Sport app launched

Sport4Development says farewell
    - 2022-06-01 10:56:00
The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture (MoEAC), the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service (MSYNS) together with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) hosted the Integrated Physical Education and School Sports (IPESS) 4Life App launch and overall Sport4Development project farewell recently.
In attendance where Deputy Minister of MoEAC, Hon. Faustina Caley, and the German Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Herbert Beck, as well as partners in the project such as the Directorate Sport senior sports officer, the Regional Manager of GIZ’s S4DA Regional Project, and the Sport for Development instructor.
The IPESS4Life application, the launch of which was a major part of the event, was initiated by the GIZ Sport for Development in Africa (SD4A) regional project and was funded, designed, developed, and presented by Green Enterprise Solutions to make the content of the Physical Education 4 Life Book Series digitally available. Now it is in the hands of coaches, trainers, and educators across the country, giving them access to training programmes along with guidelines on how to engage and teach learners what a safe environment is.
As part of the farewell event, beneficiaries of the Sport4Development project, including organisations such as the Special Olympics, MiLLi*, Star4Life, Basketball Artists School and some sport start-ups of the incubator programme SportUp, showcased their work while attendees had the opportunity to watch the beautifully produced Basketball Artists School documentary short film.
In closing, slam poet Harry Msimuko delivered an inspiring rap that encapsulated the programme, ending in a standing ovation from those in attendance.
As the event and therefore initiative came to an end, Valerie Ostheimer, Regional Manager of GIZ’s S4DA Regional Project, said: “IPESS4life is in excellent hands under the stewardship of the ministries, with a strong framework in place and now the mobile app is there to ensure learners can learn, go and grow for many years to come.”