Eldoret; Athletics as an alternative to Violence

Some athletes at the Supportive Hearts Camp in North Rift.

Athletics is an interesting experience that releases tension, stress and also contributes to the well being of our physical, mental and social health. With this in mind Supportive Hearts International Camp in North-Rift, came up with one of a kind camp, that rehabilitates youth who were involved in post-election violence while tapping latent talent. The essence of this camp was to rehabilitate the youth who were involved in post election violence through sports.With KTI support, their goals were achievable; KTI’s objective was to use athletics as an alternative to Violence and to increase capacity of Kenyan state and non-state actors to take prompt steps to address the underlying causes of instability that was brought about by the post election violence that rocked Kenya.The camp attracts youth athletes from all sections: normal , Blind , Paralympics and deaflympics athletes.The standard newspaper published an artice on June 28th on the Supportive Hearts International Camp