PALESTINE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDRENS ENCOURAGEMENT OF SPORTS
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Mission Statement
Use sports as a tool to develop children’s capacities to become active citizens within their communities, create healthy and safe environments for them, and provide fair opportunities for other members of the society in marginalized areas.
About This Cause
About: Palestine Association for Children’s Encouragement of Sports (PACES), is a UK based charity established in 2006, with the aim of providing healthy, structured after-school sports activities for Palestinian girls and boys ages 6-16 years living in refugee camps and most marginalized and vulnerable areas in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon. Through its core Sports for Development program, PACES provides children with multiple educational benefits to help them thrive in their own communities. From March to November each year, children are granted an escape from being idle on the streets; an escape that is fun, healthy, and encourages participation and inclusion. To attain a wider impact, PACES builds local capacity by training and hiring leaders in the local communities as coaches to deliver the sports sessions. Coaches also receive training in multiple areas, and acquire a set of skills necessary to enhance their employability in the job market. Additionally, PACES partners with local clubs, sports centers, and associations situated in marginalized areas, which facilitate outreach and delivery of the program. Objectives: - To enhance children’s life skills through the sports program and educational activities and empower them to become active citizens within their communities - To enhance employability skills for young female and male coaches - To improve the capacity of local partners to become part of the development of sustainable communities - To provide equal opportunities for both genders in sports Model: During the annual program cycle, PACES children, coaches and assistant coaches, and local partners are engaged in different activities including sports, non-sports, extra-curricular, educational and capacity building activities. The PACES model is designed to ensure maximum benefit to beneficiaries, best utilization of resources, sustainability and continuity. The size of the operation and deployment of resources varies in each country depending on the number of beneficiaries; nonetheless, PACES program is executed simultaneously every year and all beneficiaries receive equal opportunities. The relationship between PACES and beneficiaries is cultivated through the program to ensure their re-engagement in the program every cycle. Every year, beneficiaries are encouraged to re-engage in the program once a cycle is complete: - Children are re-enrolled in the program every year, and graduate when they reach 16 years of age o Children graduates are eligible to join the program as assistant coaches and volunteers - Assistant coaches are promoted to coaches once they acquire required qualifications - Coaches, assistant coaches and local partners are encouraged to re-join the next program cycle, subject to their performance and evaluation