Stories

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.

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Leonie
3 juni 2022

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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Inemarie
2 juni 2022

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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Inemarie
2 juni 2022

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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Milena
30 maart 2021

Sport and Social Cohesion Lab

On February 24 and March 5th, partners from the Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) gathered online to officially kick-off this new, innovative, pan-European project. Given the increasing change and diversity in European cities, encouraging social cohesion is of the utmost importance for stability, growth and solidarity. In particular, we see that sport and physical…

Giving up is worse than losing https://isa-youth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20190801_113940-1024x576.jpg 1024 576 Maaike Maaike https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/738bf3a227a545ec7ad34eee0929fdf1?s=96&d=mm&r=g 30 juni 2020 27 januari 2025

Maaike
30 juni 2020

Giving up is worse than losing

Carolyne Ndalilah, director of Kenyan youth organisation TYSA, helps young people to get to know themselves and the challenges of their community. “What our society needs are young people who think beyond tomorrow; who see it as a challenge to try the impossible.” It is a wonderful story: from beneficiary of TYSA’s projects to director…

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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

Stories

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.

ISA as a global network organisation

Girls’ participation requires extra efforts

Aminata and Fatoumata: from Players to Community Leaders

Sport and Social Cohesion Lab

Giving up is worse than losing

We got game

ISA East Africa

ISA Global / Europe

ISA MENA

ISA West Africa

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