JUST LIKE YOU International Sports Exchange Program

Project Leader: Jerry Darko
Website: www.playjustlikeyou.com

Submitted By: jerrydarko
Submitted on: 01/14/2009

Goals: Promote international awareness among youth through sport, laying the foundation for the informed worldview necessary to be successful global citizens. The message to the the kids: "kids around the world, live, eat and play JUST LIKE YOU"

Objectives: We want elementary schools all over the United States (and the World) to adopt a JUST LIKE YOU curriculum that teaches kids about other cultures through international sports and games. It is important to develop a level of global awareness and cultural sensitivity in today's kids if they are to grow to be successful global citizens and future leaders in a rapidly changing world. We will need young, active, enthusiastic volunteers to run JUST LIKE YOU's afterschool program on a weekly basis at member schools in Los Angeles and eventually other cities across the nation.

Causes: Learning a Foreign Language, Learning, Improving Public Schools, Education Is Messed Up, Budget cuts in education