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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Physically Active Youth (PAY)

  • Africa
  • Namibia

Physically Active Youth (PAY) is a comprehensive after-school program that targets high school youth-at-risk performing poorly in school, in particular those earmarked to fail their Grade 10 exams. PAY helps enable participants to: realize their personal and professional potential, gain respect and self-esteem, and participate fully in society. The program provides a combination of academic tutoring, physical activity, recreation, community engagement, and life skills training.

CGC supported PAY for many years in a broad range of activities.