Adak to introduce anti-doping curriculum in schools
Martin Yauma, Adak’s, a senior research and development officer at the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya, talks to journalists during a workshop on anti-doping in Mombasa, on February 17, 2018. PHOTO | COURTESY |
What you need to know:
- Adak’s latest campaign hopes to get Kenya off the IAAF watchlist.
The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (Adak) will soon introduce a subject on effects of banned performance enhancing substances in schools.
According to Martin Yauma, a senior researcher at Adak, the agency is working with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to mainstream anti-doping education into the educational curriculum.
“We expect to launch the partnership between Adak and KICD next month, after which we will mainstream the value-based education into the primary and secondary school curriculums,” said Yauma.
Yauma was speaking on Saturday during a workshop organised by Adak for Kenyan sports journalists under the umbrella of the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) in Mombasa.
Adak, formed through the 2016 Anti-Doping Act following serious global concerns regarding the use of performance enhancing substances in Kenya, also urged sports journalists to help create awareness in fighting the doping menace in Kenya.
"We would like to continue urging the media to always help us by highlighting the dos and don'ts as one way of curbing the menace of doping in our country," said Adak’s director of education Agnes Wanjiku Mandu.
Kenya has been on the Wada watch-list following an increased number of doping cases involving the country's athletes and Adak has over the last few months launched a spirited drive through workshops and outreach programmes to educate sports stakeholders on the dangers of using performance-enhancing substances.
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The agency has also organised workshops for school children, teachers and parents in a bid to reach out to more young people.
So far, Adak has been able to reach 34,749 people in terms of creating awareness which includes the athletes, coaches, school children and the media.
SJAK President Chris Mbaisi urged the members to remain committed and disciplined.
"We need to continue working hard in our various disciplines and report what is true, maintaining high standards of our profession," said Mbaisi.
Kenya remains on the watch-list of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Adak’s latest campaign hopes to get Kenya off the IAAF watch-list.
