Cricket coaching ends today

THE Christina Swart-Opperman Cricket Coaching Clinic for teachers and children ends in Windhoek today.

The clinics, which aim to empower AIDS orphans by treating them as active members of the community rather than victims, are conducted in association with the International Cricket Council and the Namibia Cricket Board. At the launch this week, Swart-Opperman said another purpose of the clinics was to build on the previous clinics they had and to cultivate future cricket players for Namibia.She said 20 teachers were trained and children from several schools participated.The schools are Olof Palme Primary School, Moses van der Byl Primary, Bet-El primary, Augheikas Primary, Hillside Primary, Auas Primary, the Child Development Foundation and Pashukeni Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Kindergarten.She said the selected teachers are teaching at these schools, where children supported by the Trust are pupils.Today, the newly trained teachers will teach 80 children the game of cricket.The selected children are supported by the Trust in various identified needs in terms of education, care and feeding.At the launch this week, Swart-Opperman said another purpose of the clinics was to build on the previous clinics they had and to cultivate future cricket players for Namibia.She said 20 teachers were trained and children from several schools participated.The schools are Olof Palme Primary School, Moses van der Byl Primary, Bet-El primary, Augheikas Primary, Hillside Primary, Auas Primary, the Child Development Foundation and Pashukeni Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Kindergarten.She said the selected teachers are teaching at these schools, where children supported by the Trust are pupils.Today, the newly trained teachers will teach 80 children the game of cricket.The selected children are supported by the Trust in various identified needs in terms of education, care and feeding.