Transcript Urban Climate Change

Urban Climate Change
Brazil, August 2010
BY SADIQUE BILAL SPORTS AND YOUTH OFFICER
Kilimanjaro Initiative
Email:[email protected],
[email protected]
Copyright © 2010 CCAA Project
About us
Kilimanjaro Initiative was
founded in 2005 by Tim
Challen, after he was victim of
gun crime in Nairobi, Kenya.
He wanted to understand what
it was that could push young
people to pull a trigger.
Crime in Nairobi
Leading issues:
Poverty
 Unemployment
 Social Exclusion
 Lack of ‘Basic’ Services
 Lack of Education
 Unsafe Urban Spaces
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Objectives
Using sport as a tool to:
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Raise global awareness on urban safety issues
Support youth as agents of constructive change
Encourage social responsibility
Create a synergy of development
Raise funds for youth-based community projects
Climbing Kilimanjaro
Every year, KI
brings youth and
urban stakeholders
together - to raise
awareness on issues
that may lead atrisk youth into
criminal activities.
Climbing Kilimanjaro
Climb 2010 brought
attention to affects of
climate change on urban
safety. UNEP
Representative reads
letter of support from
UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon.
Projects & Activities
Kibera Slum, Nairobi–
Young persons lack
clean and safe spaces
where to play. Even
though certain
infrastructures exist,
garbage is everywhere
and causes serious health
hazards.
Projects & Activities
Working with the
community, KI has helped
upgrade a sport field in
Kibera. We have created
an urban area where youth
can positively use their
energy and where the
community can meet
without fear of crime.
Projects & Activities
Flooding was a problem on
the field. Local criminals
were hired to carry out
manual work. No tools went
missing and they have now
formed a youth group that
sells vegetables for revenue.
Local problems require local
solutions.
Projects & Activities
KI organizes sports events and concerts on the field.
Raising awareness through media youth understand
and want to be a part of is primordial.
Sport Field Model
Advice/Support
- Youth
- Community
- Academia
- Authorities
- UN
Micro-Finance
Support/Sponsorship
KI
Sport Field
Committee
Sport Field
- Grants
- Donors
- Awards
- Partners
- Members
Activities
The Future
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Work on models that encourage youth to
have self-belief and provide formal opportunites
Development of sport fields
and community centres
Set up of micro-finance tool for youth groups
Create new links and synergies
Make sure youths are driving the process
The Future
CLIMB 2011
Starts 28 February
Theme: Towards a ‘Green’ Economy &
Greater Urban Safety
THANK YOU
www.kilimanjaroinitiative.or.ke