EACDT exists to teach the young children of East Africa eight key personal characteristics that are widely thought to be essential for personal and professional success:-
ENTHUSIASM
PERSEVERANCE
SELF CONTROL
OPTIMISM
GRATITUDE
CURIOSITY
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
INTEGRITY
Our Mission is to provide vital Life Skills to disadvantaged East African children to enable them to elevate the quality of their lives and futures.
Our Vision is a world where all young East Africans can become positive contributors to Society. In other words, we support young East Africans, regardless of background and disadvantage, so they can succeed in all aspects of their lives.
We aim to enable their success by helping them as young people develop (through the medium of sport and other complementary activities) the skills, values and attitudes essential for leading a purposeful, fulfilling and rewarding life as a young adult.
Central to our Character Through Sport Programme is Character Education and the nurturing of positive character qualities, those judged to be the best predictors of personal and professional success, which, in turn, are the conduits to young people’s ability to achieve “success in all aspects of their lives.
Our Ambition
Our 2024-2028 Business Plan highlights the following priorities:
School Programme Expansion
Reopen two school hubs, bringing the total to five, concentrating exclusively on primary schools.
Increase participating schools from 10 to 16
Concentrate subsequent expansion in Nairobi, to benefit from the closeness of our existing resources
Enhance Character Education training for teachers, volunteers, and people working with children.
Reach over 25,000 participants cumulatively by 2028.
Community Programme Growth
Add one Community Centre by the end of 2026, and two more by the end of 2026, making five in total.
Enroll a further 625 young people by 2028.
Our training net in Kawangware
Structured Support Programme (SSP)
Replace informal mentoring with the SSP
Expand the SSP to encompass :
Individual/group mentoring
Female empowerment
Leadership training
Employability and enterprise skills
Work experience and internships
Academic support
Social action projects
Young mothers in Kawangware learning
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