• City, country: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• Beneficiaries: 1,500 directly
• Total cost: 32,745 euro
• Sport Network Funding: Las Rozas City Council 6,745 euro; Fundación la Caixa 24,000 euro, Caja Madrid 2,000 euro
• Duration: 12 months
BRIEF SUMMARY: This project contributed to the improvement of the social situation of young women and the reduction of their discrimination through sport. To achieve this goal, we built several sports installations and implemented a gender-equality program through sport. Some 300 young women took part in socio-educational seminars, as well as in self-esteem bolstering activities and HIV/AIDS prevention. Fifty women were trained as physical education monitors with the purpose to guarantee the sustainability of the project. Many dignitaries attended the official opening of the center, among them the Ambassador of Spain. The woman’s basketball team from the center has already become Tanzania’s uncontested champion.
STATE: Completed in 2006