Sports for youth development in Malawi

Sport promotes social integration, encourages an active lifestyle and serves as an educational tool. It has an almost unparalleled reach into all spheres of society.

Sport teaches life skills that empower adolescents and youth to overcome difficult circumstances in their lives and take charge of their own futures.

Employing sports and linking it to other development goals in areas such as education, health (HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and mental health) and gender equality can break the barriers and challenges young people face.

Sport is increasingly employed within a development cooperation context as an instrument for mobilisation, awareness-raising and integration, and is considered an innovative topic that provides impetus for change and sustainable development at both individual and societal levels.

Youth Wave Malawi train football coaches across the country and today we continue the work in rural communities. 

• Watch a video on their programme here
• Find out more about Youth Wave