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Sports-based integration in priority neighborhoods
AFD is supporting the action of the footballer Raí through his Gol de Letra Foundation, which works to develop basic skills among socially vulnerable young people in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and S...
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Capoeira as a tool for peace
AFD is supporting the action of Gigando Pela Paz to use capoeira as a tool for peacebuilding and the development of citizenship in situations of violence.
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Sport for inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities
Created in 1968, the Special Olympics promotes social inclusion through sport for people with intellectual disabilities. Through the Sport for Mental Health and Social Cohesion (SMHSC) program, the in...
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Athletics for the development of conflict-afflicted areas
The Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation (TLPF) uses athletics as a tool to promote peace, strengthen social cohesion and foster the development of conflict-afflicted areas. AFD is supporting the associatio...
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Empowering girls through basketball in Angola
The Tony Parker Adequat Academy (TPAA) in Lyon is helping the Formigas club in Luanda promote access to sport and girls’ and women’s empowerment through basketball in Angola.
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Preventing violence through football
AFD is supporting the action of the Sidoc Foundation to use sport as a tool to prevent violence in the city of Santiago de Cali, in an unfavorable environment for young people, following Covid-19 and...
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Rugby to support education from early childhood
AFD is helping the Serge Betsen Academy use rugby as a vehicle for social integration and access to education for hundreds of disadvantaged children in urban and rural areas of Cameroon.
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Improving the physical and mental health of girls through boxing
AFD has supported two projects of the organization BoxGirls Kenya to develop an enabling environment to rebuild the lives of young women who have experienced violence in disadvantaged communities.
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Rehabilitation of sports facilities for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics
AFD is committed to reducing inequalities in access to public sports facilities and increasing participation in sport for people in Dakar through investment in a permanent legacy of infrastructure.
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Sensitizing slum children to the benefits of sport
AFD is supporting Watoto Wasoka, an association that uses sport as a vehicle for positive social change in the lives of slum and street children.
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Gender equality through rugby
AFD is supporting the association Terres en Mêlées with the project called ALAFIA – Gender Equality Through Rugby in Madagascar, which aims to promote girls’ empowerment in the south-west of the count...
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Personal achievement through basketball
AFD is supporting the action of the association Leading Youth, Sport & Development (LYSD) in Togo to increase the number of sports and educational activities available to young people and thereby supp...
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The circus as a tool to build a future for youth
Created more than 30 years ago, Zip Zap Circus is a social circus that works with South African youth in a spirit of coexistence and peace. AFD is actively supporting the association’s initiatives thr...
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French expertise for sport development in Senegal
The Dakar Sacré Cœur (DSC) club is a key player in the partnership involving AFD and the Olympique Lyonnais (OL) club. It is benefiting from French expertise to promote Africa’s vast sports potential....
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Impact 2024: Sport and Development initiatives in Africa
AFD has joined hands with Paris 2024 to support partnership initiatives that use sport as a tool for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
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Social inclusion via canoeing in priority neighborhoods
The association Tep Challenge Vohi Concept Arue promotes traditional Polynesian canoeing (the Polynesian canoe is called a “va’a”) to offer new opportunities to young people from priority neighborhood...
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Guadeloupe
The largest archipelago of the Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe is faced with major economic, social and environmental challenges. With more than 30% of the population living below the poverty line, on...
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Restoration of Caribbean Mangroves (OECS)
This project is dedicated to the restoration and conservation of several mangrove sites in the Caribbean, and will be carried out on priority sites selected by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean St...
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Regional coordination for Caribbean sargassum management
The project aims to limit the impact of sargassum strandings in the Caribbean and to promote a regional dynamic for structuring a management and development framework for sargassum.
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Policy Based Loan Resilience and Green Development
In a context of Albania’s convergence toward the European Union acquis, the « Resilience and Green Development» programme aims to support the Albanian authorities in the implementation of ambitious en...
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