Press Release – Amazing “VerdeOlympics” in São Nicolau and Boa Vista islands

PRESS RELEASE

Praia, Cabo Verde · Monday, 09 May 2016

SportImpact and the Cabo Verde Olympic Committee
organized on Saturday, April 23, in São Nicolau and Boa Vista islands
two simultaneous editions of ‘VerdeOlympics’

Over 1000 children and youngsters experienced 16 different sports in Boa Vista and São Nicolau islands.

These events were co-organized with 60 graduates of two 5-day workshops “Sport Administration, with major in Organization of Sport Events”. During the workshop the participants were stimulated by SportImpact facilitators to empower themselves to pursue their projects and dreams instead of just waiting for external support.  Inspired by Peace and Sport’s Adapted Sport Manual, they built sport equipment for the event from local materials and recycled garbage, overcoming the lack of official (and expensive) equipment.

The event in São Nicolau was covered by Cabo Verde national television (RTC). Press here to see the video (to notice in the minute 1:24 the participation in all sports of an invisual young man).

About ‘VerdeOlympics’

The ‘VerdeOlympics’ program is a ‘Sport for Life’ initiative based on the key lessons learned by SportImpact in Timor-Leste and adapted to Cabo Verde reality. The program is being implemented in partnership with the Cabo Verde Olympic Committee. Other stakeholders are engaged and contributing actively to the project, such as the Cabo Verde Ministry of Sport & Education through the General Directorate for Sport and local schools, the Cabo Verde Ministry of Youth through Youth Centers and the Institute for Children and Adolescents, NGO SOS Children’s Villages, national sport federations and associations, among others.

The project is being implemented with two simultaneous teams in order to cover all the country before the Olympic Day (June 23^rd), where the program’s alumni will be fully responsible for organizing another ‘VerdeOlympics’ event in their region, to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games on 23 June 1894.  See image bellow for specific dates.

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For more information about ‘Sport for Life’ initiaves and Sportimpact: www.sportimpact.org  | www.facebook.com/sportimpact.org  | Annual Report

Contacts: events@sportimpact.org, Tel. +670 7801 4000 (Timor-Leste) | +238 937 6577 (Cabo Verde)