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| Prof. Sarah Young making presentation to the Apewosika Basic School whiles Dr. J. K. Ogah looks on |
A delegation from the Indiana University in the United States of America has donated sports equipment to nine selected schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis, including Apewosika M/A Basic School and Abakam CLAN Presbyterian School.
The donation was as a result of a collaboration between the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast and Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, on a project dubbed YES GHANA (Youth Enrichment through Sports – Ghana) that seeks to engage school age youth in physical activities and provide health education on various topics including drug use and misuse, pregnancy and STI/HIV prevention.
The donated items included volleyballs, footballs, volleyball nets, table tennis bats, table tennis balls and other sports kits.
Speaking at the presentation, Prof. Sarah Young, of the Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Studies who led the USA delegation explained that the project was designed to reach girls and boys at the junior high and senior high school levels using sport participation as a way not to improve their physical activity but also to educate them on the importance of healthy living. She mentioned that the volunteers were doing a great job and the donation was a step to support the work they were doing.
Prof. Young noted that she was very impressed with the good work done by the volunteers. She was accompanied by Matt Ostermeyer from the Recreation, Park & Tourism Studies Department of the Indiana University, Bloomington.
For his part, Dr. J. K. Ogah, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast and the leader of the volunteers indicated that the friendship brought about by the collaboration would be nurtured to grow to affect the other communities surrounding the UCC. He was happy that the collaboration would enable the people of Apewosika community to appreciate the significant contribution of UCC better since it would improve their lot.
The teachers who received the donation on behalf of their respective schools showed their deepest gratitude to the group for the donation. They indicated that the donation had come at the right time and gave the assurance that it would be used to promote sports.
It would be called that 16 coaches and staff were selected for the programme to attend a two-week workshop at the Indiana University, Bloomington on a range of topics, including sports program delivery, rules and strategies, sports officiating, injury prevention, and planning. The health education sessions were focused on substance abuse, reduction of HIV-related stigma, and prevention and management of sexually transmissible infections, such as HIV.
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