the term which the community or the users can easily associate with and easily translated into the local language to facilitate uptake of the concept. S4D is popularly used as it directly gives the purpose of the sport while S&D...
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With closure of UNOSDP the centralized management of sports for development and peace was weakened. I do hope in the coming years there will be a rebirth of this office
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Its this amusement or fun created by sport that is utilized for elite sport and social developmental aspects
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Any form of movement that generates or stimulates or creates amusement in the mind and body eg walking, playing, structured or not structured activity
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Iam the founder of Transforming Young Stars of Africa (TYSA), a Kenyan NGO, committed to facilitating life-changing opportunities for young people, communities and organizations through value based sports and art. A global resource person, change maker and passionate youth empowerment mentor who believes in, invests and journeys with young people in designing...
