Red Deporte promotes the employability of vulnerable youth On September 24, a very special soccer ball has rolled at the Puskás Aréna stadium in Budapest. And what makes it so special? We let you know! UEFA Foundation for Children, in collaboration with Adidas and a small group of NGOs that promote football as a tool for social integration in Europe, launched the project to create a unique ball. In it,...

Increasing the autonomy and skills of the sub-Saharan refugee population Red Deporte continues to empower the population of sub-Saharan origin residing in Madrid, with the aim of reducing their dependency and achieving increased autonomy, especially from the economic and labour sphere. Over the last year, Red Deporte has had the privilege of collaborating with SERCADE’s Afrique Program, which favours the networking of migration entities to promote a dignified reception. The activities have...

Healthcare and Climate Change Prevention Program in Cameroon Red Deporte health program in Cameroon takes place in the Eastern Region, with a high presence of refugee population. During the second semester of 2019, special work was done in the Mandjou area, which has 20,000 inhabitants, predominantly Muslim, with very few financial resources and a life expectancy of around 50 years. The population is exposed to high risk of...

Health care, physiotherapy and education for health through sport Red Deporte, has carried out a health program in the town of Mansa, located in northern Zambia, during second half of 2019, in collaboration with the Salesians. To do so, it has moved a team of three health professionals, thanks to the agreement signed with Galicia Region Government in Spain. Clinical work has taken place in local community clinic, sharing knowledge and working methods with...

Red Deporte promotes the employability of vulnerable youth Red Deporte program “Youth Empowerment through Football” exploits the potential of this sport to increase the ability to obtain a lasting employment, by vulnerable youth. The program is carried out in collaboration with training entities, such as La Rueca, located in the Villaverde district, which trains boys and girls in areas such as catering, logistics, commercial services or various services. Our program implements sessions...

Next steps of Easybasket in Europe We have completed the first stage of dissemination and now we have to get all partners to work in the development of two beautiful components of this program. On the one hand, the preparation of an explanatory manual of the methodology and that contains numerous practical exercises of Easybasket. This material will arrive online to many European sports and educational entities. The objective is to popularize this modality in all corners of Europe. In...

Red Deporte takes part in the program that revolutionizes basketball in Europe The Easybasket project in Europe, aims to bring the practice of basketball closer to boys and girls, adapting the rules in order to make it more accessible, simple and fun to practice. The Easybasket methodology has its starting point in Italy and seeks to spread the practice in Europe, while introducing innovations and enriching the methodology after two years of the project. Basketball federations from Italy, Germany, Czech...

During the month of February 2019, the Sand Games Project was launched, supported by the European Commission under the line of Erasmus+ projects. The aim of this project is to develop good practices using sand sports to advance inclusion and enhance employability among young European refugees. Sand Games offers a differential and very original element to achieve this objective: to value the space offered by natural environments such as beaches or rivers, or artificial, as a space for play,...

Red Deporte scores against unemployment together with different European partners During 2018 we continued to take steps in the development of employability-oriented life skills through the “Scoring for the Future” programme with nine European partners. This programme is an excellent seed for a future of labour insertion of so many young people who are today in a vulnerable situation from the employment point of view in Europe. ...