Empowering Young Voices Through Education Sports Training (ENVEST) is an initiative of the Northern Illinois University (NIU) in Dekalb in Chicago, USA. Pamunugama YMCA consider the opportunity as a great privilege to be selected as one of the partners of NIU in the initiative among two other groups in Sri Lanka and one in Maldives. Initial training for the project partners were held from 22 May - 29 May, 2018 in the NIU with a participation of 25 young people including 6 leaders representing the selected groups.
Training was designed to educate participants on:
1. Youth Development and Teaching Life Skills;
2. Sports Skills Introduction;
3. Participatory Coaching Strategies;
4. Personal and Social Change Through Sports.
Participants also had the opportunity to visit sports facilities in the NIU and to participate in several activities and training programmes with the students of the NIU and 2 schools including one high School in the area. Visiting a boxing club, visiting and participating in archery with the archery club of NIU, teaching Cricket to US students, learning soft ball and watching a inter university match were among some of the activities. At the end of the training, all the groups worked on a action plan which will be fallowed-up together with the NIU team in coming months. Group of trainers who conducted the programme are scheduled to visit Sri Lanka in August 2018 to follow-up the partnership. YMCA of Pamunugama thank NIU for selecting the YMCA of Pamunugama as a partner as well as their corporation and understanding with Pamunugama YMCA.
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| Visit to a School Girl's Boxing Club |
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| Visit to Sports Facilities in NIU |
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| Visit to the Aurora High School |
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| Inter University Soft Ball match |
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| Award Ceremony |
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