Explore the projects
listed on Sport en Commun
Numerous development projects involving sport are under way and contributing towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Gender equality
100% all-girl boxing camp with Estelle Mossely
Senegal
Estelle Mossely

Reduced inequalities
BMX FREESTYLE 237
Cameroon
BMX FREESTYLE 237

Quality education
Ping and Education
Senegal
Ping Sans Frontières

Climate action
Environmental preservation through sport
Kenya
Angaza (ASDC)

Decent work and economic growth
Building a resilient skatepark in Gulu & Northern Uganda
Uganda
The Uganda Skateboard Union

Good health and well-being
Improving health and well-being of poor children with development delay
Rwanda
Fellows In Development

Gender equality
Jigeen Foot
Senegal
Ladies’ Turn

Gender equality
Training and socio-professional integration of vulnerable girls and women
Guinea
Vision Sans Frontière (VSF)

Gender equality
Empowering young girls through sport
Morocco
Delta Evasion

Decent work and economic growth
Jump Fly and Land Safely
Zambia
Circus Zambia

Good health and well-being
Midzo-Midzo: promoting young people’s well-being through sport
Togo
CADEV

Gender equality
Volleyball for the socio-economic well-being of young girls and boys in Plateau-Benin
Benin
REPAC-SJ-BENIN

Gender equality
Education through sports
Senegal
Pulse Africa

Quality education
Surfkids Shredding Senegal for education through surfing
Senegal
ASC Malika Surf

Good health and well-being
DJARAMA – Sport, citizenship and environment in the suburb of Toubab Dialaw
Senegal
Association Djarama

Good health and well-being
Girls Power Punch
Kenya
Boxgirls Kenya

Reduced inequalities
Overcoming Disability through Sport
Côte d’Ivoire
FISMA

Good health and well-being
Combating early pregnancy in Kasese District, Uganda
Uganda
NeFCoRD

Quality education
Strengthening the Mapubi social, cultural and sports centre in Cameroon
Cameroon
CULTUDE

Gender equality
Alafia Morocco – Rugby to promote gender equality and personal development of youth
Morocco
Terres en Mêlées

Quality education
Rugby, a vehicle for personal development and social integration of young people in Senegal
Senegal
La Maison du Rugby

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
“Isaac Pitch” : A new Isaac pitch in a slum: Improving access to Sports and Culture for social change
Kenya
Kibera Black Stars

Quality education
DEVLOP – Local Development through shared Olympism: sport in the City!
Senegal
Association ASSCAN

Quality education
Fulfilling yourself through basketball
Togo
LYSD

Gender equality
NextGenMen: Transforming gender inequalities through sport
South Africa
School of Hard Knocks

Quality education
Jaribu Rugby!
Kenya
Shamas Rugby Foundation

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Playtime sport facility expansion and youth development
Namibia
Playtime Namibia

Reduced inequalities
Bridge the Gap
Tanzania
Women Sports Initiatives

Peace, justice and strong institutions
Social Capoeira: sport for building dialogue and peace in the DRC
RD Congo
Gingando pela Paz

Gender equality
Promoting volleyball in schools to integrate gender equality
Togo
Association Togolaise pour la Promotion du Sport pour Tous

Good health and well-being
Building Resilience Through Football (BUREF)
Uganda
Watoto Wasoka

Quality education
EDUCAFOOT
Côte d’Ivoire
AKA ASSOCIATION KENSKOAZELL AFRIKA

No poverty
PLAYING THE GAME OF HEALING (Bureau des Sports)
Morocco
SOS Villages d’Enfants Agadir

Quality education
Circus arts for the integration of disadvantaged adolescents
South Africa
Zip Zap Circus France

Gender equality
Pass-SPORT
Benin
Sages-Femmes Sans Frontières (SFSF)

Good health and well-being
Mi Dokpo, the emancipation of young people
Benin
Enfants de l’Ovale

Gender equality
Instilling sport in women as a tool for leadership development in Bordj Bou Arreridj
Algeria
Association El Ghaith

Climate action
Promotion of women’s football for the protection of the environment in South Benin
Benin
ODDB ONG

Good health and well-being
Inclusive sport for the kids living with a mental handicap
Morocco
El Youssr

No poverty
Aysa Satellite Academies Programme
Zimbabwe
Aces Youth Soccer Academy (AYSA)

Good health and well-being
DUNK Grassroots, promoting social inclusion in Ghana through sport
Ghana
DUNK Grassroots

Gender equality
All in chess
Gabon
Fédération gabonaise des échecs

Quality education
Social Education and Sport Training Center project
Congo Republic
Congo Evangelical Church

Quality education
Permanent Training Centre for Sport Professions (CPFMS)
Cameroon
Vanture Consulting

Reduced inequalities
First edition of the Francophonie Games for people with disability
Multiple countries
Francophone Africa Special People Games

Reduced inequalities
All for inclusive sport
Burundi
SERVIR for the Developpement and peace in Burundi

Quality education
Project for integration of refugees in Kenya through sport
Kenya
Pamoja Multi-Sports Academy (PAMIA)

Good health and well-being
Vibrant adolescents
Ghana
Play Soccer Ghana

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Construction of the SN Sports Complex
Cameroon
SN Sports

Éducation de qualité
Sport for Education and Active Society
Uganda
Kids for Africa Sport Academy

Quality education
Construction of the Jays Sports Academy
Uganda
NeFCoRD

Gender equality
Girls Money Savvy Through Football
Zambia
Sport-Aid Development Trust

Good health and well-being
Combating forms of gender-based violence in sport
RD Congo
Sport pour Tous

Good health and well-being
The Youth Mind Fitness Project
Uganda
Golden Boots

Good health and well-being
Unified Women’s Football for Health, Mutual Aid and Equity
Senegal
Special Olympics Senegal

Good health and well-being
Head in the Game
Côte d’Ivoire
Tackle Africa

Good health and well-being
Mental Health Trough Football Coaching
Kenya
Alive and Kicking

Gender equality
She plays!
Zambia
National Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation

Quality education
Ping and Education in Ghana
Ghana
Ping Sans Frontières

Good health and well-being
Sport as a tool to prevent crime and drug abuse
Nigeria
African Council on Narcotics

Good health and well-being
Enhancing health and leadership skills of the youth through sport
Ghana
Martisans Sport and Cultural Foundation

Reduced inequalities
A better structured club, children full of projects
Cabo Verde
ADRIEP

Gender equality
ALAFIA – Gender equality through rugby in Madagascar
Madagascar
Terres en Mêlées

No poverty
Cycling to improve living conditions and Earth protection
Nigeria
Ripple Heights Development Initiative

Gender equality
Basketball for gender equality
Rwanda
Shooting Touch

Gender equality
All girls united for gender equality in rural areas
Rwanda
Kids Play International

No poverty
Ba Nga Afayo! Reorienting youth in rural villages through sport
Uganda
Ba Nga Afayo

Gender equality
Move Her!
South Africa
ActivateHer

Quality education
Transforming communities through sport and innovation
Namibia
Physically Active Youth

Gender equality
Women’s football talent contest with Dakar Sacré Coeur
Senegal
Dakar Sacré-Coeur

Peace, justice and strong institutions
Sport as a tool for peace and inclusion in refugee camps
Uganda
Integrated Community Development Initiative (ICODI)

Good health and well-being
Training of teachers in the Fútbol Más methodology
Mozambique
Futbol Mas

Quality education
Empowering girls through volleyball
Senegal
Fatou Diouck

Good health and well-being
Play Right Project
Uganda
Youth Sport Uganda

Gender equality
Les Kombattantes
RD Congo
Fight for Dignity

Quality education
SporTICs for young people in the Plateau region of Togo
Togo
Young Talent Build By Sport

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Promotion of Women’s Collective Sports in the Commune of Tône 1 in Togo
Togo
Avenir des Jeunes Filles de Dapaong

Quality education
Ocean Guardian’s Educational & Sports Centre
Mozambique
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Decent work and economic growth
Cyclo-incubator, ecological and sporting jobs around the bicycle
Tunisia
Vélorution Tunisie

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Soli’space
Tunisia
Association Djerba Insolite

Quality education
CWSA Limpopo Football for Social Change
South Africa
Child Welfare Limpopo

Gender equality
Girls United
Lesotho
Kick4Life

Reduced inequalities
The Little Optimist Sailing Academy
South Africa
The Little Optimist Trust

Quality education
Waschana, let’s go!
Kenya
Karibu Afrika Kenya

Good health and well-being
Naamou – Let’s Swim for Health at Amane Centre
Morocco
Fondation Amane pour le Protection de l’Enfance

Good health and well-being
Impacting young inmates though sports
Kenya
Angaza (ASDC)

Good health and well-being
Dancing, acrobatics and boxing for the vulnerable children of Nairobi
Kenya
Elimu Project

Quality education
Morocco Preschool Olympics
Morocco
TIBU Africa

Gender equality
Let’s Ladies Play
Gabon
Ligue de Basketball de l’Estuaire – LIBABE

Good health and well-being
La BASE Academy’s (LBA) INFRA & Organic Farming Plan
Côte d’Ivoire
LaBase Academy

Reduced inequalities
New Start: inclusion through football
Cameroon
Acting Today to Change Tomorrow

Quality education
Sport for all in Koudougou
Burkina Faso
Association Denro

Gender equality
Emancip’action in Burkina Faso through rugby
Burkina Faso
Burkinabe Rugby Federation

Quality education
Rugby 7 as a lever for the expression and development of young girls through sport
Côte d’Ivoire
Cocody Rugby Abidjan Club

Reduced inequalities
La Relève Benin
Benin
Beninese Paralympic National Committee

Quality education
Blind Football experts dispatch
Senegal
JICA

Good health and well-being
Boxer les préjugés na Congo
RD Congo
Estelle MOSSELY

Good health and well-being
Sports for local communities
Uganda
Youth Talent Foundation

Partnerships for the goals
Dreals Basket House
All countries
Diana Gandega

Good health and well-being
Highway of Hope
Kenya
Centre for Transforming Mission/Nairobi Leadership Foundation Exemplaire

Gender equality
Programme « Ladies First »
Tanzania
JICA

Good health and well-being
Youth education through sports
Cameroon
Asso Terre d’Afrique

Quality education
Ukhuselo Lwa-Bantwana Edu-Sport
South Africa
Inkwenkwezi Youth Development Sporting Foundation EN

Peace, justice and strong institutions
Peacemakers Project
Burkina Faso
Peace and Sport

Quality education
LaBASE Academy, the future of african youth
Côte d’Ivoire
Monny Esther Niamké

Peace, justice and strong institutions
YES for Peace : youth empowerment through sports for peace promotion
South Sudan
JICA

Good health and well-being
Mama Fit : empowerment of women through sport
Morocco
TIBU Maroc

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Local multisports facilities in Democratic Republic of Congo
RD Congo
Youssouf Mulumbu

Good health and well-being
Ndembo Ligue: Football for education and social cohesion in DRC
RD Congo
LIGUE NDEMBO SARLU

Quality education
Giants of Africa : creating pathway for youth through sports
Multiple countries
Giants of Africa

Good health and well-being
Sport party: Promoting sport for all and social inclusion in Yaoundé
Cameroon
Sport For Us

Good health and well-being
Sport at the service of health and STEM education
Namibia
Physically Active Youth

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
INTWARI Sports Institute
Rwanda
INTWARI Sports Institute

Good health and well-being
Releasing youngsters’ potential thanks to physical education
South Africa
Physical Literacy for Children

Good health and well-being
“Wangourou légué ti séni”
Central African Republic
Enfant du Bénin Debout

Good health and well-being
3S: Sports, Health, and Socialisation
Côte d’Ivoire
La Balle aux Prisonniers

Good health and well-being
Youth fulfilment through football
Kenya
Centre for Enterprise Development and Innovation

Good health and well-being
Sports for the refugees
Uganda
Young African Refugees for Integral Development

Good health and well-being
Access to educational, sexual and reproductive health support services through football
Zambia
Alive and Kicking

Good health and well-being
Mutola Cup : an all-out platform on sexual education
Mozambique
Futebol dá força Foundation

Good health and well-being
Active and clean cities
Ghana
Play Soccer Ghana

Good health and well-being
Health and well-being through sport
Lesotho
Kick4Life

Good health and well-being
Promoting mental health and communal cohesion through sport and play
Kenya
Fútbol Más

Good health and well-being
Youth empowerment through sport and sexual education
Kenya
Aid Focus

Good health and well-being
Connecting teenagers and youngsters to reproductive health through sport
Kenya
Mathare Youth Sports Association

Good health and well-being
“Surf Therapy” in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Messeh Leone Trust

Good health and well-being
PROXI-SPORT-SANTE
Côte d’Ivoire
Visions Mêlées

Good health and well-being
Building a multisport centre in Bonis 1
Cameroon
Dynamique Africaine

Good health and well-being
Play4Health
Cameroon
Open Field

Good health and well-being
Fit-Sistaz Rwanda
Rwanda
Burera Volunteers from Development Association

Good health and well-being
Medical-social centre for functional re-education
Senegal
Diambars FC

Good health and well-being
Sport for Health
Liberia
Better Future Foundation

Good health and well-being
An innovative vision of education through sport
Senegal
La Maison du Rugby

Good health and well-being
Sport for people with reduced mobility
Rwanda
Let Us Stay Alive

Good health and well-being
Fighting chronic diseases among rural area women through sporting activities
Mali
Cram-Cram

Good health and well-being
Reinforcing rural girls’ resilience through sport
Togo
LYSD

Good health and well-being
Setting up senegalese wrestling academies for Diembering youth
Senegal
Casamasanté

Good health and well-being
Mobile Sports Project
Ghana
DUNK Grassroots

Good health and well-being
Fencing & football, an unprecedented alliance in the face of the challenge of COVID-19
Senegal
Pour le Sourire d’un Enfant

Good health and well-being
PharmaSport : Regular practice of sport to fight the chronic diseases
Senegal
AGORA

Good health and well-being
The Senior Maracanã Football Club
Burkina Faso
Atlas Network

Good health and well-being
Sport’s victory over handicap
Côte d’Ivoire
FISMA

Good health and well-being
Raising awareness on the prevention of non-transmissible diseases through sport
Uganda
C-AID

Good health and well-being
TIFU, programme for the emancipation of teenage girls through football
Morocco
TIBU Africa

Good health and well-being
Promoting girls’ health thanks to football in Malawi
Malawi
Ascent Soccer

Good health and well-being
The Impact Makers’ programme
Ghana
IM Youth Foundation

Good health and well-being
Training coaches in youngsters’ supervision
South Africa
Training4Changes

Good health and well-being
Fighting doping and promoting the social inclusion of the children living with a mental handicap
Burundi
NOC Burundi

Good health and well-being
Outreach programme about the dangers of abusive use of substance in Pikounda (Congo)
Congo Republic
Congo Terre de Foot

Good health and well-being
MoveHer – Young girls’ empowerment programme through sport
South Africa
ActivateHer

Good health and well-being
Building a multisport centre for seniors and children at Mitsoudje
Comoros
ARME

Good health and well-being
Mental and physical well-being for marginalised youngsters thanks to sport
Nigeria
NEYIF

Good health and well-being
Sport as a means of social change and health development
Cameroon
HEDECS

Good health and well-being
MEDI’SEPT or using sport for the prevention of non transmissible diseases
Côte d’Ivoire
FIR

Good health and well-being
Sport for a better inclusion for persons with reduced mobility
Rwanda
NPC Rwanda

Good health and well-being
Sport for Palabek refugee children’s sanitary autonomy
Uganda
AWYAD

Good health and well-being
Vulnerable girls’ empowerment via surfing
South Africa
Nine Miles Project

Good health and well-being
“SAINS” initiative for inclusive sport
Senegal
Special Olympics Senegal

Good health and well-being
Promotion of the rights of people living with albinism
Côte d’Ivoire
BEDA-CI

Good health and well-being
Football for women at any age in Benin
Benin
Oldyssey

Good health and well-being
Sport for All and “Sport and Health Caravan” for Rural Areas
Cameroon
CDMS

Good health and well-being
Play football, be informed, stay healthy
Kenya
Angaza (ASDC)

Good health and well-being
Football to combat early marriage and pregnancy
Uganda
NeFCoRD

Good health and well-being
Sport for Better Health for All
RD Congo
ATADC

Good health and well-being
Improving girls’ mental and physical health through boxing
Kenya
Boxgirls Kenya

Good health and well-being
Sport for Health
Uganda
CEFARH

Good health and well-being
Football 4 WASH
Uganda
Watoto Wasoka

Good health and well-being
Sport to educate and combat STDs and COVID-19
Zambia
CHESIZ

Good health and well-being
Sports as an awareness-raising tool in schools
Rwanda
RDEC Rwanda

Good health and well-being
Improving access to community based mental health care for youth through rugby
South Africa
School of Hard Knocks

Good health and well-being
Protecting children and advancing their rights through sport
South Sudan
SWAGIA

Good health and well-being
Football and netball to help protect vulnerable young people
Malawi
Tingathe Development Forum

Good health and well-being
Terang’Aby, a ground-breaking all-female sport and education academy
Senegal
Foundation Terang'Aby

Peace, justice and strong institutions
Great Lakes programme with Peace and Sport
Burundi
Peace and Sport

Quality education
Protecting, educating and empowering young people facing adversity
Burundi
Right To Play

Good health and well-being
SKILLZ For Life : preventing malaria and HIV/AIDS
Nigeria
Special Olympics

Quality education
SEED Academy : using basketball to develop new talent and tomorrow’s leaders
Senegal
SEED Project

Reduced inequalities
Olympafrica : a programme for African youth
Benin
Olympafrica

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Ebimpé Olympic Stadium becomes the largest stadium in Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Sport

Quality education
African Black’n Blue for access to education through football
Angola
Inter Campus

Good health and well-being
Shooting Touch : providing access to sport in rural areas
Rwanda
Shooting Touch

Quality education
I AM Benin : catching the rebounds for leadership and a new zest for life
Benin
I AM Foundation

Reduced inequalities
Building a sports and educational centre in Tambacounda with Mamadou Sakho
Senegal
AMSAK Donation

Quality education
HMB Foundation for the education and social inclusion of young people
Mali
HMB Foundation

Quality education
Promo Jeune Basket : a school of life in Goma
RD Congo
Promo Jeune Basket

Clean water and sanitation
Sail for Water : promoting universal access to clean drinking water
Cabo Verde
Sail for Water

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Kigali Arena: a new epicentre of sport in East Africa
Rwanda
Rwanda Housing Authority

Quality education
TIBU Maroc : promoting inclusive basketball
Morocco
TIBU Maroc

Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Dakar Arena : a new sports complex in Senegal
Senegal
Etat du Sénégal

Gender equality
Rails Football Academy : girls at the heart of the game
Cameroon
L'Enfant des Rails Foundation

Gender equality
Fight For Dignity : sport as a tool for rehabilitation
Multiple countries
Laurence Fischer

Quality education
Serge Betsen Academy : a helping hand for children
Cameroon

Sustainable cities and communities
Dakar Diamniadio Sports City: an innovative sports complex
Senegal
DD Sports City

Partnerships for the goals
Streetfootballworld Festival 19 : international solidarity tournament
Multiple countries
Sport dans la Ville

Gender equality
Milôkpéhou Trophy : women’s football tournament
Benin
Benin Association for the Development of Sport and the Arts

Quality education
Yemaly camps : inclusive basketball in Gabon
Gabon
Géraldine Robert

Quality education
Using rugby for the advancement and integration of girls in Mali
Mali
Hippos Camp France

Reduced inequalities
Adapting a pitch for blind football
Guinea
Entraide Guinée

No poverty
Protecting children in the Mathare slum
Kenya
Futbol Mas

No poverty
Kibera Black Stars: key players upgrading a slum
Kenya
A Human Rainbow

Peace, justice and strong institutions
Fencing and restorative justice in Senegal
Senegal
Pour le Sourire d’un Enfant

Quality education
Louga Playground : renovation of a basketball court
Senegal
Big Bang Ballers

Gender equality
Empowering girls and women through skateboarding
Ghana
Surf Ghana

Gender equality
Education and bouncing back through sport in Koudougou
Burkina Faso
Association Denro

Zero hunger
Agou EcoTrail : running to combat malnutrition
Togo
Antenna France

Reduced inequalities
Securing a sports pitch in the village of Diabir
Senegal
SOS Casamance

Good health and well-being
Tackle Africa : Sexual health through football
Burkina Faso
Tackle Africa

Sustainable cities and communities
AGORA programme for grassroots sport
Côte d’Ivoire
WinWin Afrique

Quality education
Rugbyna Faso : education through rugby
Burkina Faso
Terres en Mêlées

Quality education
Education through rugby in Madagascar
Madagascar
Terres en Mêlées

Quality education
Enfants du Bénin Debout : basketball camps and tournaments
Benin

Quality education
Diambars Institute : making passion for football a driving force for education
Senegal
Institut Diambars

Good health and well-being
Surf therapy for at-risk young people
Liberia
Waves for Change

Quality education
LYSD : sport for youth empowerment
Côte d’Ivoire
LYSD

Reduced inequalities
Social inclusion in Johannesburg through sport
South Africa
Sport for Social Change Network

Reduced inequalities
Solidarité Aveugle : blind football for development
Mali
Libre vue

Quality education
Improving school access and retention with Playdagogy
Burundi
Play International