The Rangers international Football Club Foundation (RIFC FOUNDATION) has maintained that her programme tagged #MENTORME embarked upon with Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation is intentionally structured to set a direction for Children ,Young individuals including Parent,Sports Coaches and Educators and others who are regarded as gatekeepers in child care handling and development.
Coach Ebere Amaraizu the chairman Rangers international football club foundation made this known to newsmen while giving details of the #MentorMe activity which is a problem solving initiative anchored through a community driven approach towards addressing issues around child care,development and mental health issues and escalating roles of parents ,sports coaches ,guardians ,caregivers and other educators also regarded as gatekeepers in child care and development.
Coach Amaraizu who is a trained Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT) Coach and a U.S International Visitors Leadership Program(IVLP) Alumni on U.S Judicial System protecting Women and Children as well as lead consultant at Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation maintained that child development and coaching requires a lot and very crucial as it plays pivotal roles in addressing and supporting children’s mental health by intentionally providing a structured framework and mechanism which is aimed at building self awareness and improving overall well being which is in line with the strategic action plan of the Rangers international football club foundation in the comuunity (Health & well being of the sustainable development goals 3).
We have developed a structured and comprehensive framework which is driven by Data (Evidenced Based) in partnership with Cope and Live and Mental Health Awareness Foundation together with our partner Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organization (CAPIONG) which will enable parents ,sports coaches ,Educators and other gatekeepers to observe noticeable changes in behaviour or mood of children and young persons
The framework also will enable parents ,Sports Coaches other educators to discover difficulties of children and young persons in social interactions as well as helping them to create a supportive environment for them to affect positively their sporting performance,Academic performance ,Social performance .other performance-related stress and their wellness for sustainable development and functional communities.
Child development, care,coaching requires a lot of intentional step and strategies hence the need for the #mentorme to focus on intentional engagement to continue to build their resilience,enhancing their self esteem, improving their emotional regulation, developing healthy coping strategies and positive relationships through our psychosocial engagements which fosters self awareness ,confidence and equipping them with practical tools to navigate difficult situations and bounce back even from known setbacks as well as transforming their difficulties arising from anxiety ,worry ,fears into strength.
For the parents, guardians, educators ,caregivers ,crude or traditional ways of engaging our children and young persons can no longer yield the desired result of addressing root causes of their various emotional and mental struggles the same with sports coaches who dwell solely on technical and tactical abilities without emphasis on their emotional, mental, psychological and general well being which will aid them to constantly remain productive.
Our children and young persons will continually be engaged and same with parents, sports coaches, educators and other gatekeepers in trying to make this program sustainable with measurable impact and outcomes.
