Tanzania Sports Academy
Deeper Africa partners with the Tanzania Sports Academy in its efforts to educate and develop Tanzanian runners for national and international competition. Tanzania Sports Academy athletes have competed in the Olympic Games, World Championships, African Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the East Africa Championships.
Tanzania provides no government assistance for its highly talented athletes. Runners support themselves or hope to receive assistance through private organizations such as the Tanzania Sports Academy. The Academy, a non-governmental organization, provides athletic training programs as well as secondary school education to young talented runners in Tanzania.
Tanzania Sports Academy conducts outreach programs in Tanzania’s villages to identify talented young runners. As funds are available these students are offered the opportunity to attend Tanzania Sports Academy where they can combine their running and their education.
Deeper Africa makes a charitable donation on a guest's behalf for use by the Tanzanian Sports Academy. As a Deeper Africa guest, you will be welcomed by the young runners attending the school, as well as by some of the internationally acclaimed runners. The students lead you on a tour of the school, tell you about their accomplishments and goals, provide you with a sumptuous lunch banquet, and take you out for a training walk or run on one of their training routes.
Max Iranghe, Secretary General of the Tanzania Coaches Association and the Director of the Tanzanian Sports Academy, will share his coaching strategies with you, explain the importance of education - especially for an internationally competitive runner, and discuss how he recruits young talents from certain districts in Tanzania that routinely produce some of the world’s best runners. You will have the opportunity to speak personally with all of the runners and learn about their dreams of Olympic success.
Visit Tanzania Sports Academy at www.tanzaniasportsacademy.org.
KIMbia Athletics and coaches Deiter Hogan and Uttar Pippig support Tanzania Sports Academy. John Yuda, one of Tanzania’s elite marathoners and a KIMbia athlete is one of the founders of Tanzania Sports Academy. To learn more about the KIMbia Foundation and their work in Kenya and Tanzania visit www.KIMbia.net/foundation/.