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Sport As A Tool For DevelopmentSport As A Tool For Development

Soccer Training ProgramSoccer Training Program

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Table of Content

● About HavServe (Slide 1)

● Overview of the Situation in Haiti (Slides 2-11)

● The Challenge: Schools, Violence and Delinquency (Slides 13-14)

● Our Progress: The Soccer Program as a tool for development (Slides 15-18)

● Soccer Supporting Education – Earn the right to play (Slides 20-21)

● HavServe’s Progress (Slide 22)

● The Need for Partners (Slide 25)

● What’s Next (Slide 26)

● Opportunities to Assist HavServe (Slide 27)

● For Additional Information (weblinks) (Slide 28)

● From the Mouths of the Lebrun Village’s Children (Slide 29)

● Contact Us (Slide 30)

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About HavServe

● The name, HavServe, comes from the understanding that if you have,

you serve. If you have time, you serve. If you have compassion, youserve. If you have resources, you serve. If you have knowledge, youserve. Thus, HavServe aims to draw upon the skills and talents ofthose who have, to serve and to help implement the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs) through volunteering their time,resources, knowledge, and investing themselves in community-leddevelopment globally.

● HavServe was created to support sustainable development, one village

at a time, through goal-oriented, volunteer-staffed projects aimed atempowering rural villagers. HavServe recognizes community-baseddevelopment as a moral, strategic, and economic imperative and fullyembraces the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as an effectivebenchmark for improving a country through its villages. HavServe willdraw upon the principles of the Universal Declaration of Volunteeringto meet the MDGs in rural villages throughout Haiti.

● For more info: Visit www.havserve.org

Or Contact: Carline Brice, Founder at Cbchildrenofhaiti@live.com

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For decades, scores ofHaitian villagers have beenmigrating from thecountryside to the capitalcity, Port-au-Prince, insearch of opportunities andin order to escape theisolation, absence ofinfrastructure, and lack ofaccess to basic necessities,such as health care,education, potable water.

The Situation in Haiti…

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Over the years, this internalmigration has putenormous pressure on Port-au-Prince. The populationhas exploded from 704,776persons in 2003 to over3.5 million in 2010.

The Situation in Haiti (cont.)

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The need for shelter in theHaitian capital has given rise toshanty towns, squatting, andpoorly built structures where alarge segment of the populationlives in squalid conditions andabject poverty.

The Situation in Haiti (cont.)

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The scale of thedevastation and loss ofhuman lives as a result ofthe January 12, 2010earthquake underscores theurgent need fordecentralization in Haitiand for buildingsustainable communitiesthroughout the Haitiancountryside.

The Situation in Haiti (cont.)

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In the wake of theearthquake, internalmigrants have fled thecapital in droves andreturned to their localcommunities throughoutHaiti’s countryside.

The Situation in Haiti (cont.)

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These returnees are seekingrefuge from the devastationand the increasinglyuntenable life in the Haitiancapital, but they quickly findthemselves unable to adaptto the same and, oftentimes,worsened conditions thatforced them to abandon theirhometowns in the first place.

The Situation in Haiti (cont.)

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Finding no means in thecountryside to eke out a livingand no access to basicnecessities, many Haitiansdisplaced by the earthquakehave made the hard choice ofreturning to Port-au-Princeand the desperate situationthey fled, pitching their tentsand erecting flimsy structureswherever they can, once againat the mercy of the nextdisaster, natural or man-made.

The Situation in Haiti (cont.)

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In the face of this seeminglyendless cycle, HavServe hasjoined forces with the residentsof one particular village inHaiti who are determined to beagents of the change thatgenerations of Haitiansthroughout Haiti’s countrysidehave hoped for in vain.

Haitians who are determined to rebuild their country….

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In the village of Lebrun(Miragoane), returnees fromPort-au-Prince havemobilized the villagers andorganized a local volunteercorps in an effort to forge away to a better future. Morethan 200 Haitian volunteersin Lebrun have cometogether to clear roads,discuss ways to address thebasic needs of theircommunity, and shape theirown future.

Agents Of Change

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Many families with school-agedchildren have returned to the villageof Lebrun after the earthquake,putting enormous pressure on ill-equipped schools that could scarcelyserve the local population.

In an effort to better address thegrowing education needs of thecommunity, school administratorsand teachers in the area have formedan education committee and havepledged greater collaboration,sharing of resources, and support toschool-aged children.

In the Beginning…

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The return of a large number ofchildren and youth from Port-au-Prince holds genuine potential forthe spread of youth violence anddelinquency in rural Haiti.

The community of Lebrun hasresponded by taking preventivemeasures and creating a youthprogram that encourages characterbuilding and teamwork amongyouth.

Preventing Violence and Delinquency in Rural Haiti

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One of the components of the youthinitiative in Lebrun that has provento be a very successful tool inbringing the community together isthe Soccer Program, which tapsinto the universal love of the gamein Haiti.

Soccer as a tool to promote a healthy lifestyle

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Soccer, the most popular sport inHaiti, is a very useful tool to:● Attract the participation of youthin their community;● Mobilize community partners;● Build community alliances;● Bringing various communitiestogether through inter-village eventsand championships;● Engage more youth in sports;● Promote a healthy lifestyle; and● Prevent questionable behavior,such as alcohol and drug use andabuse, violence, and gang activitiesamong children and youth.

Why Soccer?

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● More than 250 children aged 6-18 from fourelementary schools are participating in theSoccer Program.

● The Program is a strong social mobilizationtool for healthy living and involves children,parents, local governments, business leaders,and international volunteers.

● School-based and inter-village tournamentsencourage youth to stay in school.

● Haitian girls in the village of Lebrun areinvolved in sport for the first time.

● Youth in the Soccer Program take part inworkshops that raise their awareness ofHIV/AIDS among youth.

● The community, including the children,receives training on the importance of theMillennium Development Goals (MDGs).http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/resourcecenter/comicbook

Soccer Program: Promoting Education

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● The Program advocate and promote ahealthy lifestyle, free of HIV/AIDS.

● Discussions are held on stigma anddiscrimination.

● Youth, including girls, learn aboutpreventable diseases.

● The project focuses on Haiti’svillages and plans to make tangiblechanges through rehabilitation of sportplaygrounds.

● Championships to be organized withinternational volunteers and othervillages.

● Pilot project located in southern Haiti,where there is almost no employment andno income, making it impossible forvillages to get necessary sport equipment.

Soccer as a tool to reach the most disadvantaged

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Soccer as a tool to reach the most disadvantaged (cont.)

● Provides disadvantaged childrenwith the opportunity to play socceras a part of the “right to play,” anopportunity they would not havehad otherwise.

● Provides a link between the MDGsand poverty reduction in Haiti.http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/resourcecenter/comicbook

● Provides an extraordinaryopportunity for advocacy andcommunication on life skills andhealth promotion in Haiti’svillages.

● Encourages parents to get involvedin their children’s schoolcurriculum and extracurricularactivities.

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HavServe Progress in Haiti…

● Over 250 children are participating in theHavServe Soccer Program.

● Development of a systematic Soccerprogram approach that can be modeled inother villages

● Provided sport supplies and uniforms to4 participating schools.

● Trained 7 local Haitian coaches for thevillage.

● Offer volunteer training to one peereducator per school on preventablediseases.

● Offer incentives to children who remainin school and earn good grades.

● Acquisition of land for soccer field(Field of Dream).

● Develop a framework and indicators forevaluating the HavServe Soccer Programas a tool for development in Haiti.

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HavServe Ongoing progress (cont.)

HavServe is:● Providing soccer uniforms, shoes,

balls, and other sports equipment tothe Soccer Program.

● Recruiting international volunteers totrain local Haitian coaches.

● Conducting workshops andtraining on soccer, preventablediseases, healthy living, youthleadership, and the 8 MillenniumDevelopment Goals.

● Raising funds to build safesoccer fields, to provide soccer gearand equipment, buses for local teamsfor inter-village tournament, and tosupply Haitian soccer coaches withstipends.

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HavServe Progress... Soccer to Promote EducationHavServe is:● Donating Kits for Kidz and soccer

balls to kids to encourage children tostay in school and earn the right toplay.http://shop.kitsforkidz.org/catalog/,245.htm?

● Providing sport supplies toparticipating schools.

● Offering free training by HavServevolunteers to at least one local coachdesignated by each school.

● Offering volunteer training to

one peer educator per schoolon preventable diseases.

● Offering incentives to children whoremain in school and earn goodgrades.

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Soccer as a School for Life

● Additional funds will be mobilized toexpand the Soccer Program to all ninecommunities in the Lebrun area by2015.

● A child-friendly environment andhealthy lifestyle will be promoted in allschools participating in the SoccerProgram.

● The four participating schools willincorporate the Programin the school’s strategic planningand curriculum.

● Sports activities in the villages will bemainstreamed.

● There will be advocacy for the inclusionof sports in the reconstruction of Haiti.

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The people of the village of Lebrununderstand that despite their best effortsto effect change locally, they do notpossess the necessary tools andresources to achieve the meaningful,lasting development needed in theirvillage.

The Lebrun community seeks to forgestrong partnerships with Haitians in theDiaspora and friends of Haiti around theglobe who are willing to volunteer theirtime, expertise, and resources tosupplement the efforts of the localvolunteers on the ground and tostrengthen the community SoccerProgram.

The Need for Partners/Supporters

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The Need for Partners/Supporters (cont.)

Opportunities to Assist:There are many ways for individuals and corporations tomake a difference today through the Soccer Program.● Forward this information to your company’s president

or corporate giving officer.● Organize a local collection of new or used soccer

equipment or uniforms.● Make a financial contribution of any size via our secure

funding website, see if your company will matchyour funds http://globalgiving.org/projects/havserveteam-haiti-soccer-4-development

● Become a Volunteer Coach in Haiti for a week or twohttp://www.havserve.org/soccer.php

● Volunteer to help build the “Field of Dream” soccer field.

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Land donated by partners in the Haitian Diasporafor Soccer Field & Educational Center

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What’s Next?

● Supporting capacity buildingin the villages with regard tosports programming andsupport for the growingdisabled population.

● Enhancing partnerships tostrengthen sportsdevelopment in Haiti’svillages.

● Developing surveys, casestudies, and research on theimportance of sports in thesustainable development ofHaiti’s children.

(REUTERS/Kena Betancur)

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Additional Information…

● To Volunteer: http://www.havserve.org/soccer.php

● To Donate: http://globalgiving.org/projects/havserveteam-haiti-soccer-4-development

● To Fundraise: https://www.firstgiving.com/teamhavserve

Consider Sponsorship - it’s good for your company, and it’s goodfor the children of Haiti.● To Sponsorship: http://www.havserve.org/soccersponsorship.php#sponsor_player

●Your donation is tax deductible: http://www.havserve.org/documents/HavServe_Soccer_Donation_Receipt.pdf

● To Spread the word: http://facebook.com/HavServe - http://twitter.com/HavServe

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From the mouths of Lebrun’s children….

“Before this program started last year,I had nothing to do all day.”

“Through playing soccer, I amlearning a lot about the diseaseof AIDS & HIV and about myself.”

“As a girl, I know now I can beas good as a boy playing soccer.”

“I scored a goal and got a hug frommy dad for the first time in my life.”

“I am so happy!”

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Is there a better way to help Haiti’s kids? A childhas the right to play. Please contact us today.

PR & Sponsorship Consultant:Beth Ann HiltonThe B-CompanyOffice: 310-560-8390bethhilton@theBcompany.com

HavServe Founder:Carline Briceinfo@havserve.org

THANK YOU