About Us CARE’s Sport for Social Change Initiative (SSCI) is a pioneering program that uses the convening power of sports as a vehicle to minimize the effects of poverty on marginalized youth and young adult populations. Through sports, we are able to bring individuals from all backgrounds and social statuses together in a relaxed and natural environment that is ideal for exploring serious and sensitive issues.
Global Focus
CARE and our Sport for Social Change partners currently work in
Bangladesh, Egypt, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Brazil and Ghana, and have plans to develop projects in more countries.
The Purpose
We believe that sports instill the critical “can do” outlook that is vital to a child’s successful educational development. And, we believe in the power of sport to creates lasting individual and social change.
We work to:
* Empower women and girls & advance gender equality
* Empower local partner organizations
* Teach personal development & life skills
* Promote conflict resolution and peace building
* Provide psychosocial support to trauma victims
* Promote HIV/AIDS prevention, nutrition & health education
* Create income-generating activities & economically empower individuals
Sport is Changing Lives and Communities
* Sport is helping young women and girls to claim space, build self-esteem, develop leadership skills and strengthen social relationships.
* Sport and sport-based programs promote leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, networking and negotiation skills and enhance female empowerment.
* Sport-based programs can effectively deliver lifesaving information on health, HIV, body functioning, diseases, and hygiene to young people and those at risk.
* Sport & play activities are allowing children affected by conflict or natural disaster a chance to be children again by encouraging resiliency and providing psychosocial support.
For more information, please contact Maria Muller at
mmuller@care.org.
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