Our Organisation
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Our organisation
What we are working towards
Mission
To enable children and young people who are unable to take part in sport due to financial constraints or their circumstances to participate nonetheless. Through sports programmes that are open to everyone, which focus not only on physical activity but also on life skills.
Vision
A world in which every child can play sport every week, wherever they grow up. We are working towards eight international projects for children and young people who currently receive no structured sports lessons. With us they can play the sport they enjoy most, because that is what keeps them involved and away from the problems in their neighbourhood.
Our history
From two students with an idea to programmes in eight countries
Thirteen years in a nutshell. Every year, something new was added: a country, a partner, a programme. And one year, everything came to a standstill.
2013
- The United Through Sport Holland foundation is set up by two sports science students.
- We provide financial support to our first sports projects abroad.
- The first interns leave for South Africa.
2014
- We are also starting to send interns and volunteers to Argentina
- Later this year, interns and volunteers will also be travelling to Saint Lucia.
2015
- In Holland we start sports projects for refugees, with football and hockey.
- More universities of applied sciences and vocational colleges offer our internships abroad.
- Ghana is added as a destination.
2016
- We give swimming lessons to refugees in Holland.
- Companies and charities start sponsoring our partners abroad.
2017
- Alongside the foundation, The Power of Sports is set up so that we can offer more sports activities.
- We organise our first training camps.
2018
- We start working with the Erasmus programme.
- From now on, our training camps are fully tailor made.
2019
- All the young people from our own hockey club have found a place at other clubs, and with that we close the hockey project.
- Costa Rica is added as a destination.
2020
- A disastrous year. In March, all volunteers and interns were recalled due to the coronavirus, and programmes in all countries were put on hold.
2021
- The pandemic continues. Many projects are cancelled and we take a large share of the trips off the website.
2022
- At the start of 2022 we are able to get going again.
2023
- Curaçao is being added as a destination.
- Le Pouvoir du Sport and Die Kraft des Sports join us.
- We undergo an independent assessment by Volunteer Aware.
2024
- Indonesia is being added as a destination.
- The foundation continues under the name The Power of Sports Foundation.
2025
- The Power of Sports and Il Potere Dello Sport join us.
- This year we send more than 200 volunteers and interns to our projects.
2026
- We’re setting up Khelkud ko Urja! The Power of Sports in Nepali
And now?
In 2025 more than 7,000 children take part every week. From 2026, Nepal joins them.
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