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SOUTH AFRICA / SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT
STORY: SOUTH AFRICA/ SPORTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
TRT: 3.41
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 AUGUST 2011, SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA
1. Close up, soccer ball
2. Med shot, soccer player
3. Wide shot, soccer game
4. Wide shot, spectators
5. Close up, spectator
6. Wide shot, soccer game
7. Med shot, goal being scored
8. Wide shot, netball and basketball courts
9. Wide shot, basketball
10. Close up, basketball goes into hoop
11. Wide shot, basketball players shooting into hoop
12. Close up, ball goes into hoop
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Aida Girma, UNICEF Country Representative:
“Activities that embody the best values of safe and inclusive play and sports are tools for improving children’s lives. They contribute to health, child development, they help build self-esteem and life skills, mobilise communities, foster peace and tolerance and teach important life lessons about respect and cooperation, team building and leadership.”
14. Wide shot, game seen through barbed wire
15. Pan right, courts
16. Med shot, netball court
17. Med shot, netball player throws ball
18. Wide shots, netball players
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Bhuhle Fakude, 18 years old:
“You know there is always time for change especially where there are people. When in this place since we have got these facilities here, we have unity feeling that we never had in a long run. We have a good teacher relationship because there are extra murals that children can do, so this also helps to unify the school. This is not only going to unify the school, also our pass rate has a chance of going up.”
20. Wide shot, team talk
21. Pan left, basketball court
22. Close up, player shooting basketball
23. Wide shot, basketball goes into hoop
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Nadi Albino, Chief of Education, UNICEF SA:
“Through the evaluation that we’ve done recently we’ve realised that there has been a phenomenal drop in the level of violence in the schools that have been participating in the programme. Some schools up to 80 percent. Some schools even higher. We’ve also seen the level of teenage pregnancies reduce in a number of participating schools. And we attribute that not only to sports but to what sports brings to the table and begins to change the culture within a school and begins to change the way they relate to each other, the respect they gain for themselves and then for each other.”
25. Pan left, soccer players and field
26. Close up, little kid kicking ball
27. Med shot, little kid as goalie
28. Wide shot, little kids trying to score goal
Healthy Body, Healthy mind. This is the hope as these learners at Senaone Secondary in Soweto take part in a community sporting festival to inaugurate their new sports facilities.
These new fields and courts are part of the Sports for Development Program which has been in place here for three years now.
And it means that these sports-crazed teens will not only be playing football, netball and basketball on top quality fields and courts, they’ll continue to learn important life skills like self-confidence, respect, teambuilding, and communication.
The program also aims to provide a platform for identifying sporting talent and developing it.
SOUNDBITE (English) Aida Girma, UNICEF Country Representative:
“At UNICEF we believe that play in every form is the right of every child. Activities that embody the best values of safe and inclusive play and sports are tools for improving childrens’ lives. They contribute to health, child development, they help build self-esteem and lifeskills, mobilise communities, foster peace and tolerance and teach important life lessons about respect and cooperation, team building and leadership. Above all, sport and play help all children have fun and enjoy their childhood.”
Just a few years ago, it was this very school that was deemed the Gauteng province’s most critical school by the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention as violence escalated among learners.
“Sports for Development” was one of the interventions implemented to address this, and to help improve the academic success levels of children. It’s supported by UNICEF together with the Department of Basic Education and other partners such as Let’s Play and Total South Africa.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bhuhle Fakude, 18 years old:
“You know there is always time for change especially where there are people. When in this place since we have got these facilities here, we have unity feeling that we never had in a long run. We have a good teacher relationship because there are extra murals that children can do, so this also helps to unify the school. This is not only going to unify the school, also our pass rate has a chance of going up.”
The program has already proved successful in South Africa, which, while its sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy, is also a country that suffers from one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world and high crime levels. These are challenges that learners here have to deal with on a daily basis.
SOUNDBITE (English) Nadi Albino, Chief of Education, UNICEF SA:
“Through the evaluation that we’ve done recently we’ve realised that there has been a phenomenal drop in the level of violence in the schools that have been participating in the programme. Some schools up to 80 percent. Some schools even higher. We’ve also seen the level of teenage pregnancies reduce in a number of participating schools. And we attribute that not only to sports but to what sports brings to the table and begins to change the culture within a school and begins to change the way they relate to each other, the respect they gain for themselves and then for each other.”
While the dream of becoming the continent’s next biggest sports star is certainly evident among these budding players, they’re also learning valuable skills that will help them deal with the obstacles they’ll face both on and off the field.
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