Recommendation to the implementers

The manual is a catalogue over some of the currently available support in Zambia for communities that want to start or develop a sports club.

However, the catalogue is mainly accessible to educated people which might be few in disadvantaged communities. There is therefore a need to train facilitators on how to communicate the manual's intentions and facts as well as coach the communities to overcome obstacles encountered when trying to acquire the support tabled in the manual.

The facilitators could be community development field staff, church staff and others that have a heart for the vulnerable.

The facilitators must learn the sociology of poverty and the lack of alternatives. Disadvantaged areas tend to focus on obstacles rather than opportunities and this may easily make the communities give up when approaching a problem such as meeting disinterested or negative people when asking for support from the authorities such as organisations, institutions and offices.

The facilitators must coach the participants in understanding their rights and learn how to handle the short comings and ineffectiveness of some of the support agencies. They must learn to be patient, persistent and vigilant in order to receive the support they are entitled to.

Each entry in the manual has limitations as well as may open up possibilities depending on how they go about presenting their needs and follow up their application to that particular agency/organisation.

The facilitator course must explain thoroughly each entry in the manual so the communities can be realistic when seeking support. The manual is the back up, the encouragement and the facts, the resource book for the facilitators.

For the communities it is a reassurance print, a book of opportunities they know is there to guide them, written specifically for them, listing support from the perspective of getting support to their sports club.

Such usage of the manual has the potential to provide more sports to more children and youth in Zambia through self help by empowering communities to build community based sports clubs with the guidance by the facilitator and the resource manual.