Sports education in the Semi-Arid Region

$78.7K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Instituto Fazer Acontecer
Country	Brazil
Start Date	Jun 16, 2013
End Date	Jun 14, 2016
Duration	1,094 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`51708-36`

Grant Description

Instituto Fazer Acontecer (IFA) (the Make it Happen Institute), $209,030 for three years IFA, which uses sports to spur community development, will organize training for sports educators, educational sports activities for young Brazilians in rural Bahia and forums on sports in education and the social impact of the World Cup and Olympics.

The activities will benefit 1,610 people from Bahia directly and approximately 10,000 indirectly.