Sport, a key tool for integration and socialization among East Timorese youth
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Countries and dates:
Timor Leste, 2008 to 2014
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Target group:
1,400 children and young people in difficult circumstances (homeless, gang members etc.)
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Impact:
Around 3,700 people reached (families, schools and communities)
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Project leaders:
Eight non-governmental organizations (NGO) staffed with more than 30 instructors and managers of youth centres located in disadvantaged areas of the capital, Dili
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Peace and Sport’s role:
To help local actors develop their education, integration and socialization through sport projects