Stop-It
This project's parent organization is Iconage Holdings
It operates in South Africa
It uses Adapted sports and
Entered the Sport for Conflict Resolution Award
More about Stop-It
It is well-known that the focused use of sports, particularly in contexts of compromise is a powerful tool able to empower communities and to accelerate opportunities for health, peace and wellness.
Because children are our most vulnerable citizens, and because so many of our children are poverty trapped, survival in compromise is an overwhelming challenge. Of particular concern is the current high prevalence of rape and child abuse. One in 3 (75%) experience bullying behaviours in schools every day. In South African schools, Bullying Rates for the Grade 4 s are the highest in the world and one in 14 girl children are at risk of sexual abuse with a fifth of sexual assaults taking place in schools
The Red Kit which is the second Programme in the suite of Move-It, Moving Matters® Programmes particularly deals with these issues in the element designed for this purpose called: “Stop-It”. Learners learn to recover, realign and ready themselves from the ground up and they learn to take charge of themselves with confident use of physical indicators that demonstrate control, courage and confidence. Physical routines are acquired and applied repeatedly to situations which demand the right