This is the first episode of Dankind
Academy with practices, scrimmages, weight room sessions and meals for a group of young
South Sudanese basketball players living in and around
Nairobi, Kenya. The players moved around from
Railways club, Parklands baptist church and the courts at the
U.N while looking for a permanent situation where training could be held on a daily basis close to an accommodation for everyone to live together.
DANKIND ACADEMY
Dankind Academy is running a humanitarian project in
East Africa using basketball as a vehicle for progress. Our goal is to train, mentor and educate athletes to become charitable, professional basketball players who are also role models and responsible for uplifting and constructing in their communities in order to benefit the next generation.
Dankind Academy is constantly in search of a £35,
000.00 sponsorship in order to continue providing 16 aspiring athletic and tall
African athletes with a daily elite basketball training program in Nairobi, Kenya. This will be the second Dankind Academy season after a very successful first year when the boys lived in a house together, trained every week and were crowned
Nairobi Basketball Association Champions.
The sponsorship money is used to provide the following :
- 2 daily 3 hour training sessions 6 days a week.
- 3 weekly weight training sessions.
- 2 - 3 league and friendly games per week
(with highlights posted online)
- 3 meals a day, everyday.
- Accommodation (rent, electricity, water)
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Cleaner and cook
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Experienced and strict coaching staff.
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Video analysis sessions.
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Swimming on days off
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Transportation to and from games
- Referees during mid week friendly games
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League costs and affiliation
The goal of the academy is to train players to become professional basketball players in leagues all around the world as well as role models dedicating 10 percent of their salaries in the future to not only keep the academy running but also to provide the following benefits for the next generation in their own developing nations:
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Building perpetually energised homes
- Investing in solar panels
- Building schools, hospitals, water pumps, libraries and basketball courts
- Establishing coaching and referee clinics
- Establishing, promoting & funding leagues
- Coaching at summer basketball camps
- Motivational public speaking
Contact Information
Dankind Academy (
DKA)
No. SIRET 753 713 395 00014
Gymnase
Marcel Cerdan
129 avenue de la Maladrerie
78300
Poissy
Email : dankindacademy@gmail.com
Kenya Tel : + 254 704835101
Follow Dankind Academy online at :
http://www.dankindacademy.com
https://www.facebook.com/DankindAcademy
http://www.youtube.com/user/dankindacademy
https://twitter.com/DankindAcademy
- published: 28 Mar 2013
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