Four projects from organizations working to support displaced people through sport have each been awarded $50,000 as a part of the Collaborative Action Grant, funded by the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) on behalf of the Sports for Refugees Coalition. All four initiatives involve new partnerships with members of the Sport for Refugees Coalition. The selected initiatives will have the opportunity to implement their projects from September 2025 to August 2026
The four initiatives are:
- Lebanon: Inclusive wheelchair basketball in refugee camps: PACES Charity and Threads of Peace, supported by Choose Love, will implement a wheelchair basketball and peacebuilding initiative aimed at reducing discrimination against children with disabilities in two Palestinian refugee camps, Beddawi and Nahr el Bared, northern Lebanon.
- Greece: Inclusion through yoga, fitness and skateboarding: Yoga & Sport with Refugees (YSR) and Free Movement Skateboarding (FMS) are teaming up to deliver inclusive sports sessions in Athens, bringing together refugees and local communities through sports sessions and community events.
- Cyprus: Sport-based dialogue to challenge hate and misinformation: Play Against Stereotypes and Smears (PASS) is an initiative designed by Generations for Change Cyprus and Athletes for Hope to fight hate speech and refugee-related misinformation in Cyprus.
- Germany: Empowering young women to become sports leaders: Girl Power, in collaboration with Butterfly by Yusra Mardini (BYM) and local partners, will train girls and young women in Hamburg from refugee and marginalized communities to become sports coaches.
