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 Johannesburg, 09 June 2013. Sport for Development is an emerging topic in
South Africa that is gradually gaining established ground. Therefore 20 South
Africans were given the opportunity to travel to Germany for a study trip where
they received first hand experience of Sport for Development Initiatives in
Germany that can have a huge impact on their work in South Africa.
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Willi Lemke visits YDF in Mamelodi
 Mamelodi, 11 February 2013.
‘The main reason for me visiting YDF and South Africa again is that we at
the UN believe in sustainability. I am here to see what YDF has been doing
after 2010, and to meet again with some of the youth leaders that I know from
the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camps and follow up on their development.’ Wilfried
Lemke, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for
Development and Peace, made time from his busy schedule to visit YDF in the township of Mamelodi.
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Stories from the Field
 Pretoria, 27 November 2012. YDF and the University of Johannesburg publish 'Stories from the Field', a collection of case studies on the impact of YDF on the life of youth across the African continent.
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YDF launches Manual for Disability Inclusion
 Pretoria, 30 October 2012. After months
of work, all those present at the first Youth Development through Football
Workshop for Disability Inclusion were excited to cast an eye over the newly
published short module. Hot off the press, the ‘YDF Manual for Disability
Inclusion’ has been developed to provide coaches with the social
model of disability, information about different physical and intellectual
impairments, as well as with the knowledge on how to involve people with
disabilities into football sessions.Read full article >>
3rd UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp successfully concluded
 Pretoria, 17 October 2012. On
25 September, the 3rd UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp kicked off at the
Swiss Federal Office of Sport in Macolin/ Magglingen with 26 participants from
16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian territories. After the
successful camps held in Qatar and Germany, this camp again provided the youth
access to training on how sport can be better used to effect positive change in
their communities. Read full article >>
COP17 follow-up events attract attention
 Pretoria, 03 September 2012. The
spirit of COP17 and YDF's Green Goal! event,
which took place at the Conference of Parties in December 2011 in Durban, was
strongly felt at follow-up events in Pretoria (15 August), Soweto (22 August)
and Makhado (28 August). Youth leaders from YDF partner Altus Sport demonstrated
how to integrate environmental awareness - as it is explained in the YDF Manual
for Environmental Awareness - into football sessions with school children who
had been invited from surrounding areas.Read full article >>
Best practices from African partner countries
 Pretoria, 22 August 2012. With
YDF about to close Phase 1 of the project, it was time to invite all partners
from the 9 African countries where the project has been active in the last five
years, to a joint reflection workshop. A group of 13 participants and members
of the YDF team met at Kwalata Game Ranch, north of Pretoria, to share their
experiences and the lessons they have learned.Read full article >>
'Moving The Goalposts' achieves great success
 Kenya, 10 August 2012. This year, Moving The Goalposts (MTG) celebrates
its 10th anniversary and looks back on fantastic achievements in tackling
gender disparities through the use of football. In 2012, MTG entered into a
fruitful partnership with the YDF project to offer girls new prospects by using
football to develop essential life skills.Read full article >>
Training a new Generation of Role Models
 Pretoria, 31 July 2012. As an accredited training partner United Through Sport offered schools,
sports clubs and organisations an exciting opportunity to attend a
Training of Trainers (TOT) course in the Youth Development through
Football (YDF) Toolkit, developed by The German Development
Cooperation (GIZ) and endorsed by South African Football Association
(SAFA). Read full article >>
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