MYSA Awards

Over 28,200 boys and girls played on 1,927 football teams in 2019
Organized over 16,000 competitive matches in 222 leagues in 16 zones in 2019
Another 5,000 youth participated in non-sports and community service projects in 2019
Provided technical support for another 6,000 youth in projects in and outside Kenya
Over 20 male/female players earned football scholarships to colleges in Norway and USA
Coaches/referees trained by Dutch KNVB Academy and six earned UEFA B licences
Trained over 20% of the players, coaches and physios in the Kenyan Premier League
Helped develop over half the players, coaches and physios on Kenyan national teams
Over 50 players featured abroad on teams in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America
Over 130,000 alumni in Kenya and abroad plus another 36,000 from external projects

Off The Field Awards

A global pioneer on self-help youth sports for development and peace since 1987
Helped inspire hundreds of sport for development organizations/projects worldwide
Teams earn points in league standings for slum garbage/environmental cleanup projects
Trained over 6,000 youth on coaching, refereeing, physiotherapy and AIDS prevention
Three slum libraries and study halls run by youth trained on library management
Helped hundreds of child labourers to stop working and return back to school
Trained thousands of youth leaders and coaches on child rights and protection
Over 5,600 leadership awards given to help the best youth leaders stay in school
Organized feeding, sports and repatriation programmes for thousands of jailed kids
Over 100 performances by MYSA dance, drumming, drama and gymnastics groups
Over 25 youth trained annually in photography, video and film in the Shootback Project
Organized annual youth arts festivals in Mathare and featured in youth festivals in Norway
DIAR 2018 Diversity&Inclusion Award Runner-Up for Best Collaborative/Community Approach
Helped start similar youth sports projects in Botswana, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda

Uniquely owned, organized and managed by the youth themselves since 1987
Elected leaders, volunteer organizers and coaches have an average age of 18 years
Gender balanced with half the over 100 elected zonal and Council leaders being female
21 full-time plus 32 part-time staff recruited from top leadership awards winners in 2018
Revenue of Ksh 47.6 million (US$ 476,000) in 2018 which is audited annually since 1988

1992 Eco-Youth Games Champions at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2006 StreetFootballWorld Champions at the FIFA World Cup in Berlin, Germany
2010 FIFA Football for Hope Champions at FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa
2004-18 MYSA boys/girls teams won more East Africa Cup medals than any other club
1990-18 MYSA ranked second worldwide in gold medals won at the global Norway Cup

1992 UNEP Global 500 Award for Environmental Innovation and Achievement (Rio de Janeiro)
1999 Global Help for Self-Help Prize by the Strømme Foundation (Oslo)
1999 MYSA/Brumunddal Project cited as model in European Year against Racism (Strasbourg)
2003 Prince Claus Award for Outstanding Achievement in Culture and Development (Amsterdam)
2003 MYSA nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (Oslo)
2004 World Sports Academy/Laureus Sport for Good Award (Lisbon)
2004 International Fair Play Prize (Athens)
2004 MYSA nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize (Oslo)
2008 Score4Africa Award for Most Innovative Environmentally Sustainable Project (London)
2010 Common Ground Award for Community and Peace Building Achievements (Washington)
2011 Beyond Sport Judges Award for Global Leadership in Sport (Cape Town)
2015 PlaytheGame Award for Upholding Ethical Values and Integrity of Sport (Aarhus, Denmark)