MONDAY , JUNE 11TH . CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA
Saint Lucian youth will be the focus of a new Anti-Doping Education Awareness Campaign, funded by UNESCO in the amount of US $ 19,913.00 under the UNESCO Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sports.
This programme, according to Ms. Marcia Symphorien, Secretary-General, Saint Lucia National Commission for UNESCO-forms part of the National Commission and by extension ,UNESCO’s drive at ensuring that young local sportsmen and women understand the benefits of participating in healthy, clean and doping-free sport.
The UNESCO Anti Doping Education Programme for Saint Lucia will be managed and facilitated by Sacred Sports Foundation Incorporated; will help the general public and sporting community to become more aware of the fight against doping in sport, while drawing the attention of persons to the importance of anti doping education.
The target group of the campaign will be young sportsmen and women between the ages of 12-20.
The UNESCO Anti-Doping Education Programme for Saint Lucia will draw on the profiles of local sporting icons to drive the campaign and increase public awareness to the issues surrounding doping in sport.
Increased awareness and education are necessary initial steps in maintaining and achieving doping-free sports. Anti-doping education, targeting not only athletes but also athlete support personnel, key agencies and civil society, is critical in the movement to improve community awareness and prevention, and enable us to appropriately adapt to our rapidly changing social environment.
The Saint Lucian National Commission for UNESCO is committed to working with the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, RADO Saint Lucia and Sacred Sports Foundation to combat doping in sports and ensure sport remains a game of equity and equality.
Saint Lucia ratified the International Convention against Doping in Sport in December 1971.
For more information please contact:
Anti-Doping Hotlines: 450-0895 or 725-7273
or visit our website www.antidopinglucians.com
