Sports and recreation
The daily Little Champs programme runs
from 9 in the morning till 12 for
pre-school children. Other activities for
older children take place from
2.00pm until
4:30 pm in the afternoon.
The Little Champs programme serves three
pre-primary schools a day and they coach
15-20 little people per class or session
on a daily basis. 20 pre-primary schools
are affiliated to the programme and they
total up to 500 kids. The programme
trains in gross motor skills, eye-hand
co-ordination, eye foot co-ordination,
control, balance, speed and agility.
The project has also embarked on a
numeracy and literacy programme and this
project was launched on the 30th
September 2005 with the involvement of the
Sports Foundation, Discovery and Leureus
South Africa
Among other things, this programme covers:
ubuntu, nutrition, zoo trips, cinema trips
and road shows in different provinces to
raise awareness about children’s health.
These road shows/programmes are run in
conjunction with Rama.
In the afternoon, basic computer skills
are carried out in the library and for the
older children sports and recreation
covers table tennis, morabaraba and
draughts.
Christmas Carols
The Christmas Carols happen every year in
the first week of December. It caters
mostly for the under privileged children
around Alexandra. This is actually their
Christmas celebration. Music and carols
are provided by the Alexandra Adult Choir
that entertains the children with famous
Christmas songs. At the end of the day we
give them some goodies to enjoy. The
youth take turns to play the role of
Father Christmas every year and help in
the co-ordination of the event.
Career Guidance and Information
For career guidance and counseling we are
able to give youth information on
business, bursaries, education,
learnerships and training.
We are utilizing the UNESCO virtual
reality programme with youth who want to
understand the difference between looking
for a job and/or starting up their own
business.
We also give them the opportunity to surf
the net if the information required needs
to be checked through the Internet, like
Umsombomvu, DTI, Cipro, Career Junction
etc
Ballet Dancing
The ballet dance classes are still on and
going strong with the increase in the
number of participants. Most participants
are pre-school children and primary school
children from Alexandra.
The dance programme starts from 1 pm to 4
pm in the afternoons from Monday to
Thursday for primary school children and
from 1pm to 2pm in the afternoon for
pre-school kids on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank
Toyota
for their assistance in project work and
the Annual Christmas Carols, Little Champs
for assisting with both training and
funding of the Little Champs Programme and
UNESCO for enabling South Africa to
produce the virtual reality employment
programme.
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