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| The GAME ON! Youth Sports Program Gives Every Kid A Chance! |
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Game On! Youth Sports was created by the International Alliance For Youth Sports to address issues that hinder sports programming for children. Game On! Youth Sports gives kids the opportunity to participate in sports, and experience a healthier lifestyle with less chance of choosing negative activities. |
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 When 15-year-old Jacqueline Nayame’s parents died three years ago she went to live with her aunt in Lusaka, Zambia. Unable to afford school fees, Nayame enrolled in the Fountain of Hope community school where she began taking part in Game On! Youth Sports activities. After just a short time, the services offered by the centre and the sports participation opportunities offered by the International Alliance for Youth Sports (IAYS) indeed helped to restore hope in young Jacqueline.
“After joining the Fountain of Hope and taking part in Game On! activities, I have learned to be strong, focused and move on with life,” Nayame said. “Life is not just about having access to everything but having hope in the future and the feeling of being empowered to shape your destiny.”
Fountain of Hope is a drop in centre for kids in Zambia that also serves as a permanent residence for a number of children living in the streets or for those like Nayame who have lost their parents. The centre also has a clinic and Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centre for kids to get tested for HIV/AIDS.
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 The International Alliance for Youth Sports (IAYS), in partnership with the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), unveiled the first-ever IAYS Research and Development Center during a special ceremony in mid March at the Petrotrin Staff Club in Pointe-a-Pierre in Trinidad.
The center will undertake research to know and understand the value of sports, as well as monitor children involved in sports around the world to assess its impact on their lives.
Pictured are: Kenneth Butcher (seated at left), executive manager of the Academy of Sports and Leisure Studies at the University of Trinidad and Tobago and Fred Engh (seated), president of the IAYS; and (standing from left) Brian Lara, retired world champion cricket batsman; Mark Mungal, IAYS Caribbean Regional Representative; and Andrea Brache, administrative officer for the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
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 Sport in Action, in partnership with the National Sports Council of Zambia, recently presented the first ever Game On! Youth Sports awards to highlight the outstanding achievements and contributions of various individuals and institutions throughout the country. (Pictured speaking is Dr. Kaunda, the First Republican President, and behind him (from left to right) are S. Mwitwa, Chairman of Marketing and Fundraising Committee at National Sports Council of Zambia; Dr. Sakala, Chairman of the NSCZ; Clement Chileshe, IAYS Regional Representative for Africa; and Minister K. Chipungu, Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development.)
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 In Anguilla, the Game On! program was launched in May 2008, and has since spread to all primary schools across the island. Anguilla has trained teachers and youth coaches in the Game On! approach and now has a fully trained support staff, both in and out of schools. It has also begun making preparations to implement the Game On! curriculum in the new school term, which began in September.
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