Sport for Social Transformation (SST)
This project's parent organization is Kenya Community Sports Foundation
It operates in Kenya
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Conflict Resolution Award
More about Sport for Social Transformation (SST)
First and foremost, KESOFO believes that the effectiveness of sport for communication and social mobilization makes it a highly effective tool for using it as a medium of conflict prevention but also peace building. The fact is that sport has the ability to motivate, inspire and empower a person, which is why we need to ensure it thrives and has an impact across the world, and particularly in Kenya where it’s most needed now.
The role of sport in promoting social integration, in particular of young people, is widely recognized In our conflict transformation and peace building capacity training, KESOFO applies the transformation-oriented peace building approach, whose objective is to transform violent conflicts to non-violent ones based on the idea there may exist irreconcilable interests, values or loyalties in society hence the need to replace conflict resolution with conflict transformation. According to John Paul Lederach the community is divided into three levels which can be approached with different peace building strategies.
Top level leadership is approached by track 1 and outcome oriented approach that is ceasefire. Middle level leadership is accessed through problem solving workshops, civic education, conflict resolution training. Third level leadership is accessed different grass root training where relationship building initiatives are undertaken through civic education and awareness building among local participants in the peace building process.
The youth are often equipped with skills that lead to structural and attitudinal changes with a view to reconciling and building social solidarity among the communities to discover new interactions capable of setting a de-escalatory dynamic in motion in their new relationships where they mutually influence each other on reciprocal bases. Our framework aims at creating new products in form of knowledge and ideas, altered perceptions and attitudes, as well as innovative proposals relevant to specific conflict scenarios.