One child that particularly stands out for Queen is a 12 year old boy called Proud who struggled to interact with other children, especially girls, during these sports activities.  Queen quickly recognised that the BILD programme was an opportunity to help Proud, an only child from a rural community who had not yet started school.

Queen spoke to Proud’s parents to encourage them to start Proud’s education and reached out to a local school teacher to start to integrate Proud into a formal learning environment.  At the same time, Queen patiently worked with him to take on new challenges during the sports activities and to grow his self confidence. 

Proud is now consistently one of the top seven participants in every game session during the activities and Queen is hopeful that he will be one of the standout participants in the upcoming festival of activities.

“I am proud of the steps he has taken in his academic journey, marking the beginning of his education and a promising future as both a player and a leader” remarks Queen.

The Beckwith international Leadership Development (BILD) programme has been designed and funded by Youth Sport International and will be delivered in Malawi in partnership with BPF Malawi.

BILD Malawi aims to enhance the life-chances of young people by developing their leadership skills through sport.

For further information about Bhubesi Pride Foundation visit: https://bpfafrica.org/.

For further information about Youth Sport Trust International and BILD visit: https://www.youthsporttrust.org/yst-international.