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SportWORKS Projects

Commonwealth Games Canada has been involved in over 125 sport for development and sport development projects in over 30 countries around the world. Brief summaries of some of these projects are given below which includes: their geographic location, partners involved, and the associated CGC initiative.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlights sport as “an important enabler of sustainable development”. It recognizes the growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace in its promotion of tolerance and respect, and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of women and girls, young people, individuals, and communities, as well as to health, education, gender equality and social inclusion objectives. Thanks to the generous support of the Government and Canada and our other donors, CGC is proud to be one of the world’s pioneers of international sport for development and sport development work.

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Mafube Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Program

  • Africa
  • Lesotho
Partners: Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC)
Initiative: Canadian Sport Leadership Corps

CGC supported the Mafube Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Program which helps marginalized children in Lesotho’s four districts as part of the Olympafrica Youth Ambassador Program (OYAP). Through the Mafube program, OYAP ambassadors travel into the communities and run sports activities and games where these vulnerable youth congregate.

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The program provides street kids the opportunity to have fun, while providing them basic HIV/AIDS and healthy lifestyle education through sport activities.

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