A trophy is awarded to the best performing team
The 19 villages that were in the competition in the Giti Sector concluded the games on December 21, 2024, showing the role of sports in changing the attitudes of the people.
In this competition, messages are sent to encourage people to be clean, fight against violence, drop out of school, fight against drugs, unplanned pregnancies and others.
In this sector, the football competition was concluded, where 19 villages located in three regions competed for the cup for two teams including girls and boys.
Nyiraneza Providence, who lives in this sector, says that the fact that they bring together young people, especially during holidays, prevents them from wandering.
He said, “These games help our children not wander to go to bars and other places and get cheated and find themselves having unplanned pregnancies, drinking alcohol, and we parents when we arrive, we hear that there are gangs that are said to hunt others by participating in Good Morning, programs to provide support in medical care, and we beat them and beat them. agaia because we are the ones who are important.
Habimana Eric said, “The competition helps us to cool down the players, it helps us not to go to drugs, but it is also where we listen to the advice of the administration and we are able to go to communities in communities that do not have the ability because the youth are the power of the country”.
The Executive Secretary of the Giti Sector, Bangirana Jean Marie Vianney says that in this sector there are still problems with houses without kitchen facilities, dirty toilets, violence against teenagers and others so that when they bring them together they don’t get a message.
He said, “Organizing competitions helps us to convey the message we want to convey to them because they come from all walks of life. The youth and the elderly, we still have homes without kitchen appliances and other aids in their daily life, when they meet at the stadium we talk to them and exchange messages and celebrate the victories of the cells we have competed for.
He adds that this tournament is also a place where talented players are trained to help them prepare teams to represent the Sector in the Kagame CUP Championship which is contested at the Sector level.