This year’s Lions Cricket KFC Mini Cricket provincial seminar focused on rebooting.
The seminar was held at DP World Wanderers Stadium on August 18.
Group account director at Playmakers Sponsorship and Marketing and project manager Bjorn Oosthuis said KFC had a bold vision to be the most inclusive brand for all which is underpinned by ‘feeding people’s potential’.
In a video, KFC revealed that they levelled the playing field for more than 120 000 children through KFC Mini Cricket allowing them to grow into greatness. Through the KFC Ikusasa Lethu Scholarship, they provided quality education to children through diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Lions Cricket board member Earl Glennistor commended the teachers and coaches of the mini cricket programme for teaching the children about the history and culture of cricket. “As teachers, you know how important it is for children to touch, feel, listen and think.
This is not just a programme but a breeding ground for South African cricketers. Sometimes you are the mothers, fathers, and brothers of these children of whom some don’t have, these luxuries of society,” said Glennistor.
Guest speaker Brecht Mohonathan said everyone had a role to play and make an impact in society whether you were a tea lady, security guard, KFC Mini Cricket coordinator or CEO. He added, “Emotional disorders, addictions and life issues do not discriminate and we have the potential to use those as a learning curve to bounce back, get back on our feet and use our learnings to be stronger and teach the next person to make the best versions of themselves.”
Talking about safeguarding children in the programme and other sports disciplines, provincial head coach at Gauteng Cricket, Bryan Patel said coaches were required to have a police clearance and coaching credentials. He said the reason for this was because they discovered that criminals were also in the ‘coaching’ space and when they came out of jail ‘the first point of recourse for them to go to earn an income is through coaching’.
“Our learners in our schools are then exposed to this environment. We are now saying safety is a measurement tool which we need to ensure that learners’ rights are protected.”
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