DUNK Grassroots, a sports for development Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, in Ghana, continues to leverage the power of sports to address social, emotional and economic issues in Ghana.
The organization more recently has taken steps to launch an all-inclusive sports program in Accra and Tamale to empower at-risk children and youth with and without intellectual disability through sports to promote social cohesion, gender equality and youth leadership.
The project is said to kick off by bringing together over 100 youth between the ages of 16 to 25 in Accra and Tamale for an annual youth education camp at the Lincoln Community School on the 4th & 5th of June 2022.
Co-founder of DUNK Grassroots, Mohammed Tahir reiterates the importance of the project. According to him, “the educational camp will enable young people to gain an insight on social issues in Ghana and work together with their peers and experts through the power of sports to become active contributors and agents of change in their communities”.
The Inclusive Sport for All project is part of an ongoing program funded by the Danish Civil Society Organization CISU and in Partners with GAME from Denmark and collaboration with YEFL Ghana and Special Olympics Ghana.
DUNK Grassroots is a non-profit organization in Ghana that provides safe and inclusive spaces for at-risk children, youth, and teenage mothers to empower them through sports, education, and economic development to become agents of change in their communities.