Dubai youth group hosts anti-bullying camp

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Dubai youth group hosts anti-bullying camp. Group of friends help children overcome bullying through non-conventional and conventional sports.  Read the full Gulf News article: http://gulfnews.com/life-style/parenting/dubai-youngsters-pull-up-bullied-kids-1.1876797  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00A youth group in Dubai is campaigning to help victims of bullying in schools through sports.

00:16The group is organising Camp Play, a 10-day summer camp to help children combat bullying

00:21by building their confidence through sports.

00:23It's all about team spirit as well as we're helping with anti-bullying.

00:28So without too much, the children are learning about themselves and how to work as a team

00:33and how to work together to help prevent bullying that happens, unfortunately, all over the

00:39world.

00:40And I think just children coming out of their shell.

00:42Some children are a little more shy, so just bringing them out and letting them have so

00:47much fun, experiencing new things.

00:49The camp is open to children and teens between 5 and 14 years of age.

00:53It aims to build self-esteem through unconventional sports including human foosball, quidditch

00:58and broomball, along with conventional sports such as football, basketball, yoga, dutch

01:03ball, table tennis, badminton and volleyball.

01:05The first day I came here I was really shy, I didn't want to make friends, but as the

01:09day came on, I had more fun, I had more friends, I enjoyed it so much.

01:14I started feeling good.

01:16This camp is teaching me team spirit and mingling up with each other, so it makes a person good.

01:25The play opened on August 14 and will run until August 25 at Dubai Sports World in Dubai

01:31World Trade Center.

01:32Irish Eden Belyeza for Gulf News.

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