Namibia Germany Basketball Youth WEB
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- Namibia Germany Basketball Youth WEB
- March 23, 2023
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: NAMIBIA GERMANY BASKETBALL YOUTH (TV/R) HEADLINE: Basketball Artists School Helps Youth Development in Namibia TEASER: Founded and funded by Germans, school provides at-risk Namibian youth with food, fun and life skills PUBLISHED: 03/23/2023 at 11:22a BYLINE: Vitalio Angula CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Windhoek, Namibia VIDEOGRAPHER: Dantagob Geingob PRODUCER: Vitalio Angula SCRIPT EDITORS: Schearf, pcd VIDEO SOURCE: VOA Original TNT: 2:50 PLATFORMS: WEB_ TV_X_ RADIO_x_ VID APPROVE BY: Reifenrath TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[In Namibia, the German-supported Basketball Artists School (BAS) has been helping develop the sport while giving hope to at-risk youth. Beyond basketball, the program teaches life skills to disadvantaged youth and offers after-school meals. Vitalio Angula reports from Windhoek, Namibia.]] ((NARRATOR)) Manni Amukoshi helps coach at-risk boys and girls at the Basketball Artists School [BAS] in Namibia. But the 24-year-old didn’t start out as a coach. ((Manni Amukoshi, Basketball Artists School Contributor (English, 28 secs)) “I joined the program as a rookie, as a beneficiary, // and after graduating my BAS Foundation Program, I joined as a contributor to give back as a contributor.” ((NARRATOR)) The school, which is supported by the government and funded by mostly German donors, has for more than a decade taught basketball and life skills to youths up to 21 years old. The life skills classes are centered on challenges the youth confront such as conflict resolution in a healthy manner, the harmful effects of alcohol and drug abuse in the community, sexual and gender-based violence, and teenage pregnancy and how it can be avoided. Former basketball player for the University of Namibia’s Tomahawks, Malakia Matias, is programs coordinator. He says they also offer morning daycare for five-year-olds and under, which includes meals, learning, and games. ((Malakia Matias, Basketball Artists School Program Coordinator, (English, 38 secs)) “And then after that, around twelve to one o’clock, we prepare ourselves to take our aftercare children and also the rookies. They immediately come in, they get fed, and then from there they have a meeting and then after that, it's tutorials, then sports, basketball training to be specific.” ((NARRATOR)) In Namibia learners attend school from seven in the morning till one o’clock, which makes the aftercare program very important to keep these boys and girls engaged during the afternoon. Tiffany Khoeses is a contributor to the program and gives after-school lessons to reinforce what the children learn at school. She also helps them with homework and to prepare for exams. ((Tiffany Khoeses, Tutor)) “Remember when the plates move apart like far away from each other, magma rises. It creates a new — Student: "Volcano" Khoeses: "Volcanoes can be formed.” ((NARRATOR)) German basketball expert Frank Albin founded the Basketball Artists School when he came to assist Namibia’s Basketball Federation with technical and skills development. The school has five staff and fifteen volunteers like Nele-Sophie Reinhardt from Germany. ((Nele-Sophie Reinhardt, Volunteer, (English, 22 secs)) “Our rookies learn, for example, to play as a team, also to always want to reach their goals. They are here also to improve, and they are learning that they have to set themselves goals and then they can reach them. So, basketball is helping them to improve not just themselves as a person but as a team also.” ((NARRATOR)) Programs coordinator Matias says if it wasn’t for the Basketball Artists School, most youth in the community would not have access to basketball, or the meals, support and life skills training the school provides. ((Vita Angula for VOA News, Windhoek, Namibia.))
- Transcript/Script ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: NAMIBIA GERMANY BASKETBALL YOUTH (TV/R) HEADLINE: Basketball Artists School Helps Youth Development in Namibia TEASER: Founded and funded by Germans, school provides at-risk Namibian youth with food, fun and life skills PUBLISHED: 03/23/2023 at 11:22a BYLINE: Vitalio Angula CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Windhoek, Namibia VIDEOGRAPHER: Dantagob Geingob PRODUCER: Vitalio Angula SCRIPT EDITORS: Schearf, pcd VIDEO SOURCE: VOA Original TNT: 2:50 PLATFORMS: WEB_ TV_X_ RADIO_x_ VID APPROVE BY: Reifenrath TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[In Namibia, the German-supported Basketball Artists School (BAS) has been helping develop the sport while giving hope to at-risk youth. Beyond basketball, the program teaches life skills to disadvantaged youth and offers after-school meals. Vitalio Angula reports from Windhoek, Namibia.]] ((NARRATOR)) Manni Amukoshi helps coach at-risk boys and girls at the Basketball Artists School [BAS] in Namibia. But the 24-year-old didn’t start out as a coach. ((Manni Amukoshi, Basketball Artists School Contributor (English, 28 secs)) “I joined the program as a rookie, as a beneficiary, // and after graduating my BAS Foundation Program, I joined as a contributor to give back as a contributor.” ((NARRATOR)) The school, which is supported by the government and funded by mostly German donors, has for more than a decade taught basketball and life skills to youths up to 21 years old. The life skills classes are centered on challenges the youth confront such as conflict resolution in a healthy manner, the harmful effects of alcohol and drug abuse in the community, sexual and gender-based violence, and teenage pregnancy and how it can be avoided. Former basketball player for the University of Namibia’s Tomahawks, Malakia Matias, is programs coordinator. He says they also offer morning daycare for five-year-olds and under, which includes meals, learning, and games. ((Malakia Matias, Basketball Artists School Program Coordinator, (English, 38 secs)) “And then after that, around twelve to one o’clock, we prepare ourselves to take our aftercare children and also the rookies. They immediately come in, they get fed, and then from there they have a meeting and then after that, it's tutorials, then sports, basketball training to be specific.” ((NARRATOR)) In Namibia learners attend school from seven in the morning till one o’clock, which makes the aftercare program very important to keep these boys and girls engaged during the afternoon. Tiffany Khoeses is a contributor to the program and gives after-school lessons to reinforce what the children learn at school. She also helps them with homework and to prepare for exams. ((Tiffany Khoeses, Tutor)) “Remember when the plates move apart like far away from each other, magma rises. It creates a new — Student: "Volcano" Khoeses: "Volcanoes can be formed.” ((NARRATOR)) German basketball expert Frank Albin founded the Basketball Artists School when he came to assist Namibia’s Basketball Federation with technical and skills development. The school has five staff and fifteen volunteers like Nele-Sophie Reinhardt from Germany. ((Nele-Sophie Reinhardt, Volunteer, (English, 22 secs)) “Our rookies learn, for example, to play as a team, also to always want to reach their goals. They are here also to improve, and they are learning that they have to set themselves goals and then they can reach them. So, basketball is helping them to improve not just themselves as a person but as a team also.” ((NARRATOR)) Programs coordinator Matias says if it wasn’t for the Basketball Artists School, most youth in the community would not have access to basketball, or the meals, support and life skills training the school provides. ((Vita Angula for VOA News, Windhoek, Namibia.))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date March 23, 2023 11:41 EDT
- Byline Vitalio Angula
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America