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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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Sport Capacity Building

  • Africa
  • Zambia
Partners: Sport in Action (SIA)
Initiative: Sport Leaders Abroad Program

Sport in Action (SIA) is a Zambian NGO that works in schools and communities using sport and recreation as a development tool to help address health and social issues such as HIV/AIDS, and gender equality. The program: imparts life skills, builds capacity, and empowers children and youth, with the goal of creating more active and healthy lives.

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CGC provided training for coaches and community leaders in physical literacy, fundamental movement skills, and the skill’s relationship to performance in sport. Advocacy support was also provided for using sport as a developmental tool.

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