Location and general information
Access to Sport - 
Conflict victims - 
Gender Equality - 
Personal developmentContext
Nowadays, more people have been displaced from their homes than at any time since World War II. In Germany, roughly 1.4 million people live as refugees. In post-conflict Iraq, about 1.2 million people live as internally displaced persons (IDP).
In Iraq, the Scoring Girls live in an IDP camp outside of Dohuk, home to 15,000 people. Most belong to the Yazidi minority group from the Ninawa governate, a region in the north-west that was overrun and largely destroyed by ISIS in 2014, causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. Many of the project’s beneficiaries have been living in the camp for over five years.
In Germany, the Scoring Girls come from more than ten countries. Many of the girls underwent treacherous journeys to get to Europe. Despite living in Germany for over five years, many are still in refugee shelters on the outskirts of Berlin and Cologne.
Project content
The Scoring Girls projects offer girls in Germany and Iraq the chance to identify their strengths and passions and build up enough self-confidence to realise their dreams in life, regardless of their background, socio-economic status or faith. Through team sports, school and homework help, career guidance and the involvement of strong female role models, project participants learn to treat each other with respect and believe in themselves.
Objectives
- Empower refugee and IDP girls to integrate into their host societies through soft-skill development and new knowledge
- Support the development of a strong, inclusive community by strengthening social cohesion and improving access to community services for refugees and their families
- Promote direct engagement and mutual understanding between refugee and IDP girls and the host communities in Germany and Iraq
- Raise awareness of the potential of sport as a tool to empower and integrate refugee girls
Project activities
Weekly empowerment programme: recruitment and relationship building
- Weekly football-based soft-skills programme
- Empowerment dialogues with role models
Community-building programme
- Scoring Girls yearbook with Iraqi and German participants
- Group excursions in the community
- Family engagement events and trainings
- Friendly matches
Dissemination of impact
- Capacity-building between the Scoring Girls teams in Iraq and Germany
- Press work and dissemination
Expected results
- 150 girls (refugees, IDPs and from the host community) have improved soft-skills such as self-confidence, teamwork and resilience
- Cohesive communities of girls with diverse backgrounds are created in five locations
- 300 family members actively support the girls’ participation
- 40 multipliers gain insights into how to use sport to promote integration in Iraq and Germany
- 100,000 people learn about the power of sport to build cohesive communities and empower girls
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