Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Colin Jackson visits Tobago for London 2012 Legacy ProgrammeBritish hurdler Colin Jackson visits Speyside, Tobago. This troubled area of the Caribbean has high levels of crime and drug abuse, but a group of children are using sports to change their lives, thanks to London 2012. Fifteen-year-old Hakeem says there's not much to do in Speyside for his age group except smoking and drinking. Yet a charity set up by the London 2012 Organising Committee with the help of Unicef, UK Sport and The British Council, has given him another option.

Hakeem is an International Inspiration leader. After school he helps teach primary school children a curriculum of sports, core subjects and social messages.

For instance, Shanice, 17 says they use sports lessons to get over serious messages about AIDS and HIV.
Collis helps trains the teenage International Inspiration leaders, and says the key is to get "slightly troublesome" primary school kids with a skill to join in the programme, give them focus and keep them out of trouble.

International Inspiration says it aims "to enrich the lives of 12 million children in 20 countries through the power of sport and play."