The Olympic Youth Development Centre ( OYDC) Zambia non-Sport programs Officer, Richard Mulenga who is also NOCZ Athletes Commission Chairperson and Board Member conducted an OVEP session for athletes who will represent Zambia at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) U18 & 20 Athletics Championships. The Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP), aims at empowering Athletes with different skills such as communication skills and ICT knowledge. Participants had many lessons to withdraw from the session conducted on 20th April 2023, with some of them being: values can be developed through many forms of media apart from interpersonal communication. During the session, Richard disclosed the importance of how young people can ensure that they have the necessary knowledge on how to handle ITC and its effects. "Information communication technology (known as ICT) offers sophisticated tools to share learning, communicate messages, collaborate, problem solve, and create. Some of these tools are widely used by youths are Facebook, blogs, vlogs, Prezi, and PowerPoint," Mulenga added. Response journals-These are used by the student to write their thoughts (over time) to a question. For example, The educator may pose the question “Can OVEP change the character of a student?” As the student participates in the OVEP activities, they will be able to make journal entries in response to this question. Richard further added that Journals-Students are encouraged to keep a journal as they work their way through these OVEP activities. It can record their thoughts and shape their ideas on topics that require debate and opinion. They can become a powerful archive of a student’s developing sense of character. From 29th April to 3rd May 2023, Zambia will host the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) U18 & 20 Athletics Championships.