Missions

India

Area of intervention

Populations that have lived through such natural disasters as the December 26, 2004 tsunami require long-term post-trauma support. Regular sports activities can provide an effective tool for intervening with victims and, in particular, for children for whom games and sports are an essential component of childhood.

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Aim

To structure sustainable community activities that ensure access to regular and appropriate sports activities for village children.



Project sheet

  • Mission start date : September 2005

    National team : 3 Indians

    Location : Puducherry Territory (ex Pondichery)

    Results in 2008 :

    63 people trained (young community sports leaders and students in the Faculty of Sports).

    More than 30 000 participations to our activities.

     

  • Program partners :

    Technical partners : RTUT and AVAT (Indian NGO’s)

    Indian institutional partners : Indian Institutional Partners : University of Puducherry

     

     

  • Financial partners :

    La Voix de l'Enfant, General Mills.

Local context

If the 2004 tsunami exacerbated the economic inertia that was already in place on the Coromandel coast (Pondichery region), it also triggered a number of serious social consequences. Communities already heavily separated among the poorest of castes (i.e. dalits and fishermen) further withdrew into themselves after the disaster.

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Programmes implemented

  • "Community sports leaders" programme

    In partnership with two Indian NGO’s (AVAT and RTUT), we have trained voluntary community sports leaders in each sponsored village since 2005. These leaders are able to prepare and lead APS sessions, and also to manage a sports-dedicated activity space (equipment, multisport court).

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  • "University of Pondichery" programme

    At the University of Pondichery, we established a diploma-granting training (both theoretical and practical) that is recognized by the state, aimed at students enrolled in sports. Diplomas are awarded at the completion of a mandatory mentoring practicum which takes places throughout the year and pairs students with community sports leaders in the villages.

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