title : Year-End Highlights: JMK PARK REACHES 100,000 REGISTERED USERS IN 2017!!
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Year-End Highlights: JMK PARK REACHES 100,000 REGISTERED USERS IN 2017!!
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – 29 December 2017 – Just in time to celebrate the end of 2017, Samwel Wilson Milli became the 100,000th new user to register at the Jakaya M. Kikwete Youth Park (JMK Park) on 19th December, it was announced today by the park’s Director, Mark Sequeira. This major milestone comes just in time to mark a year of exciting highlights at the facility. In just two years since its opening, the Park, which is fully funded by Symbion Power, has become an epicenter of activity in the lives of the many young boys, girls and adults throughout Dar as Salaam.
Mr. Milli, 18 years old, and now a fan of JMK Park, is pursuing his education in economics, geography and mathematics. To mark the occasion, JMK Park gave Samwel the opportunity to show off his fancy footwork on the full pitch, by organizing an exclusive football match for him and his friends. Their team, known as “Bunju Sports” won 4-0 against ‘Mburahati FC”. It was a first time visit to JMK Park for both U18 teams as well as the first time any of them had ever played on a professional football pitch.
Mr. Sequeira said, “JMK Park has continued to grow as a vital part of the community in Dar es Salaam. Reaching this landmark 100,000 number of registered individual users reflects the enormous impact that JMK Park has on the community and is also a testament to the commitment of a talented and highly trained staff, as well as to the wide range of free programs that are available.”
The following are a selection of highlights that took place at JMK Park during 2017:
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Celebrated 100,000 registered individual users!
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JMK Park hosted a wide range of events including, International Day of the Girl; Malaria International Day; World AIDS Day; Day of African Child and many more.
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JMK Park was proud to host a visit by Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Alex Morgan and Orlando City SC midfielder Servando Carrasco of Major League Soccer who visited Tanzania in December as part of the U.S. Department of State Sports Envoys program. They held soccer clinics and JMK Park and spoke to students from a variety of local schools.
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Coach training development programs for more than 85 coaches with expertise in basketball, football, volleyball, hockey, and Grassroot Soccer Zinduka training.
FOOTBALL
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Grassroot Soccer Zinduka and Skillz Girl programs provide important health and lifestyle educations to participating boys and girls. In 2017, over 3000 kids completed the programs.
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U16 Academy players were selected to participate with the Tanzania National Football team to compete in the CAF Gabon Tournament as well as selected U15 Academy players who were invited to train with the Tanzanian National Team and participate in the U17s AFCON Tournament to be hosted in Tanzania in 2019.
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Launched JMK Park Football Academy and a dedicated JMK Park Girls Team.
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The JMK Park Elite Football Academy in Association with Sunderland AFC, brought home the winning trophy from the prestigious Chipkizi Cup 2017 East African Tournament U17 Boys in Arusha for the U17s competition.
BASKETBALL
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Jr. NBA program doubled to include 900 participating boys and girls, and a total of 60 teams, with Aga Khan Boys and Juhudi Girls winning the 2017 championship.
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Launched the JMK Park Elite Basketball Training Academy program for U16s and U18s. Participants were selected after open tryouts were held for kids aged 15 – 18.
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Hosted a range of tournaments and coach training clinics including, the male/female wheelchair basketball tournament; Open Tournament where 39 teams from Kenya, Arusha, Bagomoyo participated.
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Hosted coaching clinics and basketball camps including one with former NBA player, Hasheem Thabeet.
Paul Hinks, CEO Symbion Power said, “JMK Park has been a huge success and I am very proud to see how it has continued to grow and become part of Dar es Salaam. The fact that in just two short years 100,000 people have registered, tells us that more parks (just like JMK Park) are needed across the country. It is our hope that other firms which operate in Tanzania will also sponsor the construction of similar facilities, which help to provide much needed free programs and services. I’d like to thank Mark and the fantastic and dedicated team of coaches and administrators for all their efforts in making JMK park what it is today.”
The Park’s range of free sport and education programs have continued to grow and expanded into what is now a diverse time table of 16 different programs designed to engage children on and off the field with skills-based athletic coaching and lifestyle education including programs focused on HIV/AIDS and Malaria awareness.
JMK Park’s founding partners, Symbion Power and Sunderland AFC, in collaboration with the NBA, developed the non-profit facility to provide free opportunities for education and skills training of Tanzanian youth that were not previously available. These programs help to contribute to improving the daily lives of children and the community.
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| JMK Park Director, Mark Sequeira, Samwel Wilson Milli, 18, who became the 100,000th new user to register at JMK Park and Hababuu Omar, Head Coach, Football |
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