Location and general information
Access to Sport - 
Children with disabilities - 
Conflict victims - 
Employability - 
Environmental protection - 
Gender Equality - 
Healthy lifestyle - 
Personal developmentContext
More than six million displaced people and returnees in Iraq are grappling with the long-term consequences of conflict, displacement, economic hardship and climate disasters. Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable, not only living in poverty and being exposed to violence but also having their education disrupted and being forced to relocate frequently. They often have no identity papers and many are subjected to child labour, early marriage, domestic violence, sexual exploitation, recruitment by armed groups and violent extremism. Children from families that support the Islamic State and children living in detention centres are among the most vulnerable.
Project goals
The overarching aim of the project is to protect and empower vulnerable children and adolescents affected by conflict and the negative consequences of climate change in the Al-Shirqat and Mosul areas.
Specific goals:
- Improve access to inclusive sports activities in youth centres, detention centres and schools
- Promote psychosocial well-being, social integration and peace
- Reinforce the education and protection of children, whether they attend school or not
- Foster youth community engagement, climate action, decision-making and resilience
Project content
The project combines structured learning, safe play and community support and focuses in particular on girls, disabled children and those who have stopped going to school, been displaced or detained or whose families support the Islamic State.
- Renovating football pitches
- Organising tournaments and outdoor sports camps
- Supporting youth-led structures, initiatives and awareness-raising campaigns relating to child protection, education, climate change and sport
- Training teachers, coaches and staff at detention centres on child protection, children’s rights and sports-based psychosocial support
- Providing a safe space where vulnerable children and adolescents can develop their life skills and civic values
- Offering informal education opportunities
- Running an innovation lab
Partners
