Event: Mental Health Awareness Sports Gala (1st Edition Gulu City)
Date: Sunday, 8th December 2024
Venue: Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Sports activities: Football, Netball, Tag-of-war
Mind games: Chess, Scrabble, Checkers, Puzzle Competitions
Free services: Mental Health screening & counseling, medical consultation, eye & dental check-ups, hepatitis vaccination, blood donation
Theme: Championing youth resilience
The inaugural edition of the Gulu city Mental health sports gala will take place on Sunday, 8th December 2024 at Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu.
This event is organized by Gracy Minds Empowerment Initiative Uganda, a follow up from the Kampala edition which took place at Legends Rugby grounds, Naguru in August 2024.
There is an assortment of sports activities that will take center stage to include football, netball, tag-of-war as the out-door disciplines with several mind games like chess, scrabble, checkers and puzzle competitions.
Chess action
A lady in action during a previous mental health sports gala in Kampala
The tug-of-war competition
Mercy Gracy Omona, director of Gracy Minds Empowerment Initiative Uganda
According to Mercy Gracy Omona, the director of Gracy Minds Empowerment Initiative Uganda, the edition will be used as a platform to extend a number of services to the people as Mental Health screening & counseling, medical consultation, eye & dental check-ups, hepatitis vaccination and blood donation.
“There will be free mental health screening and counseling at the venue. In the same vein, there will be medical consultation, eye and dental check-ups, hepatitis vaccination and blood donation” Omona reveals.
Blood testing
Blood donation
Counseling session
Counseling session in progress
The championship will be dwelt along the theme; “Championing youth resilience”.
Teams registration:
Each of the teams willing to register will pay Ug.Shs 300,000.
The format of play will be 8 players per side with every team in the competition expected to have 14 players.
Happy football fans cheer up a match
Gracy Mercy rewards top performers
Excited fans in the mental health sports gala
Delighted football fans
Prizes:
The winning team shall take home Ug.Shs 1,000,000, a trophy and gold medals.
The first runners up will go with silver medals and Ug.Shs 500,000.
A number of mental health experts and politicians have rallied the populous to throng Pece Stadium on the aforementioned day for this event.
Hon. Ambrose Onoria, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Gulu city is among the high profile leaders who have openly come out to urge the people to take part.
Goldy Oboma, the Group CEO at GOLDYS Group Holdings Limited and also working at the Federation of Uganda Employers has also added her loud voice to the cause.
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