SportWORKS

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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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New Life Organization (NEWLO)

  • Caribbean & Americas
  • Grenada

Situated in three centres, NEWLO is a vocational training program which helps 14-24 year olds who have been unable to succeed in the traditional education system. NEWLO uses a holistic curriculum which first teaches basic academic skills followed by hands-on vocational expertise such as masonry, plumbing, hospitality, office skills, etc. CGC helped add a physical education component to NEWLO’s programing to further instill self-esteem and self-respect amongst its participants.

This consisted of integrated physical education programs, sports days, and other extracurricular activities such as intramurals, tournaments and competitive teams.