Sport for All and “Sport and Health Caravan” for Rural Areas

Projet porté par le Comité de Développement du village MBOUN SODECAO

Founded in December 2017, the Mboun SODECAO Village Development Committee is an association that has the following main objectives : strengthen the sense of community between the inhabitants of the village and the surrounding areas, improve the local environment, act as an operator for various programmes promoting sustainable development...

The project team will be provided with a performance measurement framework. The following intermediate results are expected by the end of the project: - Enhanced social cohesion and well-being through regular participation in individual and team sports - Improved health in older adults and those living with chronic diseases - Increased participation in sport and better management of recurrent illnesses, such as malaria, and pandemics, especially COVID-19 In 2019, the Development Committee acquired a plot of land on which a cultural centre was built. The centre will be used for indoor sports, which will make the social cohesion activities undertaken more dynamic.

Context

The spread of COVID-19 has had economic and social repercussions for disadvantaged communities. In Cameroon, the people who are most vulnerable or at-risk are those who live in rural areas. Regular sports participation is a solution that can strengthen people’s resilience and improve social cohesion.

The people of the village of Mboun SODECAO and the surrounding areas also have to contend with a lack of sports and leisure facilities. The project will facilitate the sociocultural transformation of the participating communities, improve social cohesion and create awareness of diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19.

Goals

Facilitate local participation in physical activities that are accessible to the entire community and strengthen social bonds
Raise awareness among rural populations of the importance of physical activity and the methods for preventing/combating pandemics, malaria and HIV/AIDS

Activities

Creating a “Sport and Health Caravan” to raise public awareness of the importance of participation in sport and compliance with preventive measures to combat COVID-19
Equipping an indoor hall and constructing an outdoor multisport pitch
Organising social, sports and health activities for disadvantaged communities, with a focus on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS, contraception, hygiene, etc.
Providing sports and health care for older adults and the sick, and organising regular sports activities every Sunday and on a monthly basis

Impacts

1,000 direct beneficiaries (150 older adults, 200 adults and 650 young people)
Nearly 90% of the populations of the target areas have received information and benefited from access to facilities for regular participation in sport
85% of young people (male and female) have been mobilised to promote intergenerational relations
85% of older adults have been able to take part in local physical activities under the supervision of sports professionals