SPORTS AS A TOOL FOR BREAKING UP TRIBAL BARRIERS
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>View discussions about this entry Country: Liberia
Organization: SPORTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED
Sport: Soccer
Year the initative began (yyyy) 2007
Project URL: SPORTS- THE TRIBAL BREAKTHROUGH
Positioning in the Mosaic of solutions
What is your signature innovation, your new idea, in one sentence? APPLYING MORE SPORTING CONCEPTS IN DAILY LIVES TO PROMOTE PEACE, UNITY AND BRINGING TRIBES , PEOPLE AND NATIONS TOGETHER TO REACH ACHIEVABLE GOALS
Describe your innovation. What makes your idea unique and different than others doing work in the field? THIS IDEA IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT HAS PROVEN TO BE WORKABLE AND IT IS A PITY THAT GOVERNMENTS, WORLD BODIES ONLY SCRATCH THE SURFACE AND NEVER REALLY DIG DEEP.IF ONLY WE COULD INVEST IN MORE SPORTING PROJECTS FOR THE PEOPLE, THAT WILL NOT BRING ABOUT UNITY BUT IMPROVE PEOPLE HEALTH AND MAKE THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES BETTER.
EVEN AS A REFUGEE FOR 8 YEARS, PEOLPLE WILL NOT EVEN WORRY FOR FOOD BUT WILL BE MORE CONCERN ABOUT RESULTS INVOLVING THE NATIONAL TEAM. THIS CAUSES PEOLPLE ,WHOA RE ENEMIES, TO SHARE WHATEVER THEY HAVE WITH OTHERS, FOR THERE IS NO BASSA, GIO, KRAHN OR MANDINGO IN SPORTS, ONLY ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION AND ONE RESULT. WE ARE HAPPY TOGETHER WITH A WIN OR ARE ALL SAD WITH A LOST. What are the existing barriers, the biggest problem, your innovation is hoping to address/change? THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I AM TRING TO ADDRESS IS THE LACK OF UNITY BETWEEN TRIBES AND EVENTUALLY
EVERYONE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SCARS OF WAR. IF ONLY WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS DAILY PROBLEMS., A HOUSE NOT UNITED CAN NOT STAND. IF FOR 90 MINUTES PEOLPLE CAN COME TOGETHER, I BELIEVE THEY CAN DO THE SAME WITH THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS, IDEAS GUIDES BY SPORTING INIATIVES. Delivery Model: How do you implement your innovation and apply it to the challenge/problem you are addressing? FIRSTLY, ONE HAS TO BE AUTHENTIC. AND HAVING LIVED THE LIFE BOTH AS A DISPLACED PERSON AND A REFUGEE, EXPERIENCING WHAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH DAILY SETS THE TONE. NOT KNOWING WHAT YOUR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM. BY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES, EVERY I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH PROJECTS WITH THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP, HELPING TO TAKE TEAMS TO SOUTH AFRICA AND DENAMRK. YOU CAN NOT ONLY GIVE PEOPLE HOPE, BUT U MUST SHOW THEM THE WAY.
IT IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT REALLY SEE WHAT U SEE, THEY HAVE NOT FELT WHAT YOU FELT AND HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH WHAT U WENT THROUGH. BUT PERSISTANCE AND CONTINOUS HARDWORK WILL DEFINITELY PAY OFF. How do you plan to grow your innovation? BY WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS, GETTING MORE ATHLETES LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY INVOLVED- AS KIDS SEE THEM AS ROLE MODELS AND CAN BETTER RELATE TO THEM. GOVERNMNETS ARE SO INVOLVED IN OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO NOT SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE, THE BIGGER IMPACT.
Provide one sentence describing your impact/intended impact. ONE DAY, WE ALL CAN COME TOGETHER NOT ONLY FOR 90 MINUTES BUT LIVE AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOREVER.
What impact has your innovation had to date/or what is your intended impact? Exactly who are the beneficiaries? EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY, ALL TRIBES AND WITH THE POWER OF SOCCER, WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE ON BOARD. NO WAY IN LIBERIA, PEOLPLE, YOUNG, OLD MAN AND WOMAN WILL NOT CROWD THE STREETS TO CHEER THEIR COUNTRY.
Please list any other measures reflective of the impact of your innovation? PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. THEY HAVE HOPES FOR THE CHILDREN AND WHEN PEOLPLE COME TOGETHER, THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN NOT ACHIEVE AS A NATION, SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, HEALTH BARRIERS POVERTY CAN ALL BE BROKEN IF WE ONLY WORK TOGETHER.
What are the main barriers to creating or achieving your impact? THE MAIN BARRIERS ARE THE LACK OF ASSISTANCE FROM GOVERNMENT- IT DOES NOT EVEN HAVE TO BE FINANCIAL, BUT EMBRACING THE CONCEPT, WORKING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INIATIVES, MOLDING THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE- AS ONE MAN TOLD ME ONCE, HOW CAN WE EVEN LISTEN IF WE ARE HUNGRY.WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR MEANS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES
How is your initiative financed (or how do you expect your initiative will be financed)? FIRSTLY, BY REACTING AWARENESS, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD, PUTTING IN MY OWN FINANCES, AS THIS IS MY DREAM AND I HAVE DONE IT IN HELPING LOTS OF KIDS AND OTHERS THROUGH SPORTS AND BY GETTING HELP FROM ABROAD- BUT U CAN NOT ALWAYS RELY ON PEOPLE, U HAVE TO SET THE STAGE YOURSELF.
If known, provide information on your finances and organization. THIS ASPECT IS A NEW INIATIVE BUT MY CONCEPT SPORTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNDER PRIVILEDGED HAS ALREADY BEEN A SUCCESS-SDU WITH THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP AND BACK HOME.
SDU HAS BEEN GENERALLY FINANCED BY AFEW AND I HOPE TO EXPAND THE INIATIVE. What is the potential demand for your innovation? IT IS HUGE AND THE DEMAND IS ENORMOUS. PEOPLE NEED HOPE AND TO SEE THEIR LIVES IMPROVE, WHO WILL NOT WELCOME SUCH AN INIATIVE
What are the main barriers to financial sustainability? SETTING UP A SYSTEM, A FULL TIME OFFICE,RUNNING INIATIVES THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE SELF SUFFICIENT INSTEAD ALWAYS GIVEN HAND OUTS, KEEPING PEOPLE BUSY.
What is the origin of this innovation? Tell us your story. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED SPORTS FROM MY DAYS AS YOUNGSTER AND TEEN. MY DESIRE WAS TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER ONE DAY BUT WITH FAMILY PRESSURE TO GO TO SCHOOL, I FOUND MY SELF HEADING TO COLLEGE, THEN THE WAR BROKE OUT IN LIBERIA. BEFORE THAT, I WAS ALREADY THE FOREIGN SPORTS REPORTER FOR THE WORLD SOCCER NEWSPAPER. EIGHT YEARS AS A REFUGEE IN GHANA NEVER DAMPENED MY SPIRITS, EVENTHOUGH LIFE WAS TOUGH. I MANAGED TO SECURE A SCHOLARSHIP AND ATTENDED THE GHANA INSTITUE OF JOURNALISM FROM 1990-92 AND EVENTUALLY WORKED FOR MANY SPORTS- DRIVEN NEWS OUTLETS IN GHANA.
THE PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHICS, THE GHANANAIN TIMES, SOCCER SCENE, MIDWEEK SPORTS BEFORE MOVING BACK TO LIBERIA IN 1998 AFTER 8 YEARS.STARTED A PAPER IN LIBERIA IN 1998 AFTER I RETUNED- WORLD SPORTS AND EVENTUALLY MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN AFRICA AND EUROPE EVERY YEAR LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HAVE SPORTS IMPACT LIVES AND A REFUGEE ONEC, IT IS MY WAY TO CONTINUE TO HELP SOCIETY AS I BELIEVE IT IS MY CALLING. Please provide a personal bio. Note this may be used in Changemakers marketing material. EMMANUEL GEEZA WILLIAMS
DATE OF BIRTH- MAY 22, 1970 PROFESSION- JOURNALIST/SPECIALISE IN SPORTS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND- 1987 GRADUATE- COLLEGE OF WEST AFRICA-CWA- LIBERA 1998-90- UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA- MONROVIA, LIBERIA 1990-92- GHANA INSTITUE OF JOURNALISM- GHANA I HAVE WORKED IN GHANA, UNITED STATES- KOHLER CO. 2001-06 AND COVERED EURO 2000. Contact Information:
EMMANUEL GEEZA williams
SPORTS JOURNALIST/PROMOTER SPORTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED (OWN INIATIVE) Discussions about this entry |
Kevin Carroll
Changemakers Featured Commentator
Sport for a Better World Competition
The spirit and intention of your project are evident, but I was unclear about your direction and vision. In order to garner support, you need to explain how you will achieve your goals. If you could provide more details about your delivery model (How will you get the underprivileged of Liberia involved in sports? How will you partner with other organizations to fund your programs?) then I would be happy to offer more comments.
This is an amazing personal story, but we would love more clarification on what your plan is, more exactly and more clearly. We understand the context thanks to your entry but we cannot see a clear blueprint for how you intend to leverage sports for social change.
Thank you very much for your response.
Best,
Changemakers Team
Adebayo solabi
from Nigeria
solabi
MY FUTURE PLANS AND MY DREAMS IN AFRICAN IS TO, IS TO BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST PHILANTROPHY.
IN THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN CARRIERS.
solabi
I LOVE CHANGEMAKERS ALSO LIKE I LOVE MY PEOPLE IN AFRICA HERE, BECAUSE CHANGEMAKERS HAS CHANGE A LOT IN MY LIFE SO I LOVE THEM.
BUT THE CURRENT PROBLEM I CURRENTLY HAVE NOW IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL COMPUTER LIKE LAPTOP, SO PLEASE I NEED IT BECAUSE I WILL LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE MY COMMENT AT LIST 24 HOURS A DAY. BECAUSE I DONT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN NIGERIA. THANKS
solabi
PEOPLE LOVES ME BECAUSE I SHOWED CARE TO THEM I ASSIST THEM HELPING THEM IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THERE GOALS
solabi
AS AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE ME I WAS SO KIND TO PEOPLE I LOVE MY PEOPLE IN AFRICA I SHOWED A LOT OF CARE TO MY PEOPLE
This is a great initiative. Thank you for participating.