Change 4 life through Sports
Start date: Jan 1, 2016,
End date: May 31, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
Among 15-30 year olds, 38% regularly go for a walk, bike ride or engage in other sport activities during their leisure time. However, the percentage of Maltese young people who regularly play sports during their leisure time is relatively low when compared with other European countries. - The Maltese National Youth Policy. The independence on the 24th September 2015 confirmed this with the article "It's official: The Maltese are the fattest in all of the European Union "The Malta Judo Academy is a judo club out of 6 Judo clubs in Malta, that is working not only on Judo but helping youth in society including the problem of obesity in Malta.
Change 4 life through Sports will target especially Maltese youth with no background of sports, suffer from obesity, suffer from bullying or discrimination and people with disability or other difficulties to help them discover sports as a way of life. This Project is based on an 8 day youth exchange, 60 participants bringing together different European Countries to share their experience and learn through discussions, videos, role-plays, cultural activities and Team Work. The Objectives of the project are:
Sports in General Healthy lifestyle - mentally and physically
Disabilities - Special needs experience
Active citizenship Social inclusion and SolidarityTolerance, friendship, sincerity and courage
Different cultures By the end of this project, the participant will have the experience how to adopt a healthy lifestyle, how sports will keep them active not only physically but also as an active citizenship, the ability to work in a team and to cope with conflicts
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