The Kids League (TKL)

Kampala, Uganda
In partnership with the Kampala Kids League (KKL)

The Kids League (TKL) was founded in 2003 as a registered non-profit organisation following the incredible success of the Kampala Kids League (KKL) - a voluntary association founded by Trevor Dudley MBE and Lesley Magnay in Uganda’s capital city to improve the lives of children through sport.

The Kids League works towards a world where all young people have the opportunity to improve their lives through access to sports and recreation. Its mission is to design and support sustainable sporting activities in the pursuit of wider development goals.

Since 2003, The Kids League has helped thousands of children from different social, economic and religious backgrounds form friendships and, crucially, learn important health issues including HIV/AIDs awareness.

One of the Kids League’s first projects was to help promote peace and reconciliation in Uganda’s northern district of Gulu which was then in the final stages of the country’s 20 year civil rebel conflict. In 2003, the Lords Resistance Army, comprising mainly of child soldiers abducted from their homes, was then still active in the region. By providing integrated team sports leagues for all children, the Kids League helped bring communities together and reconcile and reintegrate the former abductees with their former adversaries.

The Kids League has continued to promote health and education messages to children across northern Uganda. It has brought this experience back to Kampala to turn its former simple sports leagues into ‘sport in development’ initiatives. Thus it has been able to promote inclusion in sports for girls to help them stay in school by building their pride and athleticism in order that they are better informed to avoid, for example, teen pregnancy.

TKL plan to develop more programmes across Uganda. Their plans include;

· The construction of a National Children’s Sports Centre

· Encouraging more girls to play sport

· Developing inclusive sports programmes to enable more children with disabilities to participate in TKL activities

· Developing an income generating programme to provide locally manufactured sports equipment for schools

For more information please visit their website http://thekidsleague.wordpress.com/