American Embassy Donated Basketballs to Alice Foundation. We appreciate your support. "together we can do this"

 In the helping of youngsters Alice Foundation planned to use different strategies including arts and sports, in the sports we are organizing a basketball program for two teen’s basketball clubs two different basketball courts around Ubungo ward. We are organizing a club Basketball players for Teens from middle income families at one of the courts located in the NHC Ubungo Flats. These clubs were initiated by the teens themselves but were not sustainable due to various reasons including weak leadership which led to poor coordination and lack of support, although there is a good basketball court in the area. Alice Foundation  talked to the players and agreed to coordinate and monitor the progress of the club and now there are some basketball activities which have started already.

chairperson and Founder Alice Foundation Receiving Basketball From American Embassy Mid this year2012

In another court, which is also located in Ubungo near our office, there is a good basketball court but there were no any basketball activities instead people around the area use the ground for drying their grains and during evening the court is used for boxing exercise instead of basketball activities, although there are some basketball players and basketball lovers from low income families in the surrounding areas. To make it worse the area around the court is used for other unproductive activities such as meeting place for idle youths whom we suspect are engaged in illegal dealings such as smoking marijuana and illicit drinking. Alice Foundation has  organize youths who were basketball players and others who had interest in basketball playing  formed a club. 

we have basketball youngsters clubs in the two basketball courts around Ubungo ward, the aim of that program is to boost and encourage youngsters in their skills, good use of their time and preparing them for the better future.

Our objective was to change the negative attitude and reduce illegal activities for youngsters in the area through sensitizing them to engage in useful activities in order to explore talents, assisting  them have goals for their future, helping them  to put in place strategies to implement what they have planned to achieve their goals. Our ultimate aim is preparing them for the better tomorrow; also our plan is to explore  opportunities for those youths through networking, creating awareness to them on  HIV/Aids and drugs effects including offering different skills such as entrepreneurship skills for those teens who are out of schools.

 Accomplishing our basketball program we appreciate American Embassy (Tanzania) for their support  We, thank you for the indefatigable support you have been extending to the Tanzanian people’s wellbeing.