KICKING AIDS OUT
What is KICKING AIDS OUT?
Kicking AIDS Out offers an innovative, inclusive, high energy approach that links sport, physical activity and traditional movement games with HIV and AIDS education and prevention methods.
Kicking AIDS Out (KAO) begun as an African initiative aimed at children and youth. KAO has developed into an evolving international network of partner organizations and associates with trained youth leaders who can engage their peers in sports, provide accurate health- related information and skillfully create safe spaces for discussion on many sensitive issues.
VISION
To educate young persons about the benfits of making positive decisions as it relates to their life and to make them aware of the consequences of negative decisions.
MISSION
To empower youth to positively influence their lives and lives of others, by actively enhancing lifeskills through sport.
The main objectives of KAO:
*Increase awareness of the benefits of sports and recreation in addressing social issues
*Provide opportunities to raise awareness of social issues (HIV/AIDS)
*To make sport an ideal mechanism to mobilize awareness around HIV/AIDS
*Provide training to community sport leaders in life skills/life orientation and implementation of KAO
*Increase knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS
*Increase awareness among youth of health related issues that impact their lives (and their participation in sport and recreation)
BENEFITS OF KAO
Positive impact on addressing social issues
Increased knowledge of HIV/AIDS and other social issues
Youth oriented activities and events with focus on HIV/AIDS and life orientation/life skills