YES! Coach Program: Addressing 3 Youth Issues in the World
The YES! Coach: Youth Empowerment through Sports Development and Coaching Program is a Php214,000- worth Youth Development Program of JCI Cebu that addressed the 3 identified Youth Issues in Cebu and in the World:
- High levels of Youth Inactivity and Sedentary behaviors which worsens to Mental Health problems
- Declining Academic Performance of the Youth
- Inequality on Youth physical activity promotion and inclusions
The Result:
- developed the 2,100 Youth-beneficiaries to be pro-active of their health and fitness through youth-sports clinic and coaching sessions
- developed 3 Youth Communities through equipping schools and organized communities with enhanced sports equipments which supports its athletics programs for the youth which molds the youth with greater leadership skills, self-confidence and self-respect which develops them to be better team players in career setting
- included and promoted equal gender opportunities for the youth to develop in sports
The objectives of the YES! COACH: Youth Empowerment through Sports Development and Coaching Program has responded and aligned to the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) on Health and Well-being, Gender Equality, and Quality Education and to the World Health Organization’s 2030 Global Goals (WHO) on Physical Activity.