One hundred Kenyan Physical Education teachers and educators don train for disability-inclusive basketball coaching for the Basketball Experience Disability Inclusion (BE-DI) Teachers' Awareness Day on Saturday for Fam Sports Arena for Kitengela, Kajiado County.
The event be part of the Basketball Experience programme, one collaboration between Agence Française de Développement Group and NBA Africa wey dey use basketball to promote education, life skills and inclusive opportunities for young people. The training mix classroom sessions and on-court activities, wey show participants the Jr. NBA curriculum and inclusive coaching methods.
Disability Inclusion Basketball Experience coach Kimani Peter say the initiative wan equip teachers to sustain the programme for schools, especially as direct visits by programme coaches dey reduce. "The educators must get the power to get the skills and knowledge how to keep coaching the game," e talk.
NBA Africa Director of Operations Kita Matungulu say adaptive coaching techniques and inclusive curriculum design go help remove barriers wey dey stop children with disabilities from joining sport. E call for more investment for sporting infrastructure to host major basketball events and tap into Kenya talent pool.
Coach Lavender Achieng say the programme go still reach schools to make sure the skills turn to opportunities for more than 100,000 children across 128 schools for Kenya. As dem dey deliver am with Kenya Red Cross, the programme show how sport fit promote teamwork, resilience, leadership, health awareness and social responsibility.
