WATCH: Tsakani youth empowered through arts, sports, and health
The stakeholders hosted an art and sports event in Tsakani on Wednesday to embrace creativity and sports, while promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Tsakani – Vusimuzi Masola, in partnership with the Soul City Institute and the Voice of Faith Arts Development NPO, hosted an arts and sports event on September 25.
Masola, the founder and coach of the Rabbit Netball Club, said the event aimed to embrace the youth’s abilities while showing them that organisations and individuals who support the arts and sports exist.
He said the event invited other stakeholders to offer health services to the public, especially the youth, saying they must be taught how to better care for their health and well-being.
“I involve myself more in sports but believe the two co-exist. I believe art can help the kids academically because it unleashes their creative side while learning.
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“An example I can give is when doing drama, there are scripts needed, and for the scripts to be well written, there is a need for good English and sentence construction,” he said.
He added that through art, there are many ways to convey vital messages, saying children can learn new things in a fun and educational way through drama. He said art and drama are also a great way to help awareness campaigns reach their target audience.
The Soul City Institute programmes officer, Nondumiso Khethwa, said the institute supports clinics in mobilising young people to better access health services.
She said they invited the Siyayinqoba Community Media Trust (CMT) and Shout-It-Now to make the event a success because they also offer health mobile services.
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“These services are relevant to young people, especially those who do not want to go to clinics. We are not trying to overshadow clinics, but trying to bring all the services to the people,” she said.
The event had performances by dancers, poets, actors and actresses and allowed the various stakeholders to present their services to the public. Siyayinqoba CMT facilitator Lerato Masuku told the youth more about their services and how they work.
“We conduct behavioural programmes for the youth. We teach them good financial spending habits, how to hunt for jobs and the different health issues we have, such as HIV/Aids, STIs, and methods of prevention.
“We encourage them to have dreams while installing knowledge. To practicalise what we taught them, we refer them to Shout-It-Now to do health check-ups to promote good health,” said Masuku.
The stakeholders provided health check-ups and screenings, and the day ended with a netball match.
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