Help Boys Thrive: Ignite Hope

In this quarter under impact review, over 120 boys participated in “Being A Man” mentoring program from three locations.

The boys were mentored on the BMAN 4Rs

• RESPECT
• RESPONSIBITY
• RELATIONSHIP
• RESILENCE

This was taught through football classes to demonstrate the real life applicability of these skills for the success of the team. The entire learning and training classes was 6 weeks.  They met on Fridays for learning session and Saturdays for training sessions. The learning periods lasted for one and half hour while the training periods lasted for four hours.

RESPECT

They learned the importance of the culture of respect. Emphasis was on self-respect. They were made to understand that without a culture of respect, mutual respect is unattainable. Reference were made to behaviours of footballers whose lack of respect for the team or the opposing team caused them to lose a game.

RESPONSIBILITY

The boys hold a good meaning of responsibility in its true sense of the game of football. They were taught on vital role of each football player in the team and how the failure of any player to keep up and discharge their responsibility causes them to lose a game or possible substitution for such player. We stressed further on how failure to take responsibility in their individual lives would lead to failure and could cause them to lose their self-value.

RELATIONSHIP

They quickly grasped the deeper meaning and true value of relationship while passing the ball around and that when the ball is out of relationship to their teammates they lose the ball to the opposing team. Healthy relationship was likened to when they kept the ball in possession and unhealthy relationship is when they were not in possession of the ball. We demonstrated how good relationship attracts positive outcomes and negative relationships repels great life outcomes.

RESILIENCE

The boys learnt that resilient individuals and teams have the ability to maintain a consistent level of high performance in the face of change, adversity and stress. For example, seeing a match as an opportunity to win, instead of an opportunity for failure.  They had a relatable experience by demonstrating resilience in training and explain resilience as the ability to successfully adapt to stressors, maintaining psychological well-being in the face of adversity. It's the ability to “bounce back” from difficult experiences in life.

The mentoring session ended with Q&A session. We were able to successfully install these important life skills in the boys through your generous donations.  We have a target to reach 500 boys in the next quarter. Help us more with this important cause to support our young boys to thrive while there is still hope.