Boxgirls International: Courage Wins!

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Location:	Nairobi, Kenya
Category:	Education
Published:	23 January 2009
Progress:	100% funded
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Boxgirls International improves girls' strength and resilience and helps them to better negotiate the urban environment through providing boxing and self defense training.

Boxgirls train as a team to face individual challenges alone.

The skills they learn in the ring bring them further in their schooling, family and career.

Boxgirls International links innovative projects in Berlin and Nairobi using boxing as a catalyst for social change for women and girls. We plan to include programmes from to Capetown and Hanoi in 2009-2010.

Boxgirls Nairobi creates sporting opportunities for girls and young women in the disadvantaged areas of Nairobi Eastlands.

Girls workout together to become friends, become strong, become aware of the hazards that face them and prepare to fight them together. There is a lack of sporting opportunity for girls in sprawling slums around Nairobi and a daily threat of violence. Unemployment, early pregnancy and lack of school opportunity shape the girls' reality. Boxgirls Nairobi Eastlands was founded by girls in 2007 who wanted to fight for a better future for their community.

Boxing and running provide useful structured activities to teach the girls self-confidence, discipline, teamwork and self defense skills. The girls learn coaching skills and have the chance to take part in conflict resolution and communications training. Activities with partners provide general health, HIV/AIDS and domestic violence education.

Young women who have been in the programme for the last year took part in a coaching workshop to prepare them for phase two of the project working with younger girls aged 8 to 12 in the outlying informal settlements of Nairobi. We are also starting on an income generation programme through offering business boxing workshops, personal training as well as operating a web cafe to provide the girls with marketable skills.

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15 pairs of leather boxing gloves

100% funded

One for 30 Euro. • Published 23 January 2009

Rugged leather boxing gloves for training

English (9):

Y. Andreas

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I. Lösche

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Auch ich habe zusammen mit dem Team von goldene Zeiten Berlin an dem Workshop teilgenommen. Ich hatte zuvor noch keine direkten Erfahrungen mit dem Boxsport gemacht und war dementsprechend sehr gespannt, was mich erwarten würde. Der Tag mit den Boxgirls war aber ein voller Erfolg: Ich hatte jede Menge Spaß und Gelegenheit Stress und Agressionen in positive Energie und Kraft umzuwandeln. Es war eine tolle Erfahrung sich mit dem eigenen Chef in diesem Rahmen auf ganz neue Weise auseinanderzusetzen : Weg vom Schreibtisch und ab in den Ring!

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n. charaby

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I went to Nairobi-Eastlands last year in July/August. Togehter with the two other coaches from Boxgirls Berlin, Heather Cameron and Sarah Bittlerling, we ran a 5-day coaching workshop. Arriving in Nairobi we met the amazing coach of Boxgirls Eastlands, Priest. About ten highly motivated girls and women from Boxgirls Eastlands, at different levels of boxing skills, participated in the course. The workshop consisted of different topics, e. g. general sports science, boxing techniques, training plan development, nutrition, coaching ethics, team building, organisational development, strategic planning etc. Of course it was not only us teaching. i think from the perspective of a coach i never learnt so much brilliant new thing within such a short time. At the end of the workshop the boxers organised a real community event for ca. 40 kids from the neighbourhood trying out what they had learnt in the last days. It was so impressive to see everyone growing personally as either a trainer or a boxing kid during that event - a real success. And of course ... Auma Obama's visit during that event was like a cherry on the cake. We three coaches from Berlin turned back home completely enthisiastic. knowing that this was only the beginning of a great friendship, exchange opportunity and s. th. that needs to be mulitplicated.