The will to learn. The means to an education.
VSEA Project desires to see an end to the poverty cycle in Deepsea. We feel the best way to make this dream a reality is to invest in the education of the next generation of Deepsea. A typical education in Deepsea lasts through 8th grade, at which point tuition fees drastically rise. Most teenagers in the slum are unable to continue past 8th grade, therefore dropping out before reaching high school. As a result these students have no chance at securing a job and the cycle of poverty continues on to another generation.
Our hope is to find sponsors for each of our scholarship students. However, we do not ask for purely a financial investment, instead we want sponsors to partner with VSEA Project and build lasting relationships with our students.
Every child deserves an education. but in Deep Sea Slum, where many families live on one or two dollars a day, school is an impossible luxury. Students, often female, that cannot afford fees are forced to leave school and work, or in some cases marry at a young age. The Scholarship Program ensures that a family’s material circumstances do not limit a student’s ability to excel in school. None of the scholarships are full awards. Families share responsibility for fees as a demonstrated commitment to students’ academic success.
The Scholarship Program offers more than just school fees. It fully invests in student development, providing mentorships, counseling, tutoring, career panels, study skills and community service. In 2009, its first year and then to date, the Scholarship Program awarded 160 scholarships to primary, secondary and post-secondary students from Deepsea Slum. Many recipients of scholarships balance family commitments and schoolwork alongside VSEA trainings and activities. We are working with the followings to make sure our children get good education and a chance to nurture their talents:
More about the schools:
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Highridge Primary School - 42 children
North Highridge Primary - 30 children
Parklands Primary School - 12 children
We have other children in different private schools too.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Highridge Secondary School in Parklands, Nairobi we have 11 children.
Friends Bwake Boys Secondary School in Kitale, Rift Valley Province - 8 children
Karabouk Secondary School in Oyugis Nyanza Province - 4 children.
Every child deserves an education. but in Deep Sea Slum, where many families live on one or two dollars a day, school is an impossible luxury. Students, often female, that cannot afford fees are forced to leave school and work, or in some cases marry at a young age. The Scholarship Program ensures that a family’s material circumstances do not limit a student’s ability to excel in school. None of the scholarships are full awards. Families share responsibility for fees as a demonstrated commitment to students’ academic success.
The Scholarship Program offers more than just school fees. It fully invests in student development, providing mentorships, counseling, tutoring, career panels, study skills and community service. In 2009, its first year and then to date, the Scholarship Program awarded 160 scholarships to primary, secondary and post-secondary students from Deepsea Slum. Many recipients of scholarships balance family commitments and schoolwork alongside VSEA trainings and activities. We are working with the followings to make sure our children get good education and a chance to nurture their talents:
More about the schools:
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Highridge Primary School - 42 children
North Highridge Primary - 30 children
Parklands Primary School - 12 children
We have other children in different private schools too.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Highridge Secondary School in Parklands, Nairobi we have 11 children.
Friends Bwake Boys Secondary School in Kitale, Rift Valley Province - 8 children
Karabouk Secondary School in Oyugis Nyanza Province - 4 children.
VSA FAMILY
We live as one family. Irrespective of our different backgrounds -some being street kids, living in slum life. We live to win. Victoria Sporting Home is a community based Youth Football Academy for Orphans disadvantage and street children, situated in Deepsea slum and other slums of Nairobi Westlands Division, we are also being found in Siaya district, Nyanza Province of Kenya.
We are determined to develop a passion for responsibility, discipline, good character and perseverance through team work while empowering our children to act positively in their communities. Through sports we are able to keep children off the streets and in schools.
We live as one family. Irrespective of our different backgrounds -some being street kids, living in slum life. We live to win. Victoria Sporting Home is a community based Youth Football Academy for Orphans disadvantage and street children, situated in Deepsea slum and other slums of Nairobi Westlands Division, we are also being found in Siaya district, Nyanza Province of Kenya.
We are determined to develop a passion for responsibility, discipline, good character and perseverance through team work while empowering our children to act positively in their communities. Through sports we are able to keep children off the streets and in schools.
All VSA programmes are possible thanks to the diligent efforts of the kids and people like Dennis Otieno, David Audi Onyango, William Alumasa, Calvin Achieng and Philip Owino.
Victoria Soccer Academy is managed by:
Head Coach and Manager - Dennis Otieno
Assistant Director - Director
Assistant Director - Director
Calvin Achieng - Sports and VSA Camp
Philip Owino - Treasurer
William Alumasa - Secretary
Augastine Kataka - Education
Kennedy Nyakhanga - Media
ACTIVITIES
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES of the Team/Organization:
1. Help disadvantaged and needy children through sport.
2. Remove children from streets and transform them into productive citizens.
3. Offer school bursaries to them by contacting their respective schools.
4. Reduction of Drug addiction.
5. Pay an active role in the promotion of youth and women empowerment, economically, socially and politically.
6. Create public awareness of their human rights and civic responsibilities through seminars, workshops conferences and publications.
7. Carryout public Health awareness.
8. Work with children in various ways to assist the attainment of the foregoing objectives.
9. Work hand in hand with parents and schools to facilitate learning.
10. Facilitate sponsorship of orphans, street kids, and children from poor families in order to try and support their studies.
11. Keep children busy during holidays in order to avoid they learn bad manners, or join gangs while they are not with their parents.
12. Talent Identification, promotion, and development of each child’s football skills.
Victoria Soccer Academy (VSA) is a Nonprofit, independent sports organization, Operating in Nairobi at Highridge slum (Deep sea) and Nyanza at Alwor area. VSA is registered by the ministry of sports, culture and social services. We are dedicated to provide an enabling environment where youngsters can nurture their football skills in addition to their normal learning curriculum. Our vision is to make a genuine contribution to sports, and stimulate the growth of the often untapped potential that sits in the Kenya children.
We run our regular activities on and off the field to build a closer understanding between the instructor and the child. We support the children so that they learn more than just sporting skills, they have an instructor who can help them keep on a positive track. We encourage young boys and girls through soccer to continue with the education by helping them with education requirements like fees, meals and other educative material.
VSA was formed in 2006 with the idea of involving most of the children and youngsters of the Deep sea slum in Nairobi , boys and girls, keeping them active through soccer and helping them choose a safer and better future away from the daily risks they ran in the life they were living. Currently we are working with more than 80 children, among them are 16 girls who benefit from our sporting programme and education. There are many more children who need our support but due to a lack of facilities and sponsorship we cannot work with large numbers until we have enough sponsors and facilities for them.
Through sports we are able to keep children off the street and in school!
VISION
“To help the disadvantaged talented children in sports to be good future citizens that can benefit the country”. Honestly, we witnessed a big number of disadvantaged kids [street kids, orphans and kids from poor families].After that we discovered that no one could come up and help these kids yet they had different talents which can gather them together and enjoy life. so we decided to come up with a vision of forming Victoria Soccer Academy [VSA] to build and develop their talents through sports activities.
MISSION
To change these kids from a distressed [sad] life to a joyful life through training them different sports activities.
ACTIVITIES
Talent Identification
Talent Promotion
Counseling
computer training
Music dance and drama
Acrobatics
Art & Crafts
Organizing soccer league with in.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of the Team / Organization.
Helping disadvantaged and needy children through sports
To remove children from street and transform them into productive citizens.
Offer school bursaries to them through contacting the respective schools
Reduction of drugs addicts
To pay an active role in promotion of youth and women empowerment, economically, socially and politically.
To create public awareness of their human rights and civic responsibilities through seminars, workshops conferences and publications.
To carryout public health awareness
Do all such other things that are incidental of conductive to the attainment of the foregoing objectives of any of them.
work hand in hand with parents and schools, to facilitate children to learn
To facilitate orphans, street kids and children from poor families to get sponsors for their studies.
To keep the children busy during holiday in order to avoid children to learn bad manners and being in the bad group when they are not with their parents.
Creating Mutual Understanding between all the youth academies in Kenya through forming up soccer leagues and competitions.
ACHIEVENMENTS
Education:
Victoria Soccer Academy has managed to look for 20 sports basary for primary and secondary education therefore 20 kids have managed to get education as an effort of VSA in different schools like, For Primary; Highridge Primary School, North Highridge P/s, Parklands P\S, and Secondary like: Highridge SS AND Karabouk SS. Computer training for the youths is another achievement
Sports:
Since 2006 VSA has managed to nature football players and participated in 2nd division and qualified for 1st Division of Nairobi Westland’s Division Organized by Kenyan Football. VSA has managed to promote ballers in other soccer clubs both in 2nd and first Division like;
1. Rodgers Odhiambo——Oyugis United Football Club [on loan]
2. Washington Omugah———Nairobi City Stars Fc [on Loan]
3. Alex Main --- Pako Junior Football Club (on loan).
(a) VSA has achieved a group young artist who are performing theater games like music Dance and Drama.
(b)Managed to Create a website for the national and international viewers and supporters.
(c)Managed to have an office Were we keep our equipment’s and documents
(d)managed to secure a computer were our data is kept.
(e)Managed to organize a trip to Nyanza Province in 2007 and 2009.
AWARDS
2008 we participated in East Africa Ligi Junior Tournament Cup in Nairobi and won two trophies for under 10 and 14 years old.
2009 we participated in Nairobi Baptist holiday youth camp Cup and won two trophies under 12 and 14 years old.
2009 East Africa Ligi Junior Tournament Cup in Nairobi organized by Ligi Ndogo Kenya we won U10 & U15
2010 we were invited to participate in Ligi Ndogo Nairobi International Cup Where we won two trophies for under 10 and 15 years old
2010 we were invited by Michezo East Africa International Cup Nairobi Kenya where we won 4 trophies for under 8, 10, 12 and 14 years old
2011 we were invited by Friendship Of Friends Min-World Cup where we won 1 trophy 14 years old.
2011 we participated in the 1st Edition of Extreme Super 8 Women football tournament in Nairobi Kenya.
2011 we participated in the 2nd Edition of Sakata Ball football tournament organized by Safaricom Company.
PROBLEMS/Needs
Club House Equipment’s
Accommodation
Play Grounds
Office costs
Feeding
School Fees
Transport
Medicine
Thearter Costumes
Sponsorships
VSA Main Sponsors are:
Parents, well-wishers, and abroad Friends in sports who donate Kits, Balls, Boots, and Jerseys
