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Haiti Sports Evangelism

Sports Evangelism is one of the major niche markets we are targeted. UCT seeks to partner with International organization such as World Sports Ministries and regional organizations - The Inter Church Sports Association of Barbados, Caribbean Sports Reach in Jamaica and The Alliance of Christian Athletics of Haiti.

Our mission is to reach and help other's reach the lost world through sports with the good news of Jesus Christ.

Our objectives are

• To educate, encourage and partner with outreaching churches, ministries and individuals in proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ using sport and leisure evangelism.
• To assemble, co-ordinate, train and activate local area interdenominational teams to evangelize through sport in the countries that God calls us to.
• To support and encourage specific sport ministries in fulfilling their calling in the Kingdom of God.
• To form relationships with, help disciple and prepare for sports ministry, sport's men and women who serve Jesus Christ.
• To reach and assist schools and sport's clubs, providing sporting resources and quality coaching.
• To help unite the body of Christ through team work and outreaches.
• To teach sport's participants God's plan for them in the sporting arena.

More importantly they love the Lord Jesus and are open to testify to the other young teams they play with that "Voodoo in Haiti is a dead religion and we serve a living God and play on a winning team!"

Land has been identified in Jacmel not far from the church that is an ideal location for the new playing field and Mission Holiday Village. We urgently need to build a clubhouse and a bus is needed to transport the team and church members to various games and outreach activities not only in Jacmel but in Port au Prince.

UCT is researching the possibility of introducing Kicking AIDS Out of Haiti. Kicking AIDS Out is an international Network of organisations working together to use sport and physical activity as a means of raising awareness about HIV and AIDS and motivating behaviour change among youth.

The network shares information and best practices. It promotes policy development, shares resource material and represents a forum for exchange and discussion.

Kicking AIDS Out is an approach of combining sports activities and addressing HIV/AIDS

The mission is to empower youth to positively influence their lives and the lives of others by actively enhancing life skills through sport

Kicking AIDS Out! promotes the use of sport as a tool for development. Sports & physical activities are used to build awareness about HIV and AIDS through educational games and activities which encourage peers to discuss issues that affect their lives and their communities. Programmes implemented by member organisations integrate sport skills and life skills through movement games, role plays, drama and other cultural and recreational activities. Central to success and sustainability is capacity building. Kicking AIDS Out develops programs to train coaches, trainers and leaders, building capacity at the individual, organizational and community level.

Why Sport?

• Sport is a fun and exciting way to draw people together that creates an environment conducive to sharing positive mesages about HIV and AIDS and other health related issues.
• It provides opportunities to influence knowledge and behaviour through the creation of meaningful mentorig relationships between participants, Peer Leaders and coaches.
• There is the potential to emphasize and enhance the life skill learning that is already inherent in participating in sports.
• Empowering the youth with a signficant role in organising and facilitating the physical activities further capatalises on the power of sport to teach valuable life lessons.
  
  Sourced from www.kickingaidsout.net