• City, country: Dakar, Thiés and Tambacounda. Senegal
• Beneficiaries: 4,000 children and youth
• Total cost: 197,727 euro
• Sport Network Funding: Comunidad de Madrid, 130,000 euro
• Duration: 13 months
BRIEF SUMMARY: The project set up a network of three sports and educational centers for the promotion of youth’s integral education in three cities: Dakar, Thies and Tambacounda. We completed a program of activities that bolstered sport and cultural activities for youth to engage in as an alternative to leisure time in the streets. We also carried out a feasibility and needs-assessment study in the zone, together with our local partners in Senegal, Mali, Benin, Togo and Ivory Coast. The project was visited in 2006 during three days by the Madrid Rumbo al Sur expedition, which provided an opportunity of interaction between young people from Senegal and Madrid. This visit was repeated in 2008 to the sports and education center at Tambacounda.
STATE: Completed in 2007