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We not only love sports, we believe in the power it has. That is why we use sports to help strengthen the youth, so that they can continue to build thriving communities.
Sports is changing young people’s lives 1508 1007 ISA
  • ISA

Sports is changing young people’s lives

Engaging in sports and life skills activities, having fun and a positive way to spend their leisure time, and getting the support to make positive choices is what changes young people’s lives.  It is exactly what we aim for at ISA. And these are the outcomes that appeared from young people’s testimonials, as part of…

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She Got Game – Reaching and engaging teen girls in community sports 1800 1200 Tim
  • Tim

She Got Game – Reaching and engaging teen girls in community sports

How to reach and engage girls in our (community) sports activities? Together with five European partners we decided to form a partnership and tackle this challenge. The name of this programme? She Got Game! It made us realise that reaching and engaging girls in community sports is more relevant than ever. For girls participating in…

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ISA as a global network organisation 2000 1333 Leonie
  • Leonie

ISA as a global network organisation

In this section we will introduce our family – our team members, trainers, interns and supporters. Here we share stories about our learnings, the challenges we come across and our growth. So that you really get to know us and understand our drive, expertise and what makes our teamwork unique. Today, we will take you…

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Girls’ participation requires extra efforts 1200 802 Inemarie
  • Inemarie

Girls’ participation requires extra efforts

Sport has the power to bring about positive change in communities and in society, but currently girls are 50% less likely to participate in sports. Also, when we start our interventions, we notice that we attract fewer teen girls than boys in our activities. Time to change this. Social Inclusion training for coaches That is…

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Aminata and Fatoumata: from Players to Community Leaders 1500 1151 Inemarie
  • Inemarie

Aminata and Fatoumata: from Players to Community Leaders

Every evening, at 7pm Aminata (19) and Fatoumata (21) can be found on the community sports field in Doumanzana, a neighbourhood in Bamako (Mali). Young people are running around, playing football and games. The sisters subtly connect all kinds of life skills classes with their sports activities, such as learning to have respect for one…

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We got game

“Sport learns you to have respect, for the coach; your teammates and outside sports: for other people.”
– Ibrahim

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