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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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 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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 The International Alliance for Youth Sports, in partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education (TTASPE) and with the assistance of Mr. Oswald Savarin, Sport Coordinator from the Ministry of Sport, Education and Youth in Dominica, have created an effective approach to make Game On! Youth Sports a major success in Dominica.
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