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Transforming lives through sport & education in Africa

Since 2012, we’ve been uniting and empowering communities in Africa and inspiring international participation to enable change

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In collaboration with African communities and with the support of local and international stakeholders and partners, our goals are to:

Unite

Empower

Inspire

Unite Communities Through Sport & Education

Implement youth sport-for-development and supplementary education programs, ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for the children and coaches we work with.

Our vision & goals

Empower Local Stakeholders

Provide training, accessible coaching resources and suitable equipment to develop African coaches, male and female, inclusively and equitably educating and nurturing community leaders.

Our vision & goals

Inspire Change

Consistently building on our work in Africa – and with the help of an international network of volunteers, donors and partners – we initiate sustainable community projects and programs which inspire positive change.

Our vision & goals

Participating young people *

Schools & communities *

Coaches & staff *

Community centre constructed

* Rugby, netball & supplementary education programming in Lilongwe, Malawi (2022/23)

Where we work

Having collaborated with community stakeholders in eight countries over a 10-year period, the charity has extensive experience of east and southern Africa. In line with BPF’s impact goal, our strategic focus is to develop BPF’s operations in Malawi, while positively engaging the wider African and international community.

Malawi

Malawian special needs coordinator Wordsworth Rashid contacted us in 2011 with the aim of connecting BPF to Malawian schools. Wordsworth is now a full-time development officer for BPF's Malawi NGO, working with a growing team of staff to deliver youth sports programming, utilising a community centre we constructed on a 7-acre site in rural Lilongwe.

Our continued work in this region

Pride Stories

Meet the children and learn about the special people 'playing their part in the Pride', making BPF's projects a success. Could it be you?

"To the future and through the strategy, we'll go together."

Nohara Chinguwo, Executive Director, BPF Malawi

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"I am really excited to be part of the BPF Malawi family and I am very optimistic about great times ahead."

David Mchombo, Finance Director, BPF Malawi

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"Our partnership with ChildFund takes our operations to greater heights. Together, we will make such a lasting difference."

Bridgette Sinthampi, Trustee, BPF Malawi

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"Working with ChildFund... it's a huge project for us. It's awesome. Bringing sport-for-development to Malawi is what we've been looking at since 2012."

Wordsworth Rashid, BPF Malawi

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"I am truly humbled and delighted to be joining such an ambitious organisation and I cannot wait to get started!"

Caroline Mtukule

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"Everything is almost done! The community is geared up to start maximising the sporting and educational capability of the centre. It's awesome!"

Wordsworth Rashid

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"People in these rural village areas live in conditions which demand greater awareness and precautions to ensure they stay safe from the coronavirus. The supportive care work we're carrying out helps to shield these communities from this pandemic."

Wordsworth Rashid

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“BPF has really opened my understanding of how small the world has become. I have come to realise that in spite of our diverse backgrounds, the oval shaped ball has a way of breaking down all barriers.”

Tom Chaloba

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“In Malawi, working with children with disabilities and making them believe in themselves and allowing them to freely express themselves without holding back was a highlight for me.”

Derek Chiwara

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