WHERE WE WANT TO BE

Sport for Impact Outreach (SIO) is committed to achieve our vision with a clear-cut mission statements driven by specific and measurable goals and objectives in an effort to advance the global goals and contribute to the social and economic development of Nigeria.

OUR VISION

To achieve a healthy, peaceful and inclusive communities in Nigeria through the power of sport.

MISSION STATEMENT

Using sport as a tool to engage children and youths in communities for social opportunity and development.

OUR GOALS

¤ To inspire increased youth interest in diverse sport through active participation and in the development of domestic sport industry.

¤ Encourage school enrolment, retention, and access to education for Nigerian child in disadvantaged communities through sport.

¤ To contribute to a peaceful, violent-free communities through dialogue and conflict resolution method initiated through sporting intervention

¤ To strengthen social inclusion through enhancing community participation and cooperation through sporting programmes

¤ To expose youths and children to skills, information and entrepreneurial training and opportunities abounds in sport industry.

¤ Reduce the incidence of susceptibility of children and youths to physical and mental illnesses caused by drug abuse and inactive lifestyles.

¤ To promote indigenous sports and physical and action based activity

¤ To encourage youths active participation in delivering community development project and SDGs using sport.

¤ To strengthen cooperation and partnership with other organisations, government agencies and other civil societies to deliver a cross-based efforts for a better society.
 

OBJECTIVES

° Achieving drop in youths unemployment through encouraging increased youth interest in choosing careers in heterogeneous sport and exposing them to skills, information and opportunities to achieve these dreams

° To achieve a drop in school drop-outs, increased school attendance and promoting value based learning.

° A healthier and stronger children and youths in Nigeria thereby reducing incidence of non-communicable disease and inactive lifestyle.

° To canvass for increased youth participation in sport in Nigeria driven from tertiary institutions and campaigning for intensified applied research in sport science.

° Using sport as a viable vehicle to drive peace and reconciliation between and among divided communities.

° To engage youths as change actors to vanguard and lead sport advocacy in their communities.

° Provides opportunities for acquisition of physical and mental fitness along with important life-long skills.

° Have active organizations which bring people together and represent their ideas, concerns and act as diversionary forum for youths and children away from anti-social behaviours and groups.

° Giving the youths and children an avenue to channel their anger, rage, frustration and boredom into socially acceptable forms of combat or sporting activities.

° Building capacity and awareness programmes on alternative or less popular sports to open up more talents and growths.

° Sports to be used in the slums and poor communities to combat social problems and to offer a sporting chance to the kids in the slums.

° Engage extensive network of stakeholders, including governments, UN system entities, civil society organizations, sport federations, academia, private companies and the media to drive home social and economic development in the country.

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