Uganda’s Shilla Omuriwe and Iran’s Maedeh Borhani Esfahani full 21 months programme as 31 coaches graduate from Cohort 4
Ugandan coach Shilla Omuriwe and Iran’s Maedeh Borhani Esfahani not too long ago graduated from the Ladies in Sport Excessive-performance (WISH) pathway programme designed to empower feminine coaches.
The pair had been a part of Cohort 4 of the WISH programme that noticed 31 coaches from 25 international locations and 15 Worldwide Federations graduate after efficiently finishing the 21-month course.
WISH is a mentorship and coaching programme collectively supported by Olympic Solidarity and a lot of Worldwide Federations (IF). It goals to assist feminine coaches, who’ve the potential and ambition, progress into high-performance/elite teaching roles at nationwide, continental and worldwide competitions, together with main occasions resembling World Championships and the Olympic Video games.
Cohort 4 of the WISH programme from which 31 coaches from 25 international locations and 15 Worldwide Federations graduated. (Photograph credit: WISH PROGRAMME)
The programme aligns with the Worldwide Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) long-term dedication to advancing gender equality and inclusion by selling girls’s management in sport.
The 21-month programme gave individuals entry to self-assessment and 360-degree suggestions on management and sport-specific competencies, residential session for five days on the College of Hertfordshire, UK, 8 on-line management classes, 8 management mentor classes, 4 sport-specific mentor classes led by their IFs, and engagement with the Nationwide Olympic Committees (NOCs).
Shannon Winzer, Head Coach of Volleyball Canada girls’s workforce, was the sport-specific mentor for Omuriwe and Borhani.
Shannon Winzer (proper), Head Coach of Volleyball Canada girls’s workforce, was the sport-specific mentor for Shilla Omuriwe (left) and Maedeh Borhani Esfahani. (Photograph credit: SHILLA OMURIWE)
Omuriwe, who will proceed teaching in Uganda and desires to arrange a feminine coaches’ community, stated she has gotten invaluable expertise and networks from the WISH Programme.
“The programme is a big milestone in my profession. I really feel extremely proud and grateful to have accomplished this transformative 21 months journey. I’ve been outfitted with information and management abilities which have reshaped how I strategy teaching.
“It has given me the braveness to maintain dreaming, being courageous and resilient. The WISH programme has supplied me with instruments, mentorship, and networks required to excel in high-performance environments,” stated Omuriwe.
The Kampala Capital Metropolis Authority (KCCA) girls’s workforce head coach famous that the WISH programme has given her the idea that ladies can excel in male-dominated fields resembling teaching in sports activities.
“It has additionally been a private journey of development. I really feel extra assured, braver and ready to proceed to contribute to volleyball right here in Uganda and past. It has additional strengthened my perception that we as feminine coaches and girls in sports activities have an important function to play in shaping elite sport. Whereas the sector may be nonetheless male-dominated, we’ve been outfitted to proceed to interrupt limitations, encourage others and confidently tackle management roles in our numerous sports activities.
“It was a really rigorous programme that required me to steadiness my duties as a coach, spouse and a mom. I needed to spend an prolonged interval away from my household. I’m grateful to my household, Uganda Volleyball Federation, Uganda Nationwide Olympic Committee, FIVB and Olympic Solidarity for his or her unwavering assist that helped me to pursue this course to completion,” stated Omuriwe, who can be a FIVB Teacher.
Iran’s Maedeh Borhani Esfahani on the College of Hertfordshire, UK as a part of the WISH Programme. (Photograph credit: WISH PROGRAMME)
On her half, Iran’s captain Borhani will proceed taking part in skilled volleyball for Sharjah Ladies Sports activities Membership within the United Arab Emirates this season however is eager to transition into teaching from subsequent season.
“The WISH programme is a extremely revered and sought-after program throughout the sports activities teaching business. Changing into a coach at high-level sports activities is a exceptional accomplishment and a good way to share my information, ardour, and experience within the area.
“Graduating from this program will definitely assist open doorways for me, it’s a big achievement that I’ve accomplished it. Whereas challenges should exist on this male-dominated area, my commencement from the WISH programme is a big step in direction of overcoming these obstacles and reaching success as a high-level coach,” stated Borhani.
Iran’s Maedeh Borhani Esfahani in motion for Sharjah Ladies Sports activities Membership within the United Arab Emirates Tremendous League. (Photograph credit: SHARJAH WOMEN SPORTS CLUB)
The visitor speaker in the course of the commencement ceremony was diving coach Jane Figueiredo (Zimbabwe/Portugal) who received the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards 2024.
Head of Entourage Unit at Olympic Solidarity Yassin Yousfi promised the graduates of his assist within the subsequent step of their careers declaring that there have been 10 WISH graduates in official NOC roles on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024.
Olympic Solidarity invested USD 1 million in 4 cohorts of the WISH Programme in the course of the interval 2020-2024, benefiting roughly 100 coaches. Shifting ahead, the Entourage Unit will work along with the WISH programme.
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