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     Salamat Central Asia also hopes to help provide sports opportunities for the youth of Kazakhstan.   It is well documented that sports give youth an alternative from drugs, sex, and violence.  Girls, who participate in sports, receive higher grades academically, are 92% less likely to get involved in drugs and 80% less likely to become pregnant in their teenage years.  These problems have taken many children down a destructive path.   Sports can change people’s lives for the better in various ways, such as reducing stress levels, boosting energy levels, developing sportsmanship qualities, increasing productivity, teaching respect, and creating a more healthy quality of life.

     Salamat has provided experienced coaches for a local club basketball team.  They have also provided basketballs and other equipment to assist with their training program.  In the summer of 2003, Salamat hosted a sports camp in Almaty, Kazakhstan for youth that included training in basketball and baseball.  The International Sports Federation of Atlanta, Georgia sent representatives to come help facilitate the sports camp. Afterwards, Salamat was able to donate the extra basketballs and volleyballs to the school where the sports camp was conducted.

     The opportunities for youth to be involved in organized sports have diminished over the past twelve years in Kazakhstan.   Salamat Central Asia would like to be a part of reviving league sports by partnering with local schools and gymnasiums.   Salamat plans to provide resources (i.e. coaches, materials, equipment, camps, clinics, demonstrations, etc.) to enhance the training process for various sports such as boxing, wrestling, football, basketball, and volleyball.      

     If an alternative lifestyle is offered to youth NOW, then perhaps they will live a more healthy and productive life.  In turn, making Kazakhstan and the world a better place to live and work.