The last preparations are made at the Head Office of Sport Recreation Commission (SRC) Linette will for the first time take part in the Zimbabwe National Youth Games. She works in the Training and Volunteer Services at the SRC Head office.

The flame was carried from Gweru where the National Youth Games where held in 2008.

The Referee and Umpire oath is sworn.

The Marondera Highschool Youth was entertaining and welcoming with formations and dancing.

During the opening the winning teams in Athletics, Volleyball, Football, Netball, Basketball, Handball, Boxing and Tennis from all the 10 provinces were seated to listened to the Norwegian Ambassador to Norway MR Gunnar Førland, Dr Peter Salama from UNICEF Zimbabwe and the guest speaker Cde  and Minister of Youth Development in Zimbabwe, Saviour KasuKuwere.  

The opening was combined with the unveiling of the Community Sport Development Program (CDSP) that is a partnership between SRC, UNICEF and Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sport.                                                                                   

The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( in short NIF) together with UNICEF Zimbabwe and the Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC), was officially introducing the Sport and Recreation Commission’s ‘Community Sport Development Program’- a program that brings the many benefits of sport directly to the youth and communities of Zimbabwe.  

For Norway - NIF, the Community Sport Development Program is the result of 18 years of Norway’s commitment to sport in Zimbabwe, thanks to the Norwegian Government support through Norad to NIF.

The program is anticipating that community sports clubs with quality leadership, will be the norm in most communities throughout of Zimbabwe. It means an increase and equal opportunity for girls and boys to participate in sport, develop as coaches and officials and become active participants in the youth driven program ‘Youth Education through Sport’ - a program which aims to educate young people about HIV/AIDS and other issues affecting their lives, while instilling a sense of community responsibility. YES is using Kicking AIDS Out as its implementations model.

The opening was ended by a true Zimbabwean drumsession.