More than 20 million people in Africa (excluding the Northern region)  are on the move, fleeing war, violence persecution and drought. Kenya is hosting more than 600,000 refugees from the neighbouting countries. Over 290,000 refugees from diverse national, ethnis, cultural and social backgrounds reside in Kakuma in the Turkana West region. In order to promote peaceful co-existence and inclusion in the region, the German Development Cooperation focuses on violence prevention through sport, in collaboration with partners in the region. 

Jointly with partners, the German Development Cooperation, through the "Sport for Development in Africa" (S4DA) Regional Project, developed didactic materials on how to promote peaceful conflict resolution competences through football. The manual and drill book built the foundation for the qualification of coaches and teachers who were mainly active in Kakuma and the Turkana West region. Equipped with new competences and new sports equipment sets, the coaches conducted sports acticities that promoted social cohesion, including on newly constructed or renovated sports grounds, and tought children and youth from the refugee and host communities how to use non-violent strategies for conflict resolution through football - both on and off sports grounds. To spread S4D in football across Kenya, the Football Kenya Foundation integrated the approach into its nationwide coaching courses (CAF C License Coaching Course).

S4D in education and sport policies: S4DA closely collaborated with government and non-governmental partners in the devlopment of beneficial policies in the education and sports sector. In Kenya thanks to the embedding of the S4D approach in the policy of Physical Education and Sport for Basic Education (see guideline "Physical Education and Sport Policy" below), the provision of safe, inclusive, and fun sport activities in formal and informal education settings for all learners was enhanced. 

New partner in Kenya is the Kenya Deaf Basketball Federation (KDBF) for promoting gender equality and inclusion through sport:

We invite you to have a look at the following teaching and learning materials, which were created by S4DA on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and our partner organizations in Kenya. You will find a more detailed description about the materials in our collection S4D Tools for your Practice/Teaching and Learning Materials.

If you want to have more detailed and/or further information about S4D in the country, please have a look at the following publications.