The Horizon - Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre

VOLUME 2 Issue 2
November,2011
Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre
The Horizon
The Pride of Nyanza
Kisumu Youth Olympic girls’ U 17
football team are this year’s Gothia
Cup Champions. They competed and
beat some of the best teams in Europe
and bagged the coveted Gothia Cup.
Editorial team
Editor: Joan
Auko
The journey was not easy. What first
started out as a trail of ill luck finally
had a beautiful ending. Kisumu Youth
Olympic Girls’ Football team under
17 received an all expense sponsorship by SKF and FAB to play in
Gothia Cup –Sweden on 18th
July,2011.
Stories by Paul
Okaka, P. E.
Omondi
tive travel arrangements were made.
Upon arrival on Monday 18th July in Sweden, our girls rested a
while before playing their first match which they lost. KYOC
Girls’ received a rude welcome with a 3-1 beating by Vadstena.
This trend followed for the next matches. Fear of dropping at the
preliminaries began creeping in.
On Tuesday, KYOC suffered another loss in the hands of Kristianstad(Sweden) but after a grueling battle .KYOC was hammered 21 with the sole goal scored by Lilian Adera who saved the day.
KYOC dismissed hosts Askim FK(Sweden) 1-0 in an entertaining
encounter viewed by over 25,000 at the Heden 4 Stadium.
It was one misfortune after another.
One of our girls’ visa application was
rejected. At the airport more drama
ensued. The team was to travel to
Sweden via London on British Airways hence the need for a transit visa
which the team lacked. They had to
spend a day at the airport as alterna-
Inside this issue:
INTER SLUM TOURNAMENT
Gothia Cup
Inside Story
Human Rights
Inside Story
Inside Story
Inside Story
We came,
we
thrashed
and
now...the
trophy is
ours for
the taking
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The 10th April-1st May tournament was sponsored by GIZ (German Integration Zone) and National
Cohesion Integration Commission (NCIC) Kenya, in collaboration with Destiny Vision Youth Group
of Kisumu. The theme of the tournament was community development through sports and was organized to promote peace amongst the youth via football. It targeted youth in the slum areas within Kisumu Municipality, which included Manyatta, Obunga, Nyalenda, Nyawita, Nyamasaria, Kibos and
Car wash. Over 30 teams participated; both U 18 boys’ and girls’ teams were represented. Teams
were selected from the clubs and estates targeting youth in and out of schools.
KYOC registered both boys’ and girls’ teams for the tournament. Both KYOC teams reached the
finals.
All the playing fields were situated in the slum areas with the aim of reaching the local residents
with peace information. There was coaches’ training too before the tournament in both officiating and
peace building. The tournament was peaceful the entire period, albeit small incidences of violence
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Cont.from pg.1
prior and during the matches due to complainants against registering over age players or bias
officiating.
The finals were played on 1st May 2011 (Labour Day) at Jomo Kenyatta grounds. On this day
the event started with a procession from Highway primary school to Jomo Kenyatta grounds
with a band leading all participating teams. There were NCIC peace messages broadcasts
through a powerful public address system and lots of entertainment through theatre, music and
cultural activities. In between the matches, there were football methodologies demonstrations.
Over 500 youth and 1000 spectators attended the final event. Liverpool VCT had their tent at
the Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground where a number of youth came out to get HIV counseling
and testing.
Dr. Mzalendo Kibunja presenting Welcoming remarks was given by the Destiny Youth Group chairman. He applauded the sponthe winners trophy to Lillian
sors of the tournament for their noble idea of uniting the youth towards peace building for posiAdera (KYOC captain) during the tive development. He urged the youth to spread and maintain peace in the community and conLabour Day celebrations at J.K.G. tinue with peace related initiatives and activities.
Dr. Heidy Rombout, the GIZ project leader for social justice, reconciliation and national cohesion project boasted of supporting the soccer tournament as a tool to promote peace and reconciliation. Mr. Philip Shitohi, the Provincial Director of Youth Development, Nyanza in the
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports applauded the noble cause that the GIZ and NCIC has
taken to engage the youth in Kisumu slums in promotion of peace and reconciliation.
He urged the youth to be cautious with some of their leaders who don’t have the interest of the
youth in their agendas but only use them to gain their own selfish interests. He further informed
the youth of the available opportunities in the government through the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and challenged them to be aggressive and organize themselves in groups in
order to benefit for their positive development.
The 2011 KYOC girls team to
The chief guest, Dr. Mzalendo Kibunja, Chairman, National Cohesion and Integration CommisSweden for the GOTHIA Cup.
sion (NCIC) of Kenya talked of the importance of peace and reconciliation in the nation. He
said there is positive results and response amongst Kenyans in peace and reconciliation efforts.
Goodies from Gothia
Senior coach Wycliffe
Odhiambo alias Odhis Ng’ola
with the Gothia trophy and Lilly
Awuor.
The evenly played match saw Jenipher Obonyo breaking the jinx that had followed KYOC by
scoring the only luck and winning goal in the 9th minute of the match. Both teams were played
cautiously hence a highly defensive match. Gothia Cup provides a good ground where scouts
from European clubs and football academies spot and register talented players. Some of the
players that have been discovered include Didier Drogba. KYOC Girls’ team was the only team
representing Kenya in the international tournament that attracts youth from over 50 countries.
KYOC thrashed Ljungby IF 6-5 in post match penalties after the two teams came out with a
barren draw in regular time in semi finals. In the quarter finals ,KYOC humiliated Sweden’s
Qvidings FC 6-5.In this encounter , the match had ended in a one all draw and the winner of the
game had to be decided in post match penalties. In regulation time ,Qvidings had scored in the
fifth minute of the game to lead the match, but a late goal by Pheobe Oketch spoilt Qvidings
chances and sent both sides to direct spot kicks.
Mercy Oginga in action during
the World Largest youth tournament– Gothia Cup.
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During the penalties ,KYOC goal keeper-Wilfrida Seda saved a last gasp penalty shot to guide our girls to
the semi-finals. On Friday during the preliminaries KYOC girls’ had crashed Walddofrer (Germany) SV 7
-0,while on Thursday ,KYOC had eliminated Walddorfer SV post match penalties .The match had ended
in a 1-1 draw. Pheobe Oketch scored two goals while Winnie Adhiambo ,Monica Sofania, Enez Mudeizi
Mango and Wilfrida Seda each scored a goal to propel us the quarter finals. KYOC trampled Bossek UP
UL (Norway)5-1 in another entertaining encounter. Mercy Oginga opened the scoring spree with a brace
and a few minutes earlier scored against Bygdea Go IF was on target again and brought in the fourth and
fifth goals to seals off heavy victory for Kenya later Catherine Nzilan added the third goal.
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KYOC houses the opponents in a mole hole
World Habitat Day celebrations was marked by 3 days of football filled weekend at Jomo Kenyatta
Sports ground, Kisumu that ended with presentation of trophies and cash token to winning teams on
3rd October,2011. This year’s event was guided by the theme’ Cities and Climate Change’
The World Habitat Day was designated by Resolution 40/202 of 17th December,1985 of the United
Nations General Assembly. It accords all United Nations Members states an opportunity to share
and reflect on their experiences of successful initiates and challenges encountered in their efforts to
provide shelter, related basic services and human settlements matters in general.
Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre girls’ football team emerged the winners in this highly competitive
tournament. Our girls’ beat Port Florence 4 –0 and Kosimbo 3-1 in the preliminaries to move to the
quarter-final. Kasagam was put in a mole hole during the semi finals thereby pitting Kisumu Leeds
and KYOC in the final leg of the match. KYOC thrashed Kisumu Leeds 2 –0 bagging a trophy and a
Some of the trophies won by KYOC boys
cash token of Ksh.19,000.
and girls football teams as from 2005 to 2011
KISUMU EAST CONSTITU- Open is a Safaricom sponsored boys’ emerged the winners at the Even though three of our girls i.e. Mercy
Seda, Lilian Adera and Mercy Oginga
ENCY TOURNAMENT
annual sports tournament involving District level and proceeded to the
were part of the Galactico Team that
This tournament that features schools and clubs. KYOC Girls’ provincial level, hence was the represented Kisumu at the national level.
various sports discipline was
organized by the Kenya Government through the local constituency offices to encourage
positive development among the
youth. KYOC Boys’ football team
lost to Sega Sega 1-2 to be
relegated to the 2011 first runners up .
football team has been the champions in this category since their first
appearance in 2009.KYOC retained
the champions title in 2011 after
humiliating Nyamonye girls 4-1.
SAKATA BALL CHALLENGE
Safaricom –a mobile service provider -has since 2010 been organizing football tournaments involving
KISUMU GIRLS’ HIGH
boys and girls’ teams . Its aim is to
SCHOOL OPEN
nurture talent across the country
The Kisumu Girls’ High School right from the grassroot level. KYOC
CHAGUA MAISHA YOUTH
TOURNAMENT
Kisumu Youth Net-KISNET– a
group based in Nyalenda organized a football tournament to
bring youth from Kisumu and its
environs with the aim of bringing
youth together and lobbying for
Behaviour Change as a mechanism for fighting HIV/Aids. KYOC
Boys’ team beat Athletoco 2-1,
Ojuri 4-0, Super Strikers a barren draw of 0-0 and Kilo Piki piki
1-0 in the preliminaries to proPage 3
lead team to scout five other top
MKENDWA SHOOTOUT
players from among the teams
that participated in Kisumu region. This is an annual tournament organized by Dominican Friars early in
Sadly , in the presence of a huge December to preoccupy the youth
fan base KYOC team was elimi- during the holidays. Over 5,000 youth
nated by St. Joseph’s -Siaya at attend this event that encompasses
the provincial level– that was various sports disciplines.
Since 2006 to date, KYOC boys’ team
hosted at Kisumu Polytechnic.
have retained the championship while
KYOC girls’ too were denied a KYOC girls’ in their debut entry in
2009 to date are winners in the ladies
chance to proceed by our arch football category.
rivals Galactico ladies FC
JAMII The Tushirikishe Jamii tournament is
a project being implemented in two
counties i.e. Kisumu and Nakuru. In
Youth Alive involved youths from Kisumu KYOC are the winners at the
low income communities to encour- zonal , ward and second runners up
age equal participation of young in the constituency level after being
men and women in community humiliated by Ahero Rangers. Hence
development initiatives from Con- KYOC and Ahero Rangers are to
From this tournament the first four
stituency Development Fund represent Kisumu county against two
teams got the chance to participate
kitty..KYOC Boys’ team being the top teams in Nakuru county sometime
in the Tushirikishe Jamii tournawinners in the Chagua
Maisha in 2012.
ment.
tournament was among the four
teams that participated in this much
bigger tournament from ward level.
ceed to semi finals against Dunga
Gulf which they humiliated 3-0 to
make it to the finals again against
Super Strikes. KYOC beat the latter 4-0 to emerge the winners and
lifted the coveted trophy.
TUSHIRIKISHE
TOURNAMENT
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HUMAN RIGHTS– A BASIC NEED
Following the 2007/08 disputed presidential elections, that culminated into post election violence nationally
in most major towns, Kisumu was one of the most volatile with the youth being in the fore front during the
chaos. During which human rights were violated : houses were burnt, people displaced, women and girls
raped, businesses looted, people injured and killed, government vehicles burnt, education disrupted, roads
blocked, wanton destruction and pollution of the environment among others. This was majorly experienced
in key hotspot zones within the city, namely, Kondele, Kibuye, Buspark, Kachok, Nyamasaria, Nyalenda,
Kicomi, Otonglo, Mamboleo, Manyatta, Carwash and Kibos. The involvement of the youth (un/under employed) during this violence encouraged Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre to start the ‘powder keg’ project.
Our project, therefore, concentrates on supporting this group by giving them comprehensive knowledge on
HIV/Aids, democratic process and Human Rights. In the year 2010, KYOC carried out a baseline survey in
the above hotspot zones to identify the needs, fears and expectations of the youth to avert such violence in
the future. Two representatives were identified from each zone that have so far been trained on the above
subjects and various relevant government line ministries and other stakeholders incorporated in to our network partners. Kenya Industrial Estates, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industrialization, Kenya Industrial Research Development Institute, Kenya
Agricultural Research Institute among others work with us to open up communication channels, advise on
available resources and opportunities that could benefit the youth to boost their income and create more job
opportunities was given. The need for the youth to organize themselves in groups for easy access of the
available resources and opportunities from the above mentioned government departments was emphasized.
Cont. pg 5
Alex Owiti - KYOC Captain receiving the winner’s trophy
from Gedion Mbuvi alias Sonko MP for Makadara after
emerging winners in Kisumu East Constituency tourney 2011.
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KYOC youth forum (representative from Hotspot zones and
youth organizations) and stakeholders in a on youth empowerment workshop at Jumuia Guest House.
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To engage more youth in our advocacy, we embarked on football
as a mobilization tool. In 2010, the youth from 12 hotspot zones,
together with 7 youth organizations we have been working with
since 2006 participated in the human rights awareness tournament
that saw many youth start to realize and appreciate the importance
of human rights.
A banner used during the football tournaments
to create awareness to the youth about Human
Rights.
The above zones were put in respective pools of four teams each,
and the matches were played in different zones to help reach out
to the other youth in their turfs with information on HIV/Aids, democratic process and Human Rights. The finals are played annually on the 10th of December each year – to mark the International
Human Rights Day.
The winners are normally awarded with handsome prizes comprising of cash tokens, trophies and certificates.
In 2010 KYOC, Nyamasaria, Dago and Carwash emerged top in
their respective pools to make it to the semi finals where KYOC
beat Dago 2-0 while Nyamasaria defeated Carwash 1-0. in the
Part of the crowd that attended a football tour- third play off Dago humiliated Carwash 2-0 as KYOC hammered
nament in one of zones organized to mobilize
Nyamasaria 3-1 to lift the 2010 Human Rights trophy.
the youth towards advocacy on Human Rights
for Peace and Development.
In 2011, among the above teams, only KYOC and Carwash made
it to the semis with new teams namely, Nyalenda and Acquity.
KYOC thrashed Nyalenda 5-1 while Carwash beat Acquity 1-0 to
proceed finals. In the third place Nyalenda defeated Acquity 2-0.
in the highly contested finals Carwash bitterly humiliated KYOC
1-0, denying KYOC boys the winners party to emerge as first
runners up.
To ensure gender equity, girls were incorporated into the tournament. KYOC Girls beat Galactico Youth in post penalty 3-2 in the
finals. In the preliminaries ,KYOC topped the pool after defeating
An official from Forum Syd visit to KYOC
offices sharing a point with KYOC staff and an Blackstars 3-0 and Kasagam 5-0 while Galactico qualified for
intern from Umea University-Sweden on Youth
finals after defeating Shauri Moyo 4-0. Other than advocacy and
empowerment for Peace and Development in
Kisumu.
football, we also engaged in fun activities for the women.
KYOC has mobilized the youth from 12 hotspot
zones, 7 youth organizations and relevant stakeholders to open up channels of communication
between them.
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Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre
Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre
P.O.Box 1007-40100
Kisumu
Carwash-Kibos Rd ,next to Kondele Pri.
Phone: +254 700 66 35 36
web/;www.kisumuyoutholympicentre.co.ke
E-mail:[email protected]
Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre (KYOC) is a grassroot non governmental organization based in Kisumu, Kenya. Our organization gives orphans and needy boys and
girls aged between 13-17, a ‘Chance in Life’ through education, welfare support,
sports and social training.
KYOC has been in operation for 6 years with the main aim of producing sports
people who will uplift the standards of sports in Nyanza. Currently, we are seeking
funding to aid in the establishment of an Education and Sports Academy with a
technical wing that will tap, mould and nurture sporting talent and also instill life
skills in the needy and disadvantaged children. Financial assistance from the
corporate society is highly welcome.
Find us on
www.kisumuyoutholympicentre.co
.ke
……..Player of the Year
John
Olande
alias
Black
Messi
regarded
as KYOC
best
player of
the year.
Kisumu Youth Olympic Centre since its inception in 2004 has endeavored in producing the best sportspeople. Under our professional and dedicated coaches, KYOC has churned out some of the best male and female footballers. The girls’ team is captained by
Lillian Adera while the boys’ team is headed by Peter Odhiambo
We are proud of all our players because of the hard work and great effort they put in all our football engagements this year. However,
there are notable names that we cannot easily forget John Olande, Peter Odhiambo, Tonny Otieno, Andrew Murunga, Vincent
Otieno , Lillian Awuor, Lillian Adera, Mary Adhiambo among others.
This year’s coveted title of KYOC Player of the Year goes to John Olande aged 16 of Kisumu Boys’ High School beat some of the
very best players to be named the Player of the Year due to his complete love for his team. The soft spoken player will fight for his
team through thick and thin even during bouts of illness or injuries.
He has scored countless goals in all the tournaments that KYOC has participated in.John Olande hails from Rarieda County loves
chicken and chapatti. .Hobbies include watching football ,playing soccer and making new friends. He is working hard in school to follow his dream of being a doctor. He is grateful that KYOC gave him an opportunity to study and also hone and sharpen his football
skills .
Top Scorer goes to Pheobe Sifuyo a class seven pupil of Manyatta Primary School. She scored 40 goals in 2011.She was part of
the team of girls that took part and won the coveted Gothia Cup 2011.
DID YOU KNOW? Vincent Otieno ’Otis’ was constantly discouraged by Coach Odhiambo ’Odhis’ from playing football because of his
stature but the boy persistently appeared in all KYOC trainings and tournaments. Today Otis is among the best players set for
greater things.
Now you know!