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Transforming lives through sport & education in Africa

Since 2011, 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, our goals are to:

Unite

Empower

Inspire

Unite Communities Through Sport & Education

Enable sports and supplementary education programs, ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for the children we work with.

Our vision & goals

Empower Local Stakeholders

Provide training, coaching resources and equipment to develop local African coaches, male and female, 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 commercial partners – we initiate sustainable community projects and programs to inspire change.

Our vision & goals

Participating children *

Schools & communities *

Local coaches *

Community centre constructed

* 2022 (H1) rugby & netball activities in Lilongwe & Arusha

Where we work

The charity has extensive experience of east and southern Africa. Through our past volunteer community programs, we’ve worked in eight countries where we’ve built trusted relationships with stakeholders who share our goals and values.

Malawi

Malawian Wordsworth Rashid contacted us in 2011 with the hope of connecting BPF to Malawian schools. Wordsworth is now a full-time coach manager for BPF Malawi, working with a growing team of staff to deliver year-round youth sports activities. We’ve constructed a community centre on a 7-acre site in rural Mtema, 25 km from Lilongwe.

Our continued work in this region

Tanzania

We’ve supported rugby-for-development activities in Arusha and Dar es Salaam and, alongside partner organisations, we’ve helped to build confidence in vulnerable children living on the streets of Moshi. We’re now assisting the local team to register a local NGO.

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?

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

David Mchombo, Country Manager, 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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