| PROGRAMME | Football pour la Paix, Football Éducatif, Football Anti-SIDA |
| LOCATION | Kigali |
| FIELD OF WORK | education, gender, health, peace building |
| TARGET GROUP | Young people between the ages of five and twenty five |
| NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS | 20.000 |
| USING FOOTBALL SINCE | 2002 |
| MEMBER SINCE | 2002 |
The ethnic groups of Rwanda today still struggle with the legacy of the genocide in 1994. In the search for justice and peaceful coexistence, Espérance seeks to fight the ethnic divide of the Rwandan population through education and social programmes, establishing “Football for Peace and Anti-AIDS” in 2002.
The organisation uses football as a tool not only to reconcile differences within the population, but also to raise awareness of dire issues that face the communities and youths. Football tournaments are run in conjunction with AIDS awareness activities. Over 300 youths are trained on the football field each year and many more partake in other activities run by the organisation. The youths are not just educated, rather they are trained to be educators themselves. Espérance participated at the streetfootballworld festival 06 in Berlin, Germany.
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Association des Jeunes Sportifs de Kigali “Espérance”
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Contact
Donatien Nsengimana, Project Co-ordinator -
Address
P.O.Box 4613KigaliRwanda -
Phone
+250 788615016 -
E-mail
ajskesperance@yahoo.fr
Blog
Jan 19, 2010 | WELTWAERTS AND ESPERANCE BOTH FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
The First Football Forum Theatre event organized by ESPERACE and the partner's organizations for both ESPERANCE and WELTWAERTS took place on the football pitch of Mburabuturo primary school at Gikondo in Kigali City. In order to share the experiences ...
Jan 18, 2010 | BRAZIL,PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA AND GERMANY MEET RWANDA
From 13th to 21st February 2010, Four organizations from South America and Germany are meeting ESPERANCE from Kigali,Rwanda; for an international learning cooperation conference. Aim of the conference is planning the common project of these ...
Dec 24, 2009 | YOUTH IN HOLIDAYS
JEUX DE VACANCE OR HOLIDAY GAMES ORGANISED BY ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES SPORTIFS DE KIGALI "ESPERANCE": DECEMBER 2009-JANUARY 2010
Kimisagara Youth Center, like all youth center is frequented by young people from different parts of Kigali city and ...
