Video: Hoops for Health - Season of Hope

This documentary was officially released to celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2017 alongside the International Basketball Foundation’s “How does sport impact your life?” campaign. The video illustrates how basketball was used in the wake of Cyclone Pam to inspire kids and help them overcome the trauma.

FIBA’s Basketball ‘+’ programme uses sport, more specifically basketball, for positive development objectives and messages of peace. This mission is no more prevalent than in the case of Vanuatu’s Hoop for Health (H4H) programme; the Vanuatu Basketball Federation (VBF) H4H coaches are role models in the community.

After the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam in 2015, the children of Vanuatu were looking for something particular from the H4H coaches; they were looking for hope. VBF found that they could use the H4H programme for more than just healthy lifestyle messaging. They could use it as an opportunity to empower demoralised children and distract them from the hardship that surrounded them during the aftermath of Pam.

FIBA’s Hoops for Health programme is made possible due to Australian Government funding through the Pacific Sports Partnership Program.