Olympic Refuge Foundation
2,578 views · Published 20 June 2018 · 3:05 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: IOC Media · 2018 · Sports
Playing sport in a safe environment is not a right granted to everyone around the world, especially for the more than 68.5 million refugees and internally displaced people worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes because of war or persecution. Working in cooperation with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Olympic Refuge Foundation, launched in September at the IOC Session in Lima, will support projects across the world to create safe, basic and accessible sports facilities and develop sporting activities for vulnerable people. Projects, which will use sport as a pathway to social, physical and emotional wellbeing, will take a community-based approach.
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