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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Commonwealth Youth Games 2017 Planning
- Caribbean & Americas
- St. Lucia
Two senior Sport Leaders worked with the St. Lucia Olympic Committee (SLOC) to help plan the prospective 2017 Youth Games, which were later moved to the Bahamas.
Commonwealth Youth Games 2023
- Caribbean & Americas
Working closely with the Organizing Committee, Trinbago 2023, the local community, and Games volunteers, SportWORKS Officers were involved in all facets of the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the Commonwealth Youth Games held in Trinidad and Tobago.
Community Football Club Development
- Caribbean & Americas
- Barbados
- Caribbean & Americas
- Trinidad and Tobago
To help further grow community football clubs in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, CGC conducted workshops on: developing club structures, volunteer management, coaching, and long term athlete development. Strategy sessions were also held with clubs to help develop their brands and create fundraising and sponsorship opportunities.
Community Multi-Sport Club Development
- Caribbean & Americas
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
CGC assisted SVGOC in further establishing community, multi-sport clubs in different regions of the country. These clubs collaborate with schools in their communities providing access to sport, while promoting the benefits of education and literacy to students. The work included developing a national sports database, surveying community and club needs, providing support material to help improve governance structures, as well as assisting with fundraising.
Community Schools Physical Education and HIV/AIDS Curriculum Development
- Africa
- Zambia
Working in partnership with teachers and volunteers at three Zambian Open Community Schools, CGC helped develop physical education curriculum that incorporated HIV/AIDS education for orphans, vulnerable, and HIV positive children. Material from the Kicking AIDS Out (KAO) project was also delivered throughout the schools.
Community Sport Development
- Africa
- Zimbabwe
CGC managed the co-funding and delivery of a series of soccer coaching clinics in the high-density areas in Harare. A soccer league consisting of six boys and six girls teams was subsequently created, which incorporated AIDS awareness and tree planting activities. Andy Cole, the popular Manchester United soccer celebrity became a patron of the program.
Empowering Girls through Sport
- Asia
- India
Founded in 2009 and operated in Jharkhand, one of the poorest, least literate, and most lawless regions of India, Yuwa uses girls’ team sports as a platform for social development in rural India, and is now one of the largest girls’ 42 projects 43 projects football programs in the country. Alongside sport development, Yuwa teaches life skills, with a focus on positive coaching. CGC has assisted Yuwa with competitive coaching techniques.
Females Leading Achieving Motivating Empowering (FLAME)
- Africa
- Namibia
CGC led the development of a girls’ empowerment through sport program which included: sports, leadership development, team building, health awareness training, mentoring, tutoring, book clubs, and social events. As part of this project, participants gave back to the community through volunteering at local orphanages.
Game On!
- Caribbean & Americas
- Trinidad and Tobago
Gender Action Plan Development
- Africa
- South Africa
- Africa
- Swaziland
CGC contributed to, and helped facilitate, the development of the Confederation of Southern Africa National Olympic Committee’s (COSANOC) Gender Action Plan. This involved helping to identify areas of focus, formulating an action plan, and developing a process to aid the creation of country-specific plans.
