About the Organization
The Eco Arts Initiative is an initiative established by Eco Arts Ltd. A company founded by a Conservationist Artist and author, SHUMBUSHO Patience. It encourages conservation awareness and assists young people to live and interact with nature in harmony, all along improving the lives of communities’ livelihood surrounding Rwanda’s protected areas.
Eco Arts initiative is an official circle cooperation of the United Religion Initiative with the UN status of Economic and Social Development. From this vantage point, Eco Arts Initiative has multiple opportunities to collaborate with diverse nations via global environmental activist movements, thereby bolstering conservation efforts in those countries and learning from one another.
Eco Arts Initiative works hand in hand with the Rwanda Development Board, Gorilla Heroes, Kat Conservation, Solar Cities, the Global Green Grants Fund, and the Global Green Growth Institute for Sustainable Development. Eco Arts Initiative created an awareness campaign about mountain gorillas among children through the culture of reading in the USA, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Eco Arts Initiative thrives to engage young people in conservation and tourism through sports, conservation camps, entertainment, arts, culture, and explorations. We provide assistance to a youth-disabled community, showcasing their potential in environmental protection and tourism, focusing on communities surrounding Volcanoes National Park, Nyungwe National Park, Akagera National Park, Gishwati-Mukura National Park, Kigali City, and iconic Lake Kivu.
Eco arts Initiative became the hub of training and a learning center for the future generation about sustainable development. This journey orients Eco Arts Initiative to get a new approach to promote conservation awareness among young people through SECOTO.
The Sustainable Environmental Conservation Tournament (SECOTO) is a global project of the Eco Arts Initiative, which aims to empower young people to advocate for environmental protection and assist a new, talented generation through sports, arts, and culture as the key to raise the voice of youth in conservation.
Main Objective
SECOTO aims to promote sustainable environmental conservation by raising a new talented generation in football and the arts, instilling in them the spirit of being future defenders of the environment, green entrepreneurs, and earth guardians as well as raising the voice of young people in conservation efforts through football and entertainment. SECOTO will be a new global brand in sports that fully contributes to the conservation and protection of the environment, as key to sustainable development. In addition to addressing the issue of information sharing about the climate crisis and the role young people play in restoring the planet for a better future, SECOTO will bring together young people from all over the world to work together on environmental protection activities and develop their talents. SECOTO will be a mega-football event that will raise awareness about conservation for many people around the world.
Strategies
In partnership with environmental organizations and football federations through FIFA member countries, the UN and the United Religious Initiative. Eco Arts team will identify a representative of SECOTO in each country by checking the eligible criteria for them to attend the upcoming SECOTO Conference and inauguration that will take place in Dubai in November and December 2023. an international committee will be elected from all those countries, and inaugurate SECOTO Officials. The first country-level Pilot will be identified in Rwanda by joining 32 teams from all of Rwanda's districts. The country’s representatives will be identified and selected from all walks of life in order to increase inclusiveness and equal rights in engaging young people in environmental protection. The representative will be working hand in hand with their local authorities, environmental organizations, and sports organizations, to prepare and organize this sports Eco tournament. One Eco club( team) will represent each country internationally every year.
Target region and beneficiaries
The project will target direct youth between 8-12,13-17, and 18-23 years old from Africa, America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and South America. Young players from different sectors of sports will physically attend and participate in all activities under the SECOTO tournament. Disadvantage groups and gender inclusion will be highly encouraged and supported. All categories of life will be engaged through community works, sports, and entertainment audiences. The following categories of people will benefit from this project: artists, environmentalists, tourists, policymakers, government organizations, and sports Organizations.
Goals
The main goal of this project is to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals among young people through sports, cultural exchange, tourism, and community-based programs ( Eco Community Club). The project fosters Sports talent, improves health and well-being, supports children's rights, ends discrimination, and brings the sports community together to tackle global sustainability issues for overall health.