Kaberamaido youth set for sports project
Feb 02, 2009
A Jordanian-based peace initiative, Generations for Peace, is to launch a sports project aimed at improving the natural talent of youth in Kaberamaido District.
By Arthur Eminu
in Soroti
A Jordanian-based peace initiative, Generations for Peace, is to launch a sports project aimed at improving the natural talent of youth in Kaberamaido District.
Former national badminton champion Andrew Jackson Oryada, a peace initiative pioneer, will launch the project next month.
“We are looking at engaging the youth and their leaders by keeping them united and busy through sports which they enjoy,†Oryada said.
The initiative was established by Jordan’s Prince Feisal Al-Hussein in 2007. It currently has 150 pioneers spread in Uganda, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Palestine, Ghana, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Jordan and Togo.
“The people of Kaberamaido have been disturbed by cattle rustling by the Karamojong in the past years which caused a lot of instability, displacement, lack of education and alcoholism among the youth. I want to engage the youth through sports by cascading peace and unity,†Oryada explained.
He is targeting over 200 youths to engage in football in Kalaki county, before the programme spreads to Kaberamaido. Oryada said he will start with about 15 members in the training of trainers and working with children modules before getting down to the programme.
“We are lucky that people in Kaberamaido are passionate about football and the only thing left will be to organise them with a mission of peace and unity,†Oryada explained in an interview.
Oryada, who led the Ugandan delegation to the two-week training peace camp in Jordan last year, said Uganda has nine Generations for Peace pioneers.
The others are Christopher Atto, Harriet Nattabi Ssemugabi, Emmanuel Ojara, Zainab Nankya, Janat Kayondo, Kenneth Oringo, Mustafa Mugerwa and Elias Kiyaga.
in Soroti
A Jordanian-based peace initiative, Generations for Peace, is to launch a sports project aimed at improving the natural talent of youth in Kaberamaido District.
Former national badminton champion Andrew Jackson Oryada, a peace initiative pioneer, will launch the project next month.
“We are looking at engaging the youth and their leaders by keeping them united and busy through sports which they enjoy,†Oryada said.
The initiative was established by Jordan’s Prince Feisal Al-Hussein in 2007. It currently has 150 pioneers spread in Uganda, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Palestine, Ghana, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Jordan and Togo.
“The people of Kaberamaido have been disturbed by cattle rustling by the Karamojong in the past years which caused a lot of instability, displacement, lack of education and alcoholism among the youth. I want to engage the youth through sports by cascading peace and unity,†Oryada explained.
He is targeting over 200 youths to engage in football in Kalaki county, before the programme spreads to Kaberamaido. Oryada said he will start with about 15 members in the training of trainers and working with children modules before getting down to the programme.
“We are lucky that people in Kaberamaido are passionate about football and the only thing left will be to organise them with a mission of peace and unity,†Oryada explained in an interview.
Oryada, who led the Ugandan delegation to the two-week training peace camp in Jordan last year, said Uganda has nine Generations for Peace pioneers.
The others are Christopher Atto, Harriet Nattabi Ssemugabi, Emmanuel Ojara, Zainab Nankya, Janat Kayondo, Kenneth Oringo, Mustafa Mugerwa and Elias Kiyaga.