Academic dissertation on Sport for Life in Timor-Leste

Academic dissertation on Sport for Life in Timor-Leste

In July 2018, Celeste Abrahams, a student from the University of Cambridge, spent three weeks in Timor-Leste, Dili, to study the Sport for Life project. In April she published her dissertation on Sport for Life in Timor-Leste, with the title “A slum dunk or bouncing off the backboard”. In her dissertation, Celeste relates and analyzes the critiques of several authors (Kwauk, Hayhurst, etc.) on Sport for Development and Peace programs on topics such as gender inequality, education and development landscape, with the impact generated throughout the years by SportImpact in Timor-Leste. It should…Read more
Sport For Life at the SDG to Youth Festival in Praia

Sport For Life at the SDG to Youth Festival in Praia

SportImpact participated in the SDG to Youth Festival, organized by AIESEC Cabo Verde on April 1-5 in Praia, Cabo Verde. The festival aimed to show the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations to young cape-verdeans, through speeches, forums and sport activities. SportImpact participated in the 2nd day, on an event called Sports for Change focusing on sport as a way of human development. We also participated in the last day of the festival, on the Youth Speak Forum, in which Léo Moreau, Africa Coordinator, had a keynote speech about…Read more