WHERE WE WANT TO BE

Sport for Impact Outreach (SIO) is committed to achieve our vision with a clear-cut mission statements driven by specific and measurable goals and objectives in an effort to advance the global goals and contribute to the social and economic development of Nigeria.

OUR VISION

To achieve a healthy, peaceful and inclusive communities in Nigeria through the power of sport.

MISSION STATEMENT

Using sport as a tool to engage children and youths in communities for social opportunity and development.

OUR GOALS

¤ To inspire increased youth interest in diverse sport through active participation and in the development of domestic sport industry.

¤ Encourage school enrolment, retention, and access to education for Nigerian child in disadvantaged communities through sport.

¤ To contribute to a peaceful, violent-free communities through dialogue and conflict resolution method initiated through sporting intervention

¤ To strengthen social inclusion through enhancing community participation and cooperation through sporting programmes

¤ To expose youths and children to skills, information and entrepreneurial training and opportunities abounds in sport industry.

¤ Reduce the incidence of susceptibility of children and youths to physical and mental illnesses caused by drug abuse and inactive lifestyles.

¤ To promote indigenous sports and physical and action based activity

¤ To encourage youths active participation in delivering community development project and SDGs using sport.

¤ To strengthen cooperation and partnership with other organisations, government agencies and other civil societies to deliver a cross-based efforts for a better society.
 

OBJECTIVES

° Achieving drop in youths unemployment through encouraging increased youth interest in choosing careers in heterogeneous sport and exposing them to skills, information and opportunities to achieve these dreams

° To achieve a drop in school drop-outs, increased school attendance and promoting value based learning.

° A healthier and stronger children and youths in Nigeria thereby reducing incidence of non-communicable disease and inactive lifestyle.

° To canvass for increased youth participation in sport in Nigeria driven from tertiary institutions and campaigning for intensified applied research in sport science.

° Using sport as a viable vehicle to drive peace and reconciliation between and among divided communities.

° To engage youths as change actors to vanguard and lead sport advocacy in their communities.

° Provides opportunities for acquisition of physical and mental fitness along with important life-long skills.

° Have active organizations which bring people together and represent their ideas, concerns and act as diversionary forum for youths and children away from anti-social behaviours and groups.

° Giving the youths and children an avenue to channel their anger, rage, frustration and boredom into socially acceptable forms of combat or sporting activities.

° Building capacity and awareness programmes on alternative or less popular sports to open up more talents and growths.

° Sports to be used in the slums and poor communities to combat social problems and to offer a sporting chance to the kids in the slums.

° Engage extensive network of stakeholders, including governments, UN system entities, civil society organizations, sport federations, academia, private companies and the media to drive home social and economic development in the country.

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More than just an entertainment galore - It can change the world

Sport has become a world language, a common denominator that breaks down all the walls of barriers. it is a worldwide industry whose practices can have widespread impact. Most of all, it is a powerful tool for progress and for development - 
      United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, once said.

       At first, it is needless to say that apart from religion, sport remains arguably the only true forum that bring us together for a common goal irrespective of tribal or ethnic bias, religious affiliations or colour, in the face of myriads of challenges ranging from poverty, unemployment, conflict, insecurity among others. This universal language have tremendous potential to connect and unite groups and communities. Sport has the capacity to empower individuals, and bring one’s moral values to the forefront.

In a development context the definition of sport usually includes a broad and inclusive spectrum of activities suitable to people of all ages and abilities, with an emphasis on the positive values of sport. In 2003, the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace defined sport, for the purposes of development, as

All form of physical activity that contribute to physical fitness, mental well-being and social interaction such as play, recreation, organized or or competitive sport, and indigenous sports and games.
In this light, the power of sport has enjoyed global acceptance from Inter-Governmental Organisations like the United Nation, Commonwealth, EU, AU among others as a viable tool to drive social change, peace and development. Most notably its role to consolidate efforts towards actualization of key goals in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) championed by the United Nation Office of Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), Geneva.

Key targets are:-

| Health  -                       SDG 3                                                          | Education -                  SDG 4ߑ
| Gender Equality -        SDG 5 
| Economic Growth -     SDG ߏ 8
| Peace  -                        SDG 16                                                                           | Partnerships  -             SDG 17

Sport has been used continuously all over the world to contribute to a better society for all. Using sport to advance social change, peace and development. Through sport and play programmes, children and youths in vulnerable communities can be reached and supported. Giving them opportunity to live a healthy, peaceful and good life.

Initiation into sports at a young age can fill a void in the lives of vulnerable youth at a critical stage - which may prevent them from becoming involved in delinquent or criminal activity.

Through early intervention, sport programs can help to move youth onto a positive life trajectory. This reduces the risk of future involvement in delinquency which, if not prevented, can continue over a lifetime. Continued intervention is crucial in the lives of youth facing a pivotal choice about whether or not to join a gang. Short-term interventions may not be sufficient.

There is no less expensive potential than sport to support a healthy, peaceful and inclusive Nigerian communities.
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Sport and ThisAbility - An opportunity to dream

At about 5 years ago, i stormed the image above on the internet, then i was thrilled at the joy that greeted the boy's face. The radiant face says alot about how much children needs the societal support most especially those with special ability like him, the chance to play and dream to help raise their belief and confidence to compete and succeed.  His zeal and drive to run on that track demonstrates that people with #ThisAbility does not amount to inability. It shows how stronger mentally they are, only begging for our support, love and rather than rejection or discrimination.

Fastfoward to 2016, have been more passionate than ever to what sport can do, the tremendous power of sport in strengthen social inclusion. This kid just want to play and actualize his dream of being an athlete and then with a little support, he could achieve it. Sport is indeed powerful. It gives an opportunity to dream, happy and learn essential social values.

People all over the world and most notably Nigerians, must begin to see sport beyond as just an entertainment galore or a mere physical activity. Its popularity if availed adequately can advance social change, development in communities.

Its appeal is ever growing across the world but sport can do more in the society. Its power to mobilize, unite and inspire can be used to achieve great things when children and youths are engaged using sport as means to support their health, education, foster social inclusion, gender equality, promote peace and raise environmental awareness.
With multiplicity of challenges facing the world today and Nigeria most particularly, ranging from diseases, increasing school dropout, very little awareness about environmental practices and climate change, insecurity, riots in communities, discrimination against girls and women among others, sport can be a viable means to drive social change. It can do it alone, but with effective partnership of with other non profit organisations and concerted effort across the seam can bring to fore, a better nigeria, making giant strides in the actualization of the Sustainable Development Goals target in Nigeria.

You can navigate through our archives to read about our goals and target to support our programmes and initiatives.