The Uganda Olympic Committee is implementing the Game Connect Project in Uganda alongside Right to play, Youth Sport Uganda, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and AVSI foundation for the next three years.
The project was officially launched at the Italian Ambassador residence in Kololo on Friday in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy in Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, H.E Massimiliano Mazzanti, Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) president William Blick and the State Minister for sports Hon. Hamson Obua.
Other VIP guests included Minister of Disaster Preparedness Hillary Onek, NCS Chairman Dr. Donald Rukare, H.E Joel Boutroue (UNHCR Representative in Uganda), Silvestri Giampaolo (AVSI Foundation Secretary) and AVSI Uganda Country Representative John Makoha, among others.
In his speech, UOC president Blick felt excited and appreciative about the Game Connect project and expects to make it a reality.
“As the National Olympic Committee, we are appreciative that sport is being used as a tool for social protection to address part of the National Development Plan III. We have joined forces to improve the well-being of young refugees and we want to make Game Connect a reality,” he noted.
The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) will fully fund the Game Connect Project in Uganda to a tune of USD 1,500,000 until August 2023.
The project will run in four refugee settlements in the districts of Adjumani, Lamwo, Kamwenge and Kampala targeting over 5000 young people aged 15-24 years with a major aim of improving their mental, psychological and social well being through sport.
Different sports disciplines including Athletics, football, netball, volleyball, handball, among others, will be incorporated in this project that takes immediate effect.
The project specifically targets 10,068 Youths, 70% of whom are refugees while 30% from the local Communities.
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