Integration of
Ukrainian Refugee Children
Through Sport

We build the future together!

The Ukrainian humanitarian crisis has challenged us to react in accordance with the needs of refugee families. That is why we must join forces through physical activity and sports in order to facilitate the social integration of Ukrainian children. Sport is a universal language that will help us overcome the problems caused by the armed conflict in the region.
Mihai Androhovici
Association Sport for All Suceava, Romania
Although there are over 6000 languages spoken worldwide, every child understands body language. We need to use the power of sport to bring children together and to promote greater integration and understanding.
Jakub Kalinowski
V4Sport, Poland
Quoting Nelson Mandela, Laureus Sport for Good deeply believes that ‘Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand’. We believe in sport as a powerful tool to build bridges, to heal and improve physical and mental health, and to boost learning.
Elena Marin Yanez
Laureus Sport for Good
Sport plays a huge role in bringing communities together. The grassroots sport community in Poland and Romania has a tremendous record when it comes to supporting the need of Ukrainian refugees. But we recognise that there’s still a need to build the capacities of grassroots sport organisations to support refugees with sport and physical activity, which give comfort and relief. We know that positive experiences can turn into changes in attitudes and a better future. ISCA is proud to be a partner in this project and to create more opportunities for Ukrainian refugees and for organisations that provide activities for them.
Saska Benedicic Tomat
ISCA, Head of projects.

We build the future together!

Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Children Through Sport supports the integration of Ukrainian refugee children through sport by collecting and developing scalable, targeted, hands-on resources, piloting testing them in Poland, Romania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway and widening the impact through international networks in sport organisations across Europe to extend the results and benefit Ukrainian children across the continent.

Together we will collect best practices and develop materials to assist with integration efforts for Ukrainian refugee children through sport, with a focus on sharing inspiration with schools and sports clubs. We will pilot activities and the materials with specific focus on peer-learning programmes, and evaluation and refinement of the materials. We will also deliver three webinars for the Integration of Refugees Through Sport network and build capacity in more organisations through seminars and workshops during the 2023 MOVE Congress.

Resources

Good Practice Collection – Tools and Activities

Physical Education Materials

Methodological Guide

Educational videos

Partners