The Red Location is the 2nd oldest township in South Africa. Overtime the infrastructure in the location has been dilapidated, and there has been neglect of maintenance and development by the Municipality. The community is plagued by poverty and high levels of unemployment. The devastating effects of Covid-19 Lockdown prompted this action that has galvanized this Social Responsibility Initiative.

GOALS

• Build new sports facilities
• Upgrade existing ones
• Mini-sport: promote children’s participation in sport and establish programs in codes such as soccer, cricket, rugby, tennis, basketball, and indoor sports as boxing, judo, etc
• Promote schools’ sport: establish links with the schools in the area to help them with their sports activities. Also, to form links with traditional sports schools like Grey to provide mentoring
• Promote sport among girls: this has been an area of neglect in many codes in our country. This will receive specialized attention.
• Coaches: have full-time, part-time, and volunteer coaches who will ensure that the children are provided not only with correct basics but are also supported throughout
• Mini academies: to ensure that the most talented children receive focused and specialized training in their sport of choice

The benefits of sport to the overall development of a child are well documented.

• Health benefits e.g, better physical and mental development.
• Better social and interpersonal skills.
• Education: children who play sport tend to do better at school.
• Avoidance of the ills that plague youth e.g., drugs, crime, and early pregnancy.
• The involvement of children through sport will inevitably lead to parental involvement and therefore community participation and more importantly parental cooperation on programs involving their children.
• Child development through sport will lead to the revitalization of their community.
• During the construction phase of the project, there will be temporary job creation.