The Decathlon Foundation team went to Cambodia this week to launch the Toutes Au Sport project.
Un proyecto para la educación de las niñas
We were present, alongside the teams of the Decathlon Cambodia store, to inaugurate the construction of a sports field financed by the foundation, within the Happy Chandara school.
In 2005, Tina Kieffer created the association Toutes à l’école. This association has built a school for little girls from underprivileged families. The education of girls is a major problem in Cambodia. Many of them are forced to work from an early age to support their families, which keeps them away from school.
La escuela Happy Chandara ofrece una educación de calidad, que incluye cursos de inglés, francés e informática. También hace mucho hincapié en el desarrollo personal, la conciencia cultural, el deporte y la creatividad. Hoy, la escuela acompaña a más de 1.400 chicas hasta que consiguen su primer empleo.
Within Happy Chandara, sport is a lever that acts on the health of the girls as well as on the development of their skills. On the occasion of this inauguration, we had the pleasure to attend a demonstration of Taekwondo, basketball and sports games, regularly practiced by the young girls within the school. In this respect, we learned that one of the students of Happy Chandara finished 3rd in the famous Angkor marathon…
Los equipos de Decathlon Camboya desempeñan un papel clave en el apoyo a estas jóvenes. La donación de material deportivo, la organización de eventos deportivos en la escuela y el apoyo profesional a las alumnas son sus principales acciones. Queremos dar las gracias a los equipos locales de Decathlon Camboya por su inversión, así como a la asociación Toutes à l'école por este impactante proyecto.
An education program for underprivileged children
We also visited the association PSE, Pour Un Sourire d’Enfant. PSE was created in 1996 in order to accompany the children among the most deprived of Cambodia. The association is dedicated to the education and schooling of these children until they have their first job. In addition, it helps their families through food distribution and professional training.
In 2015, the Decathlon Foundation financed the construction of a rugby field within the PSE center and available to the Kampuchea Ballop association.
Among the PSE alumni, Saroth now has a stable job with Decathlon Cambodia. The objective is to open up professional opportunities for these young sports enthusiasts.
Congratulations again to the association which now supports over 6,500 children in Cambodia.