Missions

Sri Lanka

Area of intervention

Sport Without Borders intervened to establish physical and sports activities as a tool for psychosocial support in post-emergency Sri Lanka following the 2004 tsunami. Soon afterwards, more structural needs in the sectors of education and youth services became clear, particularly in terms of training.

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Aim

To sustainably integrate Physical and Sports Activities as a tool for well-being, for psychosocial support, and as a means of encouraging coeducation in the formal education system and in other public institutions.



Project sheet

  • Mission start date : 2005

    National team : 5 Sri Lankans

    International team : 2 expatriates

    Location : Ampara district, Akkaraipattu and Pottuvil regions

    Outcomes of our actions in 2008 : 113 teachers and executives trained in sports leadership and 3190 children, adolescent, and youth.

  • Program partners :

    Technical partners : Swim Lanka
    Sri Lankan institutional partners : Ministry of Education, Akkaraipattu Zonal Education Office

     

  • Financial partners :

    La Voix de l'Enfant

Local context

The positive results posted by Sri Lanka in terms of development should not conceal the very difficult socio-economic realities that exist in regions in the north and the east – regions that have been victims of the more than 25 year old conflict between separatist Tamils and the Sinhalese government. The tidal wave that took place on December 26, 2004 ruined the local economy in all areas relying on fishing and tourism.

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Programmes implemented

  • "Youth Centre" Programme

    This programme consists of the establishment of sports / game sessions in youth centres in the Pottuvil area, and of the training of leaders in these centres such that they will eventually take charge of the structuring of activities, each within their respective clubs.

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  • "School" Programme

    Very few schools in the Akkaraipattu school district are able to put Physical and Sports Activities in place, despite the fact that they are listed as a mandatory part of each programme. Similarly, education through sports is missing from the training of teachers although the physical and psychological development of children are among the priorities in Sri Lankan educational policy.
    The goal of this programme is to instate as part of the educational process for teachers, the leading of Physical and Sports Activities as a complementary educational tool.

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