Children learn basketball skills Learners from Paulus Hamutenya Primary School and 16 junior coaches have received their first basketball training on the new basketball court at the Eenhana Youth Centre.The new court was built by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), mandated by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development as part of the initiative ''1000 Chances for Africa''.
The basketball fun day that was held was part of the project Free Throw Basketball Artists against HIV and AIDS by the German Olympic Sports Confederation and GIZ.
The participating junior coaches were trained last year and led the sessions of the fun day, assisted by project coordinator Ramah Mumba and German expert Frank Albin.
Mumba, who is the Namibia Basketball Federation (NBF) secretary-general, said the children learned the fundamentals of basketball and did life skills in a fun way and learned about HIV and AIDS as well as alcohol and drug abuse.
“We had eager young players and coaches that made the whole experience fun. The approach of using basketball to develop young people through life skills is our objective in the Ohangwena Region. Through this we will develop young basketball players and coaches and at the same time make them role models in the community,” he said.
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