Sports Charity Mwanza is a Tanzanian NGO with the mission to create a sustainable school and club sports infrastructure in Mwanza region (about 4 mio. people). Together with the regional government administration and the regional sports associations we build sports grounds, train coaches/sports teachers and equip schools as well as clubs with balls.
Why we promote sports?
The social importance of sport in a country with a youth unemployment rate of nearly 80%.
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Whereas in Europe or America sport is often taken for granted, Tanania often faces challenges with the sports infrastructure. Often it is people's only hobby and biggest passion in life. However too many children and youths don’t have the chance to do sports in schools as many schools only have one or two balls while having 1.500 students. Also training regularly in a clubs team is not accessible to many girls and boys due to the lack of playing fields and organized clubs.
This is why we support the systematic development of the most popular team sports in the country: Football, Volleyball, Basketball and Netball.
How we promote sports?
Our goal is to establish a sustainable sports infrastructure with sports clubs that are comparable to European or American ones: with several teams across different age groups and genders for each sport.
Together with the regional school departments and the regional sports federations we build sports grounds, initiate the founding/development of youth teams and provide them with balls as the most essential training equipment. We empower trainers/coaches to have both the sports knowledge as well as a seting in which they can teach children their sports as well as important life skills.
We work together with all schools and clubs in Mwanza region.
3,699,872
out of 62 million Tanzanians
People living in Mwanza
(2022, National Census)
167
out of 193 countries
Human Development Index
(2022, United Nations)
4.73
per woman
Average Birth Rate
(2021, World Bank)
80
%
Youth Unemployment Rate
(2016, Aga Khan University TZ)
Our projects
1. Building Sports and Community Center
​​​All districts in Mwanza are lacking quality sports grounds, while the limited existing spaces are in poor conditions: potholes, dirt mounds and puddles can be found everywhere. This is the driving force behind our goal to build sports centers and community centers, which can be used by schools in the morning and by clubs in the evening. Besides that local communities can use the grounds to hold festivals, cultural get-together or music concerts. Such a center costs around 90.000 Euros and will contain football pitches, along with basketball, netball, and volleyball courts. Have a look on our first three centers:
Saba Saba Sports Center
(2016/2017 project)
Mirongo Sports Center
(2018/2019 project)
Mabatini Sports Center
(2022/23 project after Covid-break)
2. Distributing, stitching and upcycling balls
Every year we receive a ball container with about 20.000 balls from our international supporters. These balls are the starting point for several programs of our charity as you can see in the video.
Join our internship/volunteer program
With us you can expect more than a normal internship / volunteer stage.
Join us before/during/after studying or for a sabbatical. You can find more information in the PDF below :-)
Our Team
​We are a core team of 45 local charity employees working in six departments:
Building ,Club and School Sports Development, Intercultural Programs, Ball Workshop, Upcyling Factory and Administration.
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We usually have interns/volunteers from Europe or America who join our organisation for 3 to 6 months in Mwanza. We provide them valueable insights in both our culture and our sports development programs.
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Many of those interns/volunters become part of our international support team when they are back home. Thanks to our amazing international support team's fundraising efforts, we have enough funds and balls to run our programs.
Our principles
We work according to local needs, not based on idealistic approaches.
We partner with local municipalities and regional sports associations.
We carefully assess and monitor our approach to achieve sustainable progress.
​We do not only want to talk about poverty-related problems which people face in Mwanza, but also about the happiness and solidarity that dominates their everyday life.
Support us
The UNICEF Convention on the Rights of Children states “the right to play” as a fundamental human right. Support us in giving more and more children and youths in Mwanza the chance to regularly play sports in schools and clubs.​
Our project is supported by:
Our building projects are all executed by workers from the neighborhood and provide them work for several weeks. This strengthens the local bondage.
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