Coaches Across Continents
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Coaches Across Continents is a UK and US based NGO aimed at improving the quality of life in low-income countries through soccer for social development.
History[edit]
Coaches Across Continents was launched in June 2008 based on first-hand research in 60 countries.[1] In its first year, the organization implemented programs at a site in Tanzania. In 2009, it expanded its program to sites in Malawi and Zambia. Since then it has expanded. According to the 2021 Annual Report[1] it was by then working with 131 organisations in 113 countries and had three main brands: creating legacies, choice for women and coaching.
According to the 2022 Annual Report submitted to the Charity Commission for England and Wales[2] - the organisation comprises two sister organisations: Coaches Across Continents Ltd (UK based) and Coaches Across Continents Inc (US based).
Awards[edit]
2010 Featured Finalist Global Sports Forum Football for Education in Barcelona.[2]
2009, the project won the Best New Project for Sport and Development at the inaugural Beyond Sport Awards in London. [3]
Finalist for the 2009 SCORE4africa Football for Diversity Award [4]
References[edit]
- ^ [chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://coachesacrosscontinents.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CAC-2021-Annual-Review-Final.pdf "Annual Report 2021"] (PDF). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "2022 report to UK Charity Commission". Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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- Nominees Global Sports Forum.