Kenya with Sports Outreach - August 2024
You have an incredible life-changing opportunity to take part in a Movement vision trip in partnership with Sports Outreach.
This trip is for you if:
- You love sports and playing with kids
- Enjoy learning about new cultures and building intentional relationships
- You're willing to roll up your sleeves and help out with a construction or farming project
- You seek adventure and want to cross wild life safari's off your bucket list
- You want to gain a fresh perspective on life and be encouraged and challenged in new ways
What you’ll do:
- Community Outreach at Kampala Sports Outreach Resource Center: community games with children, construction projects, sports ministry
- Good News Football Club: spend an afternoon playing soccer and ministering in remote villages.
- Chess Ministry: play chess to build relationships and share the love the God.
- Slum Projects: spend time doing home visits, participating in feeding programs and loving on families and kids.
About Kenya and the ministry:
Sports Outreach is all about restoring hope and transforming lives. Their mission is to recruit, train, equip and deploy committed Christian leaders in the effective use of sports ministry for the purposes of sharing the Gospel and alleviating human suffering.
Sports Outreach in Kenya is focused in the notorious Mukuru and Kibera slums in Nairobi. Pastor Juma and his team have many effective works, uniquely designed for this environment and time.
The team’s work includes:
- The SWIFT soccer teams for both boys and girls, which provides strong connection, as well as evangelism opportunities
- Weekly chess programs are very popular. There are two or three young players who are particularly gifted and winning at the national level
- Feeding programs provided in partnership with schools provide hundreds of meals a day for slum children
- A computer skills certificate program helps people gain valuable training
- Discipleship groups for HIV-positive women and teenage girls provide meaningful support and encouragement
To learn more about Sports Outreach click here
*The cost is $3700 including flight cost. This covers all travel, lodging, meals, safari, and ministry expense. Dates may shift by a day or two depending on flights.
**Movement employees will receive a $500 mission grant. The grant is not available for family members. If this is your first mission trip with Movement you may be eligible for 2 days of PTO.
Financial
$3,700.00
| $500.00 | Movement Mission Grant | |
| $1,350.00 | 50% of balance to book flights Due 4/1/2024 | |
| $1,350.00 | Remaining balance Due 7/29/2024 |
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Passport- All team members will need to have a valid passport to travel to Kenay. If an individual’s passport expires within SIX months of the return date, then he/she needs to plan to renew the passport. Passport information can be found on the US Department of State’s website (https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports.html)
- Yellow fever vaccination certificate
Restrictions
- You must be a Movement Mortgage employee, affiliate, or family member of an employee in order to be eligible for this opportunity.
Preparation
- It is important that you plan to make a visit with your local physician for guidance on medications and vaccinations in relation to your personal health. The trip health requirements/recommendations below are guided by the Center for Disease Control’s suggestions for travelers, which can be found in detail at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/Kenya
- Yellow fever vaccination is required for entry (needed at least 8 weeks prior to departure)
- A prescription for malaria prevention, which will need to be started prior to leaving and continue after returning home. The prescriptions used most often are Malarone and Doxycycline. Each member’s doctor will provide him or her with the best recommendation.
- Recommended vaccinations- Hepatitis A and B, Covid, Typhoid, filled prescription for an antibiotic (typically Ciprofloaxin) for possible stomach troubles
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