London 2012 blog

I am ashamed to admit that three weeks ago I probably couldn’t have pointed to Namibia on a map.  I certainly couldn’t have named the capital city (Windhoek) and I had never even considered the role that sport play’s in Namibian society – but what a difference a few days at a conference can make!

The Next Step Conference (hosted by UK Sport, Worldwide Impact and Supreme Council for Sport in Africa Zone VI) had two parts, a Youth Conference and a Main Conference, both of which brought together a range of partners and participants from the international sport and development community to look at sport’s contribution to the building of a peaceful and better world by empowering young sports leaders to champion the Olympic values of friendship, respect and excellence and become the leaders of tomorrow. 

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