IOC to invest in churches
Aug 18, 2009
THE International Olympic Committee IOC has promised to invest in churches as part of their bid to use sports as a tool for fighting AIDS.
By Norman Katende
THE International Olympic Committee IOC has promised to invest in churches as part of their bid to use sports as a tool for fighting AIDS.
This was revealed by the IOC development director Thomas Sithole, while closing a two-day workshop on sports and AIDS in Kampala.
The workshop attracted participants from the East and Southern Africa under their umbrella body Church United against HIV/AIDS in Eastern and South Africa (CUAHA).
CUAHA brings together churches from the main stream religions to the Pentecostals in the region.
“We have identified you as partners in saving the sportsmen’s lives and also working together in developing sports. We promise to give you the necessary push to make this venture a success,†said Sithole
Sithole had earlier told the churches that the Olympic Solidarity wanted to work with them to foster sports development because they both use youths, who are being targeted by the epidemic.
He said by using the power of sports, the world can be made a better place to live in since it has the power to unite and educate masses without any divisions.
“That is why Olympic Games have the viewers of more than 4.5bn,†he said.
THE International Olympic Committee IOC has promised to invest in churches as part of their bid to use sports as a tool for fighting AIDS.
This was revealed by the IOC development director Thomas Sithole, while closing a two-day workshop on sports and AIDS in Kampala.
The workshop attracted participants from the East and Southern Africa under their umbrella body Church United against HIV/AIDS in Eastern and South Africa (CUAHA).
CUAHA brings together churches from the main stream religions to the Pentecostals in the region.
“We have identified you as partners in saving the sportsmen’s lives and also working together in developing sports. We promise to give you the necessary push to make this venture a success,†said Sithole
Sithole had earlier told the churches that the Olympic Solidarity wanted to work with them to foster sports development because they both use youths, who are being targeted by the epidemic.
He said by using the power of sports, the world can be made a better place to live in since it has the power to unite and educate masses without any divisions.
“That is why Olympic Games have the viewers of more than 4.5bn,†he said.