Monthly Archives: December 2015
Press release – The last edition of ‘Sport for Life’, in Same
PRESS RELEASE Dili, Timor-Leste · Wednesday, 10 December 2015 SportImpact organized on Saturday, December 5, in Same, the 13th and last edition of ‘Sport for Life’ About the future of SportImpact SportImpact took ‘Sport for Life’ to all 13 Timor-Leste municipalities in 2015. According to SportImpact's Project Manager, João Girão, "We are proud of having covered the whole country with such a small team and limited budget. We would like to thank everyone for their contributions, in particular UNESCO, Sport Confederation of Timor-Leste, World Vision, ChildFund, One World Play Project, national federations and their associations, especially Athletics, and Youth…Read more
SportImpact took part in the 8th Peace and Sport International Forum, in Monaco from November 25 to 27th
SportImpact had been invited to the Forum to showcase its work using ‘adapted sport’ equipment, inspired by Peace and Sport’s Adapted Sport Manual. During the forum delegates, speakers and organizers could learn about the Sport for Life project in Timor-Leste by talking with Nuno Delicado and visiting SportImpact’s stand, where videos, photos, documents and sport equipment were on display. SportImpact was also one of the three nominees to the Peace and Sport ‘Adapted Programme of the Year’ Award. The British Council ended up winning the award, with its DOSTI project in Karachi (Pakistan), which aims at building community…Read more