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 Game On! Youth Sports was created by the International Alliance For Youth Sports to address issues that hinder sports programming for children. Game On! Youth Sports gives kids the opportunity to participate in sports, and experience a healthier lifestyle with less chance of choosing negative activities.
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 Approximately 100 children with intellectual disabilities from the East Port of Spain region participated in the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Sport’s first-ever Camp Adaptation at the Woodbrook youth facility in the Port of Spain.
The highly successful six-day camp was conducted based on the principles of Game On! Youth Sports, the signature program of the International Alliance for Youth Sports (IAYS).
Game On! Youth Sports addresses issues that hinder sports programming for children and gives them the opportunity to participate in sports, and experience a healthier lifestyle, with less chance of choosing negative activities.
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 Thousands of children throughout the Caribbean are enjoying positive sports experiences, thanks to the efforts of the Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education (TTASPE) and the International Alliance for Youth Sports (IAYS).
Ever since the two organizations began working together in 2005, they have been introducing children to sports who otherwise would never have the opportunity through the renowned Game On! Youth Sports program – and the participants are reaping the benefits.
Game On! Youth Sports, the signature program of the IAYS, gives children the opportunity to participate in sports, develop skills and experience a healthier lifestyle with less chance of adopting negative behaviors that lead to crime, violence, drug abuse and obesity. The program also focuses on helping youngsters learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices to significantly reduce their chances of developing diseases such as HIV/AIDS that can affect their health and well-being.
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 The International Alliance for Youth Sports (IAYS), in partnership with the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), unveiled the first-ever IAYS Research and Development Center during a special ceremony in mid March at the Petrotrin Staff Club in Pointe-a-Pierre in Trinidad.
The center will undertake research to know and understand the value of sports, as well as monitor children involved in sports around the world to assess its impact on their lives.
Pictured are: Kenneth Butcher (seated at left), executive manager of the Academy of Sports and Leisure Studies at the University of Trinidad and Tobago and Fred Engh (seated), president of the IAYS; and (standing from left) Brian Lara, retired world champion cricket batsman; Mark Mungal, IAYS Caribbean Regional Representative; and Andrea Brache, administrative officer for the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
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