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WhizzKids United

WhizzKids United is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand WhizzKids United rather than just read about it. In short: WhizzKids United is a youth HIV / AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support programme that uses football as an educational medium to facilitate healthy behaviour change. The programme is based in Durban, South Africa and is run by Africaid, a registered charity in the United Kingdom (Reg.

Key takeaways

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Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect WhizzKids United to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of WhizzKids United from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

WhizzKids United is a youth HIV / AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support programme that uses football as an educational medium to facilitate healthy behaviour change. The programme is based in Durban, South Africa and is run by Africaid, a registered charity in the United Kingdom (Reg. No. 1045461) and South Africa (Reg. No. 051-379-NPO).

Background WhizzKids United was created by Marcus McGilvray, a Welsh HIV nurse specialist who worked with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health on the ARV roll-out. The programme is rooted in the Social Cognitive Theory of behaviour and was developed over several years of practical experience working with adolescents in KwaZulu-Natal. Studies have consistently found that KwaZulu-Natal has the highest HIV prevalence of any province in South Africa, with approximately 25% of the population infected in the 15–49 age group. The programme was piloted in Edendale in 2006 and later expanded to Umlazi and Jozini in KwaZulu-Natal as well as Rustenburg in North West Province and areas of Western Cape province. The U.K. arm of the organisation also runs programmes in Ghana, Uganda and Australia, as well as in the United Kingdom itself at Premier League youth clubs in partnership with the Football Foundation.

Programme Overview WhizzKids United is an HIV prevention programme focusing primarily on Grade 6 and 7 students and consisting of three components. On the Ball is an eight-session curriculum which uses football drills and games to teach life skills interactively by using the game as a metaphor for life. This course is followed by peer education workshops focusing on sexual health. The long-term component of the programme is the Health Academy, a holistic adolescent-friendly sexual health clinic which offers free HIV testing, Antiretroviral treatment, Orphans and Vulnerable support and other services, along with recreational and educational activities such as football leagues and computer resource centres. The programme recognises the gendered nature of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and as such includes gender equality as a central theme.

Association with Football for Hope Since 2007, WhizzKids United has been a member of streetfootballworld, a Germany-based worldwide network of youth development through football projects. streetfootballworld implements Football for Hope, the social responsibility movement of FIFA. In July 2010, WhizzKids United participated in the Football for Hope Festival 2010 in Alexandra, an official part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In August 2010, FIFA announced that as part of the 20 Centres for 2010 campaign, FIFA has selected the WhizzKids United Health Academy in Edendale, KwaZulu-Natal to be one of the 20 Football for Hope Centres across Africa.

Awards and Accolades The programme is enthusiastically endorsed by Dr. Bruce Walker of Harvard Medical School, one of the world's leading HIV/AIDS researchers. Boston Red Sox Owner John Henry visited and endorsed the programme in July 2009 In March 2010, WhizzKids United won the award for Best Sport for Health project at the Global Sports Forum in Barcelona. In June 2010, WhizzKids United was formally endorsed by the United Nations in a letter from Wilfried Lemke, Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace. This endorsement was renewed in March 2012.

References

External links Official website of WhizzKids United Official website of streetfootballworld FIFA page on Football for Hope

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with WhizzKids United

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what WhizzKids United claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to WhizzKids United before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about WhizzKids United ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of WhizzKids United

In research: WhizzKids United appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses WhizzKids United in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: WhizzKids United is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics HIV/AIDS organizations, Medical and health organisations based in South Africa, Street football, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for WhizzKids United outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study WhizzKids United in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does WhizzKids United matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study WhizzKids United?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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