TAFISA

23/08/2026

We are excited to announce our next TAFISA Mission 2030 Webinar:

🏅 Safe on Paper, Unsafe in Practice: Building a Culture of Safeguarding in Sport for All

World Safe Sport Day’s call to “Stand Up. Speak Out. Play Your Part” reminds everyone in sport that safeguarding is a shared responsibility. Yet having a safeguarding policy does not necessarily mean that people feel safe, know how to raise a concern, or trust that something will happen when they do. The gap between policy and practice is therefore at the heart of this webinar.

Join us for a conversation with experts, leaders, and community leaders.

📅 22 September 2026
🕐 12:00 (UTC+2/CEST)
💻 Zoom
🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6617618337223/WN_TJ1mhXxBQOigPOTxRloqPw

21/08/2026

🌍✨ This year's World Walking Day - 24 Hours Around the Globe is on 4 October!

Walk, run, cycle, paddle — however you move, you can be part of it! 🚶‍♀️🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🛶

From the first sunrise to the last sunset, let’s connect through movement and pass the baton around the world. 🌅🌎

📹 Record your activity and share it with
🎨 Get the kids involved with our fun World Walking Day colouring sheets
🧰 Find our Communications Toolkit and sign-up link in our bio!

Join us and make every move count! 💙

20/08/2026

"𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘁, 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵."

It is never too late to start. And it is never too late to change how you show up for others. 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘁𝘀𝗲 came to boxing later in life. Today, at 52, she is a referee, judge, and Women's Commission member at the Lesotho Boxing Association. Through the 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆, hosted by the Lesotho Sport & Recreation Commission, she discovered that coaching is not just about instruction - it is about awareness, empathy, and understanding what athletes carry with them long before they step into the gym.

📖 Read Motlomelo's full story: https://lnkd.in/eG5N2G7Y

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙐𝘾𝘾𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙐𝘾𝘾𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 — 𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙏𝘼𝙁𝙄𝙎𝘼 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙊𝘾 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙢365 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮.

13/08/2026

Opportunity Alert: Join TAFISA's KESCAB Sport for All Leadership Training

Are you passionate about sport, physical activity, and making a difference in your community? This is your chance to build leadership skills, connect with a global network, and earn a TAFISA certification - for free!

What's included:
- Complimentary TAFISA Certified Leadership Course
- 12 weeks of online training
- Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French
- TAFISA certification upon completion

Who can apply:
✓ Students, young people, and volunteers
✓ Sport enthusiasts and community advocates
✓ Sport professionals and practitioners
✓ Anyone passionate about Sport for All - all backgrounds welcome!

About the programme:
The KESCAB Sport for All Leadership Training is part of the KESCAB Online Hub project. It is an online capacity-building programme designed to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools to champion Sport for All in their communities. The training is open to everyone, regardless of age, background, or experience.

🌍 Available in multiple languages | 💻 Fully online | 🎓 Free of charge

👉 Register your interest here:
EN - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/KjyVX7HZfr
FR - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/dfLrvHJ7ss
ES - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/abFmqNWCpe
PT - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/JXDLxK1q5B

12/08/2026

On International Youth Day 2026, TAFISA reflects on the incredible power of young people to drive meaningful change through sport.

This year's theme - Different Contexts, Common Aspirations - speaks directly to the heart of our REACH project. Young leaders from across the world, each with their own story and context, are coming together through the REACH Youth Task Force with a shared commitment: to make sport and physical activity accessible and inclusive for all.

As Shelley Roddie from Sport for Life Canada put it: "Being a part of the REACH Youth Task Force means being a part of the next generation of sport leaders who are making a difference in Sport for All and having our voices be a part of these important conversations towards a healthier, more active world."

"Being part of the REACH Youth Task Force means learning from different perspectives, exploring the potential of sports for good, and most importantly, dreaming together with one shared goal: to make the world a better place through sport!" - Masahiro Mori, REACH Youth Task Force Member, Japan.

REACH (Reshaping Engagement, Advocacy, and Capacity Building for Youth in Sport for All) is funded by the European Union and is empowering young people aged 18–30 to take on leadership and decision-making roles within the Sport for All movement.

Today, we say: the future of Sport for All is in good hands. 🙌

👉 Find out more: www.reach4youth.com

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

Last week, TAFISA was pleased to be in Gaborone, Botswana, working alongside the Local Organising Committee and Congress Secretariat to advance preparations for the 30th TAFISA World Congress 2027.

Throughout four days of strategic workshops, operational planning and stakeholder engagements, we collaborated to shape the Congress vision, objectives and programme, while strengthening preparations across all key areas of delivery.

🇧🇼 We look forward to welcoming the global Sport for All community to Gaborone, 18–20 October 2027—the first TAFISA World Congress to be hosted in Botswana and the first return to Africa since Cape Town in 2001.

Stay tuned for more updates, including the launch of the official Congress website and registration opening later this year!!

05/08/2026

What happens when a boy from a village of 2,400 people decides that sport belongs inside a prison?

Goitseone Molibi Boikaego grew up in Lesenepole Village, Botswana, with homemade balls and open fields. An ankle injury ended his athletic career. But instead of walking away from sport, he found a different way to stay inside it.

Through the 𝗧𝗔𝗙𝗜𝗦𝗔 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 in Sport for All, part of the SUCCEED Framework, he gained the tools to turn an idea into action. That idea became the 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 at Mahalapye Prison's Female Wing - reaching 62 people, attracting national media, and catching the attention of the Botswana Ministry of Justice, which is now looking to scale the programme across the country.

One inmate said it best: "𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙟𝙤𝙮, 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣."

This is what Sport for All looks like when it reaches the people society tends to forget.

📖 Read Boikaego's full story: https://succeedforall.com/2026/08/05/from-lesenepole-to-the-prison-gates-how-boikaego-is-using-sport-to-reach-the-forgotten/

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙐𝘾𝘾𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙐𝘾𝘾𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 — 𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙏𝘼𝙁𝙄𝙎𝘼 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙊𝘾 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙢365 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮.

Goitseone Molibi Boikaego, known to everyone as Boikaego, grew up in a family of twelve in Lesenepole Village, a small rural community of around 2,400 people in the Palapye District of Botswana. In…

24/07/2026

The YOU.FO Ringcross World Cup in Ya’an, China, hosted by the YOU.FO RingCross World Federation and its Chinese strategic partner Happy Sports China, brought together 56 teams from around the world for an inspiring celebration of competition, friendship and fair play — reaching more than 100 million views through Chinese media and social platforms.

Held under the patronage of TAFISA, the event welcomed TAFISA Vice-President Jacqueline Kronenburg as Guest of Honour, and TAFISA Board Member Wanshik Hong. In her speeches at the welcome dinner and closing ceremony, Jacqueline highlighted TAFISA’s role in promoting sport and physical activity worldwide, as well as the importance of continuing to invest in the foundations of sport and play in schools and local communities.

Congratulations to the YOU.FO Ringcross World Federation and all partners involved!