AFRICA: Senegal –  IT- and Sports Complex for Two Marginalized Rural Communities

AFRICA: Senegal –  IT- and Sports Complex for Two Marginalized Rural Communities

Project Status:

Finalized

Funding Theme:

Education, Health, Sports

Project Location:

Kaffrine

Duration:

2024 – 2026

Target Group:

Children, Adolescents, Students

Direct Beneficiaries:

approx. 5.700

SDGs: 

  • Good health and well-being (SDG 3)
  • Quality Education (SDG 4)
  • Gender Equality (SDG 5)
  • Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10)
  • Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions (SDG 16)
  • Partnerships for the Goals (SDG 17)

The goal of this educational and sports project is to strengthen digital learning, promote sports and social participation in a disadvantaged region. Despite delays, the infrastructure, buildings, IT, and a multi-purpose sports field were successfully completed, and a sustainable local support structure was established. Through these combined, ongoing measures, the project reduced the digital divide between urban and rural populations and offered sports activities for boys and girls to promote teamwork, fairness, and gender equality.  The project also improved academic performance, developed participants’ character, increased engagement, and strengthened mental health.

Project Objectives:

  • Improvement of educational and sports infrastructure
  • Promotion of high-quality education and digital skills
  • Strengthening of IT capacities
  • Support for youth and local talent
  • Social inclusion and community work through the creation of a “community” space
  • Local employment and economic stimulation
  • Promotion of gender equality

Project Activities

  • Hosting awareness-raising and stakeholder meetings
  • Increasing involvement of youth associations and neighborhood representatives
  • Constructing an IT center and multifunctional sports field
  • Establishing an IT room and a custodial area
  • Procuring sports equipment and seating for spectators
  • Organizing soccer and basketball tournaments
  • Training players and establishing of sports committee
  • Formally establishing a management committee
Entrance to the new sports field

Project Results:

  • Completed IT and sports complex
  • Infrastructure for four sports
  • Acquired 148 pieces of sports equipment and 50 spectator seats
  • Successfully held tournaments
  • Trained youths in sports
  • Expanded target group to up to 5,000 students
  • Established sustainable local management structure
Soccer tournaments are especially popular among young people in Kaffrine
Exterior View
The IT room and related equipment have been set up for training and administrative purposes
IT Room from the Outside
Group photo of the girls' and women's teams
Basketball Tournament for Young Women
New building and block with restroom facilities
The YOU Foundation – Education for Children in Need, an initiative of UNESCO Special Envoy Dr. h.c. Ute-Henriette Ohoven, is committed to education for the poorest of the poor worldwide.

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