Nike is collaborating with the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) to help support displaced athletes. Together, they will ensure displaced women and girls benefit from safe port through the ORF’s Terrains d’Avenir program. The ORF and Nike will also collaborate to increase the capacity of coaches to provide a safe and inclusive sport environment. Furthermore, Nike will donate training and competition uniforms for the Refugee Athlete Scholarship holders and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team competing in Paris 2024. Terrains d’Avenir is the ORF’s flagship program in Paris. It aims to provide 7,000 young people affected by displacement with access to sport by 2025 and to shape a movement that is expected to have an impact long after the Olympic Games. The program is co-funded by the French Ministry of Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, delivered by Kabubu, Play International, Emmaüs Solidarité, Ovale Citoyen, Fútbol Más and the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation, with support from Ville de Paris, the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), and UNHCR France. The Refugee Athlete Support program currently supports 63 Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holders, who are training hard to be selected for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Paris 2024. They are from 12 countries, live in 23 host countries, and represent 13 sports.

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