Twenty basketball coaches from across Western Kenya gather for Kisumu for one child safeguarding workshop wey Green Interventions for Sustainable Towns (GIST) Kenya arrange, with Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) and FIBA Foundation. The session focus on why safeguarding matter for sport, why institutional policies and codes of conduct dey important, and wetin adults wey dey work with young athletes suppose do.
Dem show participants the FIBA Safeguarding Point of Contact (SPOC) approach. KBF Regional Representative for Nyanza David Michael open the workshop, say the intervention come at the right time, and e confirm say the federation dey support safeguarding work for basketball.
Organisers talk say dem go follow up with the 20 coaches and their schools to develop memoranda of understanding, safeguarding policies and coaches' codes of conduct. The workshop still dey part of the preparations for the Ball for Life tournament wey dem don schedule for 21 November 2026 for Kisumu, with the theme Play for Equality, Health & Climate Action, wey wan promote gender equality and raise awareness about gender-based violence.
The partners stress say the training suppose be the beginning of one safeguarding process, because dem need follow-up and institutional ownership to change the awareness into real protection for children.
