GAM3 Summary 2010

GAM3’s vision is to make urban sports and cultural activities available to everyone in order to empower youth and prevent conflict and marginalization. To assist the children and young people in overcoming the different challenges and problems in their communities, GAM3 has developed a training strategy, which operates on three different levels of empowerment. In this connection, empowerment is understood as the process of increasing the children and young people's personal and interpersonal social and cultural skills, as well as their capabilities to make solid choices. Furthermore it is the process of transforming these choices into desired actions and results which will improve their living conditions and in the long term initiate changes in the societal structures. Through Street Basketball and other Street culture activities GAM3 started to grow in Beirut, giving the kids an opportunity to practice and to improve their individual skills (Leadership, self confidence, creativity, physical consciousness, stress management…) GAM3 practices also worked for improving youth interaction on the Social Level (Trust, Fair-play, Respect, Teamwork, Communication…) and on the Community Level (Identity, Curiosity and Reflection, Conflict Prevention and Reconciliation, Democracy, Partnership). GAM3 was founded in Lebanon in 2007 and it started in one zone (Qasqas), and it attracted youth from the area around Qasqas. The year after GAM3 became bigger by opening 3 other zones in other areas around Beirut (Bourj Hammoud, Chiah and Borj al Barajne). After a successful season GAM3 started to search for more neighborhoods in Beirut. In 2009 season GAM3 Zones became 7 Zones (Qasqas, Bourj Hammoud, Chiah, Bourj el Barajne, Ouzaie, Saleem Slem and Dekwaneh), in that year GAM3 organized the biggest Street Basketball tournament in Middle East, more than 84 teams from different ages. In 2010 two more zones were opened to reach more kids (Lebanese and Iraqis) in Hay el Selloum and Bouchreye. Since year 2007 GAM3 tried to attract not only the Lebanese youth but also youth from different nationalities, especially the Palestinians and the Iraqi refugees, and the aim was to bring them together with the Lebanese youth and let them interact in the Lebanese society. In 2010 GAM3 reached 1410 kids who attended more than 12700 times, the percentage of girls was 31.2%. Beside that GAM3 tournaments attracted more than 792 players who attended 3 GAM3 Battles and GAM3 Finals 2010 tournament. GAM3 renovated 3 public courts in Beirut since it started in 2007: Ghobeiry Municipal Court "Chiah Zone" (2008), Beirut Municipal Courts "Qasqas Zone" (2009), Dekwaneh Municipal Courts "Dekwaneh Zone" (2009). GAM3 Also trained more than 80 youth aged between 16 and 25 to become coaches or mentors in their areas so they can start their own teams in their neighborhoods or their villages: GAM3 Summer League 2008 (Beirut), All Lebanon All Stars Summer 2009 (Zahle, Bekaa) and (Tebnin, South), GAM3 Mentors 2010 (Beirut). Also GAM3 organized youth camp in 2010 and it aimed to integrate Palestinian youth from Naher al Bared refugee's camp and Lebanese youth from villages around Naher el Bared. Battles and GAM3 Finals tournaments started beside GAM3 practices and it aimed to bring people together from all the zones in other word from all Beirut's Backgrounds. GAM3 organized 18 Street Basketball tournaments since it started, 13 GAM3 Battles were organized, 452 teams attended GAM3 Battles (more than 1800 players). Also GAM3 organized one 5 on 5 tournament 8 teams attended this tournament (more than 80 players). GAM3 organized tournament under the name of Beirut 3-on-3 hoop fest Beirut and a total of 72 teams attended this tournament (more than 280 players). And finally GAM3 Finals 3 tournaments were organized starting from year 2008, 230 teams attended GAM3 Finals tournaments (more than 900 players). By the help of GAM3 Partners (Municipalities, Schools, Organizations, Companies, Clubs…) GAM3 reached youth who were in need for a sport-social program. All GAM3 activities were published in newspapers (al-akhbar, al-mustaqbal, Assfir, al-balad, Addiar, Annahar, Aliwaa), in TV stations (Tele Liban, Almustaqbal, Ajjazira Sport) in Radio Stations (Sawt Lobnan), in websites (Now Lebanon, NPR…) and in other magazines. .

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