Day One - Community Site Visits & Timings

NBA Africa and Royal Bafokeng Nation
09.00: Buses depart from in front of the Sandton Sun Hotel for the NBA site visit

The Royal Bafokeng Nation is a unique African community located in the North West Province of South Africa. They boast some of the most innovative approaches to sustainable development in Africa. These include holistic education reform, the use of sport to create social-cohesion and youth-development, while converting their mineral resources into the world’s leading community-based investment company. The Royal Bafokeng Jr. NBA Program is a partnership between Royal Bafokeng Sports and the programme. It is a school-based basketball development initiative for boys and girls with a focus on teaching health, wellness and life skills.

UNICEF
13.00: Buses depart from in front of the Sandton Sun Hotel for the UNICEF site visit

The UNICEF Sport for Development programme focuses on delivering quality and quantity physical education within schools and is implemented in partnership with Sportstec and MRP Foundation. Physical education and school sport can have a vital role in fulfilling the aims of child-friendly schools. Learner access to quality and regular physical activity also provide a perfect platform for further sport for development programmes to be implemented. This, combined with extra-curricular school sport, will go a long way to instill a culture of being physically active. The focus of physical education is primarily on the development of motor skills, while the extra-curricular school sport should focus on the application of motor skills.

Grassroot Soccer - Football for Hope Centre
13.30: Buses depart from in front of the Sandton Sun Hotel for the Grassroot Soccer site visit

Grassroot Soccer (GRS) works to prevent the spread of HIV by using the world’s most popular game to break down barriers, build trust, educate young people to adopt healthy behaviours, and provide referrals for testing and treatment. GRS implements a variety of community-based interventions for a range of ages at the Alexandra Football for Hope Centre. During the visit to GRS’s Alexandra site, delegates will be able to see the Football for Hope Centre in action, experience a youth intervention programme first hand, and participate in a Q&A session with coaches.

Fight with Insight
13.30: Buses depart from in front of the Sandton Sun Hotel for the Fight with Insight site visit

Fight with Insight is a project of the Box Office Gym, which was started by Luke Lamprecht and Anton Gilmore. In 2006, Luke and Anton began using boxing to provide young offenders with an outlet for the natural aggression and risk-taking behaviours that many youth express as violence, alcohol and substance abuse. Fight with Insight has since expanded to include all children who are at risk of becoming victims or offenders. Our vision is a safe society for the children of Johannesburg where their rights are fully realised.

Diepsloot Mountain Bike Academy
13.30: Buses depart from in front of the Sandton Sun Hotel for the Diepsloot Mountain Bike Academy site visit

The Diepsloot Mountain Bike Academy (DMA) is a sports development and youth empowerment programme based at Northern Farm in Johannesburg. The multi-faceted project uses cycling as a means to expose the youth of Diepsloot to a greater outlook on life and enable them to discover their innate nobility and potential. Through an approach which combines educational support, nutrition, mentorship, and participation in recreational and competitive cycling activities, the DMA aims to produce wellrounded athletes who are motivated and self-confident to pursue goals beyond their present state of awareness, and inspire them to become active participants in upliftment of their community.