Chocho Sports Foundation is highly capable and has demonstrated its commitment to sports and the development of elite athletes in the slums of Kampala, through the successful creation of the first ever inter-parish Boxing tournament, Super 8 tournament, Disability sports and All women games competition.
Netball America has partnerships with various organizations, communities, and schools to develop sports and provide opportunities for the under privileged youth and women. We want to show them there is a future when playing Sports.
Uganda has the world’s youngest and fastest growing population. With 77% of Uganda’s population being under the age of 30, it is now widely accepted that the average Ugandan is a 14 year old girl in a rural area, who has a 1 in 4 chance of dropping out of school before the age of 18. Additionally, this youthful population experiences different lifestyles, depending on whether they live in a rural or urban setting. However, this young population offers immerse opportunities for the sporting fraternity and at Chocho Sports foundation, we intend to tap into that resource, by empowering young rural girls through sports. Because at Chocho Sports foundation, we understand and comprehend the challenges that the 14-year-old girls and boys l faces and we work actively to counter the effects of these massive discrepancies between rural and urban communities: because keeping girls in school, helps to empower communities.
With the world’s youngest population and second highest refugee population, Uganda offers the best opportunity for talent development with its inevitable tickle down effect in rural and marginalized communities. Consequently, our sole objective is to make a lasting difference in the lives of young rural Ugandan and refugee girls, by strengthening their social, emotional and economic competences, providing them with a sense of self-worth and with the skills required to experience a full range of life options through an innovative sports program that provides self-empowerment, integration (for refugees) and training.
CHOCHO sports foundation is a nonprofit Ugandan Sports foundation that aspires to develop rural and marginalized communities through sports, by providing equal opportunities for girls to participate and have access to sporting activities.v
Due to the professionalism, integrity, organization and capabilities of the Chocho Sports Foundation, other organizations have selected it to develop athletes and organize events and also awarded. For example, we organized the first ever successful inter-Parish boxing in 2021 for both girls and boys that attracted 17 parishes in Nakawa, we organized a football inter-parish competition that attracted 20 football teams and 10 netball teams, We organized a super 8 tournament that had the best 8 teams in Nakawa face off in form of a champions trophy, We also organized a pool tournament and we also had a skills training for the youth in re-usable pads making.
One of the Directors Chocho Nalwadda Immaculate has won sports awards both as an athlete and as someone that has promoted sports in Uganda, She was recently given an Olympic medal from the German sports university the Pierre De Coubertin medal from the Olympic center for people in the world that have advanced the Olympic Movement around the world, She was also voted on the Netball A merica Board making her the first African on the USA netball board, She has been selected as one of the outstanding US. State Department to go present her work in the foundation in Uganda. We have a soccer academy in the slums of Mulimira Bukoto 1 parish called warrior Stars that has girls included they have recently participated in the women’s day tournament at Old Kampala.
