Mission Statement
"Empowering Communities Through Sport"
To empower underserved communities through their active participation in Sport
The EduSport Foundation is a community-driven, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Founded in 1999, the foundation has been involved in tackling issues like HIV/AIDS, poverty alleviation, and child rights in underprivileged communities in Zambia. Using the "Sport in the Development Process" (SDP) approach, we seek to foster community education, development and empowerment. The EduSport concept is based on this belief: that sport with a positive orientation, when integrated into the broader framework of human and social development goals and priorities, is a powerful vehicle for change. As almost every child in Zambia participates in sport, either through merely watching or actually playing, sport presents a medium of communication that children and youth are both familiar with, and willing to participate in.
The EduSport concept was developed by indegenous Zambians. The focused Zambians founded the EduSport Foundation and registered it as one of the first sports NGOs in Zambia on 27th October 1999. Since then, the foundation has been actively involved in local communities, implementing programs designed to meet the dire needs our communities are faced with.
We are currently implementing projects in six provinces only (Lusaka, Western, Copperbelt, Eastern, Central and Southern), but have embarked on a five-Year Plan (2005-2010) to spread programs to all nine provinces of the country.
The EduSport Foundation has two main purposes:
Human and social development, and sport development.
Target Population
Underprivileged Adolescents and Youth in the low-income demographic.
Logo
A noble eagle in its flight carrying a ball. It signifies that we shall fly and over come problems through sport and shall carry this work across cultures.
Philosophy
The philosophy of “UBUNTU”. This is a Bantu language word which means "to do with people". In this instance it means that the programmes and everything we do is centered on the interests and needs of the people we serve.
Motto
"Greatness through Service."
Vision
To have a happy, health and sustainable community.
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