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In addition to training coaches, the KNVB is active in other fields.
Training referees
The KNVB academy offers courses for referees as well and has conducted them at MYSA in Kenya and other places. Between 2001 and 2005 about 200 youth referees were trained there. At present, 19 of them are teaching courses for young referees as well, both in Kenya and outside. Over 20 trained referees operate at national competitions, and one female referee has even become a FIFA referee.
Management support
The KNVB assists football associations and local organizations in developing a football vision and in managing and organizing football. In the process, the KNVB has used its experience in the Netherlands to support football leagues in Kenya, Zambia, Burkina Faso, South Africa and Kyrgyzstan.
Partnerships [MYSA, KBFT]
Ideally, the KNVB carries out its development activities in conjunction with partners from the South. Providing training in football technique through the coach-the-coach programme is the responsibility of the KNVB. The partner organizations enhance this programme by contributing local knowledge or their knowledge about using sports as an instrument toward development. The Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA), for example, is a frequent partner.
Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA)
'Do something for MYSA, and MYSA will do something for you.' In 1987 MYSA was established in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya, under this motto. MYSA runs football programmes for children who, in exchange for sports and games, agree to clean up and maintain their heavily littered surroundings. This is a basic requirement for living with a modicum of dignity and warding off serious diseases. In 2005 MYSA signed up 14,000 boys and girls, who organize football matches under the supervision of their own youth leaders. Over 1,000 football teams compete on the fields in the slums every weekend. The condition for playing is that these children agree to help others: collecting rubbish, providing information about HIV/AIDS, reintegrating street children, training and the like. The motto is: 'if you do nothing, MYSA won't do anything for you either.'
Outreach Programmes
MYSA has now acquired extensive expertise in promoting community development through sports. This formula may obviously be applied in other contexts, provided it is adapted to accommodate local needs. The KNVB is in a position to assist with football technique. Youth leaders trained by MYSA now conduct similar projects in other parts of Kenya, in refugee camps, in Uganda and in Tanzania. In addition, MYSA football coaches trained by the KNVB Academy teach courses for youth leaders in Kenya, Zambia, South Sudan, South Africa and Mozambique.
Kalusha Bwalya Foundation Trust
In 2003 the Kalusha Bwalya Foundation Trust (KBFT) became a partner of the KNVB in developing football for young people in Zambia and in combining HIV/AIDS awareness programmes with courses about coaching. Zambia has a high rate of HIV infection, and many people die of AIDS there.
The Foundation is dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS and to improving the quality of life and life expectancies among young people in Zambia. To this end, the Foundation focuses primarily on male and female athletes with and without HIV/AIDS. The Foundation hopes that these athletes will become vehicles toward informing and raising awareness among children and young people about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and explaining how to cope with them. The campaign comprises organized sports activities for young people, courses and clinics. Athletes use the slogan 'A Healthy Body, A Healthy Future' to inform avid young football players.
The KNVB endeavours to serve the Foundation in many ways. In 2004, for example, the KNVB Academy conducted a basic course for coaches and trainers in Namaacha, Mozambique, at the request of the Mozambique National Football Association. Two African instructors - Francis Kimanzi (MYSA) and Ben Bamfuchile (Kalusha Foundation) - taught this course. Both have completed the KNVB training pyramid.
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Johan van Geijn
Johan van Geijn
Prins Claus Foundation
Johan van Geijn
Johan van Geijn
Johan van Geijn
Johan van Geijn
Johan van Geijn
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