The Philippi Angels form the traveling-team component of TBA. TBA is the first black team to effectively “break the color barrier”, to compete in organized baseball alongside white teams, playing a pivotal, peace-building role in the new South Africa. Recent efforts to introduce sports in black communities in South Africa have not been followed up with long-term investments of skills and infrastructure. Through matches with youth teams from other ethnic and economic backgrounds, a significant cultural divide is bridged, transforming perceptions among young South Africans. A focus on educational achievement through homework assistance, literacy and numeracy acquisition, and scholarship incentives grounds the program as a system-changing model for youth development. He format of baseball allows children of different ages, genders, and abilities to all play significant roles in the outcome. Through strategic partnerships, we’ve established the continent’s first inter-scholastic baseball league and integrated scholarship program. TBA has transformed a community beset with crime into a hub of youth driven achievement in sport and academics. The Township Baseball Academy (TBA) is an intervention for at-risk youth, combining proven physical and social benefits of team sport with principles of achievement, positive communication, and discipline, borne through experiential education on the playfield, and transferred into the classroom.
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