Football is a widely popular sport with over 2.6 billion global enthusiasts. In East Africa, more than 40 million people play football competitively or for fun. Sports can play a significant role in promoting healthy and safe learning and development, particularly for children in challenging contexts. Viva con Agua promotes Football4WASH, F4W, as part of UL4BC approach to create a fun and interactive learning environment that sensitises WASH-related health behaviour in a playful manner. The program was developed in Uganda and extended to other countries like Mozambique, India, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Zambia.
The F4W program is designed around a series of football exercises that are easy to learn and execute. Rather than relying solely on didactic means of information transfer and education or the use of feelings of shame and fear, the F4W program creates a fun-filled atmosphere where learning and the application of health-related behaviours are joyful and dignified.
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Belinda Abraham
Viva con Agua • Germany
