Community Projects - Team Talk

Team Talk is a project that uses rugby camps as a vehicle to enhance gender equality and health behaviours. Team Talk enables social and behavioural change in communities to give a better life for women and girls in Kenya.

Team Talk recognises the vital role that women play in the long-term prosperity of local communities.

We use the game and values of rugby to build relationships and respect between girls and boys. The combination of classroom sessions, rugby-based exercises and competitions allow them to build understanding and foster social interaction between the children.

Team Talk also involves teachers and village elders, using education to promote female empowerment.

As the young boys and the communities develop greater respect for the girls, the lives of the girls themselves are improved through greater education and self-confidence.

Successes of team talk include:

• More girls reaching the final year of primary school

• Adaptation of cultural practices

• Shifting perceptions of the roles of girls and women in communities