| *Dream
Camps 2004 Report by Dr. Liz Odera |
The "GSA Dream Camps — Safari Junior Tennis Camps" took
place on 2-13 August 2004 at the Sadili Oval, near Nairobi, Kenya, bringing
young people a chance for professional sports coaching, developing leadership
skills, cleaning up the surrounding environment and providing environmental
education.
Link: Sadili
Oval
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Mr. Raila Odinga, Minister for Roads, Housing
and Public Works, receiving the Ecoflag on behalf of his constituency
as a sign of their commitment to its ideals. |
Happy Tennis camp players displaying the Ecoflag.
Over 90 young people aged between 3 and 17 years old participated
in the tennis camp, the largest of its kind in East and Central
Africa. |
An environment workshop run by UNEP in progress. |
Kids get involved in clean-up activities during
the camp. |
Kids get a chance to talk about their feeling
and what they want for their future. Francis Isiaho gives the
children's declaration during the closing ceremonies. Francis
is the first junior from the Kibera slums to win a prize in
tennis in the country. He is also a good soccer player. He
traveled to Japan together with teammate Rahab Mbugua and Dr.
Odera to receive the prestigious G-ForSE Award in Japan in
November 2003 on behalf of all the 6500 children in the Nature
and Sport - Kenya Programme |
Some kids pose with the Ecoflag at the soccer
camp that attracted more than 600 children from various parts
of Langata. With them is GSA Tokyo volunteer, Katsuya Otsu. |
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