ESPERANCE 2012

ANNUALREPORT

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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to unite in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination.”- Nelson Mandela

Our story continues

Dear Stakeholders and Beneficiaries,

Without a doubt has the past year been the most successful for Esperance and its community. We are very proud of our achievements especially the opening of the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre and the constant engagement of the local youth in sport and educational programmes. Throughout the year we worked tirelessly to realize the objectives mapped out in previous years. Furthermore we have continued to set more ambitious goals to brighten the future of the Rwandan youth.

What started as a small football club in Kimisagara 16 years ago has grown into a well-established and internationally recognised organisation in the “Sport for Development” sector. Esperance provides for hundreds of kids every week teaching them life skills on and off the pitch. Besides the opening of our new centre we spent a lot of time of spreading our “Football Amahoro” methodology. It has been ten years since we started this programme and we were able to directly involve about 15,000 Rwandans with this holistic approach. The great impact this programme had in Rwanda, inspired us to take it to other countries in the Great Lakes Region as well which proved to be an equal success. In addition to those programmes, Esperance is very much engaged to continue the scope of its youth development activities and capacity building.

All those activities have been realized in cooperation with many sponsors and stakeholders, and other local and international organisations. We are thankful to everyone who has been part of, and continues to be part of our organisation. A big thank you goes out to the members and volunteers who have made Esperance into what it is today through their ambition, integrity, and hard work.

Wishing you the best

Donatien NsengimanaProject Coordinator & Legal Representative

“Esperance provides for hundreds of kids every week teaching them life skills on and off the pitch.”

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| ABOUT |

3About EsperanceOur organisation and its history in focus

7Values & ConceptAbout our concepts that we employ and the underlying values

8Vision & MissionLong-term goals and how to reach them

10Football AmahoroThe methodology that makes our NGO what it is

12OutreachOur outreach in Rwanda and beyond

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14Activity time tableAll the activities of the past year

16Programme summaryCore programmes of our organisation explained

19Capacity buildingThe value of capacity building and volunteerism in our community

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20FFH Centre openingThe official inauguration of the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre

24sfw East Africa ForumThe “streetfootballworld East Africa Meeting & Forum” hosted by Esperance

28INTWARI theatre groupThe INTWARI theatre group remains one of the most important creative forces in our NGO

30“The Good Cause” exhibitionAn exhibition organised by Archis focusing on Architecture of Peace

32Commonwealth visitThe Commonwealth office visits Esperance to establish a framework in Rwanda

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34Volunteers in exchangeOur members in Africa and abroad

36Financial reportAnnual profit and loss statement

38Thank youWe want to thank our partners and stakeholders

39ContributionIf you want to contribute to Esperance’s future commitments

40Partners & SponsorsList of our local and international partners and sponsors

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Content: About Esperance

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With our organisation expanding its holistic activities with each year for the last 16 years Esperance has become a widely recognized NGO utilizing Football for Peace methodology to strengthen the Rwandan society.

Esperance is a non-governmental organisation which was founded in 1996 by a group of young people who had the goals and the objectives to use football as a tool for development. Two years after the genocide, and even today, the Rwanda ethnic groups struggle with the legacy of 1994. In the search for justice and peaceful coexistence, Esperance bridges the ethnic divides of Rwanda through education and social programmes such as Football for Peace and Anti-AIDS. The organisation uses football not only to reconcile differences within the population, but also to raise awareness of dire issues that face young people and their communities. Football tournaments are run in conjunction with AIDS awareness activities. Over 10.000 young people are trained on the football field each year and many more partake in other Esperance activities. Participants are not just educated; they are trained to be educators themselves.

The organisation was formerly located in the Kimisagara Youth Ones Stop Employment & Productive Centre and now resides in the recently opened Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre. The location is right next to the old centre, where it can easily reach a large number of young people and can utilize its own FIFA training pitch. The objectives of Esperance are focused on the idea of using a football as a tool to change the Rwandan society, and the society of the Great Lakes Region. The Sport Development in Esperance is based on its philosophy, to transmit a message, to recognize and promote talented players, and to support them in their development using social and educational tools. Esperance has administered a variety of football-based programmes in Rwanda since 2001, and operates in an environment of post-conflict trauma and social disadvantage. In the densely populated and underserved community of Kimisagara in central Kigali, unemployment is an additional growing challenge and the majority of citizens survive on less than a dollar a day. The community also faces drug abuse and high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other diseases like malaria. Young people, in particular street children, orphans and out-of-school youth, are at high risk.

Targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged youth, Esperance enables young Rwandans to become community role models with leadership and vocational skills. Its core programming consists of three football-based activities: Classical Football training (ages 8 - 35), Football for Peace (ages 7 - 35) and Football Anti-AIDS (ages 7-35). With the assistance of over 50 volunteers, the organisation runs football tournaments and HIV/AIDS awareness activities, promotes reconciliation, and also spreads a girl-friendly version of football to rural communities. An estimated 180,000 youth benefit from these activities, and over 300 young people are trained as educators. Esperance also supports youth organisations to increase their capacity to actively participate in national youth policies.

Based on the activities realized in 2011, the past year has brought many improvements to existing programmes as well as new additions to our regular schedule. Such new activities include the introduction of a regular language course by volunteers for volunteers. Since Esperance has many international ties that were also further developed in 2012, the value of different language courses and general capacity building is very high for the organisation. Furthermore, the last year has also seen the integration of the near-by Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara. Volunteers of Esperance gave extended English lessons to different classes of the secondary school while numerous Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS awareness programmes were held in cooperation with the school on the premises of the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre.

In cooperation with FIFA and its Football for Hope movement, Esperance has passed the annual assessment of its activities where it received 64.6 points which makes it a level 3 organisation and a reference NGO in the region. This is the first time Esperance has been rated at “Maturity level” by FIFA which means that at this level the organisation undertakes an oriented maturity process on its objectives and its organizational structure and procedures, roles and divisions of labour standards. Furthermore, the internal communication is more open and task oriented while the efficiency and productivity of its working capacity are more developed. The roles are clearly defined and assigned according to the skills of its members and volunteers.

Every month Esperance gathers in a meeting with all staff members and volunteers in order to evaluate and correct some mistakes that happened during the execution of our different projects. We are constantly working to improve all our existing programmes so that it covers the needs of the community. While Esperance has been growing tremendously in the past years we are strongly committed to our core task, the strengthening of skills of young people in the fields of non-formal learning, sport, and culture, while promoting social inclusion as well as physical and psychological healing in our participants’ everyday life environment.

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Football Amahoro

Life skills

Capacity building

Youth Leadership

Passing knowledge

Achieving fair play through football3

Teaching important life lessons and strengthening social competence

Formal & informal education methods

Becoming a role model

Contributing back to the local youth & volunteers of the community

Esperance‘s model of empowering the local youth (above) & and it‘s institutional values as a grassroots NGO (below)

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VISIONEsperance is aiming to use the power of sports - especially football - for social inclusion of vulnerable groups such as disadvantaged children and youth of both sexes. On top of that we strategically support youth organisations to increase their competences in order to actively participate in national youth policies.

MISSIONOur fundamental objective is to support the peace building process in the Great Lakes Region and to strengthen the inner Rwandan reconciliation by supporting and holding on to a dynamic partnership with youth groups and associations at a local, national and regional level.

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Football Amahoro as presented by volunteers of Esperance on the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre

Utilizing Football Amahoro

Using football as a starting point to address socially disqualified young people is something governmental institutions and non-government al organizations recognize and actively support. Both were integral to establishing and to work with our Football Amahoro programme. The methodology goes beyond the simple idea of being a “successful methodology”. Esperance seeks to

establish a broad strategy of sport and education, using football as a pedagogical tool to advocate for individual and collective development, while promoting social inclusion. This approach has a significant social impact, helping to eliminate inequalities and provide more opportunities through sport culture and education, contributing to the achievement of development

goals and establishing a real modality of cooperation.

Since 2002, when the programme was introduced in cooperation with the DED (now GIZ), Esperance has used a Football Amahoro as a channel to educate the youth on unity and reconciliation, prevention of HIV/AIDS, conflict resolution and gender promotion. The Football

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Esperance‘s Football Amahoro has been the cornerstone of all our programmes and outreach activities. In its ten years existence the Football Amahoro has proven to be an incredible tool for reconciliation and conflict resolution.

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Amahoro methodology uses different streetfootball approaches that originated in Colombia in the 1990s and combines it with Rwandan themes. More than 15 regions in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region) are being visited each year. The methodology was introduced in European countries, specifically Germany on numerous exchanges of our volunteers and members abroad.

In a Football Amahoro match there are two teams consisting of six players – three girls and three boys – who play a match which lasts ten minutes. Only the girls can score a goal, and since the match is played in the absence of a referee, players themselves have to discuss fair play and peacefully resolve disputes arising during the match. Before and after the games there is an open discussion and evaluation of the game where the spectators can participate and join to discuss the fairness of the game.

Additionally, Esperance has combined Football Amahoro with forum theatre for what is known as Football Forum Theatre. During the matches, players on the pitch do not only serve as football players, but also as actors in a theatre show presenting pertinent issues such as discrimination, gender issues or HIV/AIDS and soliciting feedback from the audience in an environment of post-conflict trauma where ethnic groups struggle with the legacy of the 1994 genocide.

The successful experience of a few young kids, who grew up in a gravely poor area and changed their future through Football Amahoro, reinforced the idea of giving priority to the disadvantaged youth of Rwanda. Through Football Amahoro tournaments participants learn communication skills and how to encourage and tolerate each other. It’s a fairly basic strategy but the results are more than encouraging.

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Esperance has been to all districts of Rwanda and played Football Amahoro with the local population. In the past ten years Esperance has reached over 100,000

Rwandan spectators with those events.

Muhanga

Ruhango

Nyanza

Huye

Nyamagabe

Rubavu

Karongi

Nyaruguru

Rusizi

Nyamasheke

Rutsiro

Ngororero

Nyabihu

Musanze

Gakenke

Burera

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Over a span of ten years Esperance’s Football Amahoro proved to be an inconceivable success for our NGO and the Rwandan reconciliation process. More than 15,000 Rwandans participated directly in the activities with many more indirectly involved. Esperance visited all 30 sectors and all 106 former communes of Rwanda several times, establishing Football Amahoro as a well known programme throughout the region.

A young school girl cheers at a Football Amahoro match in the Gisagara district. Only girls are allowed to score in this methodology.

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Gakenke

Burera

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Kayonza

Nyarugenge

Gisagara

Bugesera

Rulindo

Gicumbi

Nyagatare

Gatsibo

Rwamagana

Ngoma

Kirehe

Gasabo

Kicukiro

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Local girls from the district of Musanze engage in a match

of Football Amahoro organised by

Esperance

The map indicates most of the locations that Esperance visited with its Football Amahoro programme. Some spots represent visual approximations because of the quantity of villages visited in each place. The locations do not include Football Amahoro tournaments held in Burunfi, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo or the events held in Europe.

Activities Yearly time frame (months)

GBV debates

January Februay March April May June

Language courses

Holiday games

Talent development programs

“Wash Your Hands”- methodology

Workshops on drug abuse

“Youth Friendly Services”

Environmental sensibilization

“International Learning Cooperation”

General knowledge course

Girls’ football & English training

HIV/AIDS awareness session

INTWARI Theatre Group

Table Tennis traning

Senior team

Cineduc methodology

Parent consultations

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Activity scheduleProgrammes of 2012

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Activities Yearly time frame (months)

GBV debates

July August September October November December

Language courses

Holiday games

Talent development programs

“Wash Your Hands”- methodology

Workshops on drug abuse

“Youth Friendly Services”

Environmental sensibilization

“International Learning Cooperation”

General knowledge course

Girls’ football & English training

HIV/AIDS awareness session

INTWARI theatre group

Table Tennis traning

Senior team

Cineduc methodology

Parent consultations

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In 2012, Esperance has catered to hundreds of local kids, engaging them in a holistic environment. The table below lists all those activities with the exception of our Football Amahoro & Forum Theatre programmes, which have been carried out throughout the year on special occasions.

Gender Based Violence Debates:Esperance‘s approach to fight Gender Based Violence is to raise awareness in the local community. The debate method provides a wide space for expressing ideas and concerns that can provide long term solutions.

Language courses:The aim of this program is to improve the level of language comprehension for Esperance volunteers and to provide lessons to the students of Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara P5 and P6, as English is now being used as the instruction language. Other international language classes given by Esperance volunteers include German and French.

Holiday Games:Throughout the holidays in Rwanda, Esperance employed different activities and programs for the local school children of Kimisagara. Esperance tries to provide effective local sports development for children in Rwanda becuase an adequate participation in physical activities is much needed.

Talent Development Programs:Football is and has always been the common denominator for all our activities. The talent development program aims to provide skilled football training for local kids of both gender, implemented by qualified coaches.

“Wash Your Hands”- Methodology:“Wash Your Hands” is a campaign initiated by the NGO Wash United works to end the global sanitation and hygiene crisis. The workshops will be conducted by our volunteers in local partner schools to change attitudes and behaviors on these neglected issues like protozoa bacteria.

Our activities

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In the past 16 years Esperance has built numerous activities and programmes for the local youth of Kimisagara. All of those programmes are holistic and based on volunteerism.

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Girls’ Football & English Training:In July 2012 Esperance began a new activity for girls focusing on football and English skills with the help of the TeacherMate programme. With the TeacherMate handheld device, girls learn basic components of early literacy and numeracy independently. In a football team with numerous participants TeacherMate devices allow each student to work at their own pace and at their own level of readiness.

Workshops on Drug Abuse:Drug abuse has been rampant among Rwandan youth and is one of the main causes of domestic violence. Statistics indicate that more than half the youth use drug substances on a regular basis. Different initiatives and joint actions will be organized with partners against drug abuse in schools and the community.

“Youth Friendly Services”:Esperance wants to provide services that are accessible and appropriate for adolescents. These programs have been in place for a long time and are constantly improved to be more effective and affordable. We try to meet the individual needs of young people, who in return recommend these services to friends and the local youth.

Environmental Protection Sensibilization:Despite recent advances in environmental protection, Rwanda still faces many challenges in raising environmental awareness. Traditional, cultural, poverty and lack of adequate behavior change exert a strong influence. Esperance tries to change the lack of knowledge, skills and capacities to fully act on changing local population mindset and practices.

International Learning Cooperation:Esperance’s International Learning Cooperation is one of its oldest sub-groups that are formed by young people spanning the ages between 12 and 20. The main objective of the International Learning Cooperation is to share life skills through the means of football or other sport activitities on an international level.

General Knowledge Course:Esperance launched a special general knowledge for course for kids in 2012. The goal of the program was to engage the local students of the Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara in interesting and fun challenges that are complimentary to Football Amahoro. Furthermore it is an efficient tool to strengthen the kids‘ English abilities.

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Parent consultations:Consultations with the parents are a reliable tool to convince them to support their children in the involvement with Esperance. Often Rwandan parents are reluctant to send their child to a football organisation, especially girls. This is why Esperance engages periodically with the parents of our participating kids.

HIV/AIDS Youth Awareness session:Esperance started its HIV/AIDS awareness through different existing programmes where the main educative tool is football. This is especially helpful in adopting new knowledge as many young kids regard football as their primary hobby and pastime. Our program of HIV Education through Football was created in partnership with the Kenyan Albion Alliance.

INTWARI Theatre Group:The INTWARI theatre was founded by Esperance long-time member and writer Marcel Muhire who wanted to introduce theatre culture to the youth of Kimisagara while incorporating plays that deal with issues that concern the Rwandan society, i.e. HIV/AIDS awareneess, sexual reproductive health and corruption prevention.

Table Tennis Training:Table Tennis is another sport which Esperance uses as a sport for development. Table tennis is a sport which requires quick reactions, strategic thinking and persistence. It is unique in that it is a sport that everyone can play. Requiring a minimum of equipment, it is easily adapted to any social setting.

Senior Team:Since the senior football team of Esperance was founded in 2010, it is playing in the 2nd division of FERWAFA, the Rwandan Football Federation. The team closely lost the Esperance‘s senior team aiming for the 1st division. The players are not paid, because the objective of this team is to develop the players‘ skills and to prepare them for the 1st division.

Cineduc MethodologyThis methodology applies the use of cinema to further education and critical thinking. The films are shown on a regular schedule and are followed by an audience discussion. It gives new perspectives to local children while engaging in an entertaining medium.

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Passing on knowledge

For Esperance, development is a process, not just results, it is the transformation of institutional and individual capacities. Only that can lead to a sustainable change in the local community for the better. When sport is used as tool for development, capacity building has mainly two dimensions. First of all, expertise and skills must be available to develop a sports organisation and allow it to operate. Additionally, expertise must be available in respect of the development objective to be achieved, such as gender, HIV/AIDS, or trauma.

Both of those dimensions are available at Esperance, as we employ a multitude of skilled national and international volunteers that are eager to share their knowledge for the empowerment of the community.

Throughout the existence of Esperance, the organisation has held numerous seminars and main-streaming sessions concerning HIV/AIDS, reconciliation and gender issues to make sure that all of the participants of Esperance are familiar with those topics.

In 2012 Esperance widened its Human Resources Development programmes due to the high interest of Esperance’s members in foreign languages especially English, French and German. The aim is to enable the about 20 participating volunteers of Esperance to express their opinion in different languages, especially during international meetings with partner organisations.

Capacity building within sports organisations often focuses on

investing in individual people, such as training trainers, and young sport leaders. Less often capacity building is aimed at investing in organisations and infrastructure. This makes an organisation vulnerable e.g. when trained personnel choose to leave the organisation. This is why Esperance has intensified its organisational capacity building with new communications structures between staff members and volunteers and special designated meetings to analyse organisational problems.

Furthermore the institutional capacity building has always been an important part of Esperance’s policies by keeping strong ties to partner organisations on local and international level.

Volunteers of Esperance are given frequent language lessons in the FFH

centre facilities

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Capacity building has always been a fundamental principle of Esperance’s philosophy in shaping future role models of the local community. In 2012 several additional Human Ressources Development programmes were added.

New pitch - new opportunitiesThe centre in Kimisagara offers new opportunities for hundreds of Esperance’s participants in the suburban district to take part in programmes, courses, theatre and, most importantly, play football.

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Rwanda reboundThe Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre addresses local social challenges that young people face in the disadvantaged area by helping to improve education and public health services.

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After four years of planning and building the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre was officially opened on October 2 with a ribbon-cutting and plaque-unveiling ceremony led by the Rwandan Minister of Sports and Culture, Mitali Protais. This was followed by traditional dancing and the first football match to be played on the centre’s new pitch.

Several speeches were made by VIP guests, including the Rwandan Minister of Sports & Culture Mitali Protais, German Ambassador Peter Fahrenholtz, the Mayor of Nyarugenge District Mukasonga Solange, FIFA CSR Programme

Manager Cornelia Genoni, and streetfootballworld Head of Network Operations Christophe Mailliet.

Hundreds of school kids from the community turned out to provide an enthusiastic backdrop, not only to the sport and cultural activities, but also to cheer the different speakers attending. “The 2010 World Cup may long be over but its legacy keeps on growing,” FIFA’s CSR Programme Manager Cornelia Genoni told the large crowd. “Hosting the first World Cup in Africa was far more than just hosting a football tournament. FIFA made a commitment that we would leave a

tangible social legacy for the whole of Africa, not only the host nation. With the opening of this centre, it marks another step to fulfilling FIFA’s promise of putting football to work for promotion of youth and social projects.”

Several streetfootballworld network members were invited as special guests, and everyone was impressed by the new centre. The ceremony concluded with performances from different musicians from the area, thrilling the large groups of local children who had come out to join in the festivities.

The wait is over

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The Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre finally opens with an impressive ceremony after two years of building and four years of planning, which makes it the 7th of 20 planned FIFA Football for Hope Centres to be completed

German Ambassador Peter Fahrenholtz (left), Mayor of Nyarugenge Mukasonga Solange (middle), and Minister Mitali Protais (right).

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The Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre is hosted by Esperance, one of the first organisations to be selected as a potential centre host in 2007. Esperance seeks to bridge Rwanda’s ethnic divides through its education and social programmes. It uses Football Amahoro, a unique methodology that fosters understanding and reconciliation through football. The opening of the Football for Hope Centre means further development of both the organisation and its community.

“The centre provides us with the amazing opportunity to have our own space to implement our programmes and serve the community,” said Centre Manager Victor Sewabana. “There is a saying in the community that the centre is the hub of peace. Esperance is known for Football Amahoro and now the centre will be known for this, as well.”

The centre opening in Kigali is a significant step towards streetfootballworld and FIFA’s shared goal of addressing social challenges in 20 communities across Africa. Football for Hope Centres have already opened in South Africa, Mali, Kenya, Namibia, Lesotho, and Ghana, and the remaining centres are currently in construction

and development. As FIFA CSRProgramme Manager Cornelia Genoni stated, “The 2010 World Cup may long be over, but its legacy keeps on growing.”

“Each centre has the same concept of using football to promote hope and opportunity for the young generation, but each is also unique,” Genoni added. “FIFA is committed to giving of its expertise and resources on behalf of social challenges across the globe.” Rwanda Football Association (FERWAFA) president Celestin Ntagungira concluded by thanking FIFA for their efforts: “This is a centre that produces future leaders for our country, both on and off the pitch.”

The centre in Kimisagara offers opportunities for between 150-200 children in the suburban district to take part in programmes and courses, participate in theatre and, importantly, play football. The club has a team in Rwanda’s second division and have already provided two players who have gone onto to represent the country’s national team.

The new-built centre is located within the heart of the Kimisagara valley; the most densely populated, disadvantaged area in central Kigali with few opportunities for young

people and alarming school dropout rates. The site, located within a local primary school’s ground is situated adjacent to a canal and seasonal wetland prone to flooding.

The design concept of the centre was to build a half sized football pitch and community centre with changing rooms, educational spaces and a multifunctional gathering space. The orientation of the pitch along the existing school, and a desire to activate the pedestrian way along the water course leads to the dynamic plan form of the project. Due to the steep hills, densely developed, rising in every direction from the site is easily seen giving the roof a prominent role as the fifth facade and identity to Esperance’s social space in the community. The informal route along the banks of the canal connects the centre with existing public facilities and the Maison des Jeunes Kimisagara.

A tournament was held prior to the official opening on the new FIFA pitch (left,) while young spectators from the nearby school and local community cheer on (above)

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Building on partnership

Young leaders participate in a practical Football Amahoro match against the presidents of the partner organisations

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Building on partnership

From October 2-5, East African streetfootballworld network members came together in Kigali, Rwanda for the first ever streetfootballworld East Africa Meeting and Forum 2012. Organised by streetfootballworld and sfw network member Esperance, and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, the event focused on football as a tool for peace building and violence prevention in communities across the region.

Right after the official opening of the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre, the centre host Esperance welcomed representatives and young leaders from all 13 network members in East Africa at their premises in Kigali.

The first two days of the summit were devoted to network development in the region. Guided by streetfootballworld Regional Coordinator Margaret Belewa and Regional Consultant Sarah Forde, the members reviewed their joint violence prevention policy for East Africa and developed an action plan for its implementation, as well as considering different forms of advocacy for the network. The participating organisations face similar issues with violence among young people and shared first-hand experience and best practice examples from their communities. As special guests from the global streetfootballworld network, Veronica Escobar from FUDELA in Ecuador and Florian Zech fromm AMANDLA in South Africa gave valuable input to the discussions and shared their experiences throughout the week.

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The first streetfootballworld East Africa Forum took place at the Kimisagara FFH Centre

“The streetfootballworld East Africa Forum is a great opportunity for our East African networknmembers to come together and to continue theirnstrong collaboration. On top of that, they have the unique opportunity to present their innovativenwork to the wider public,” stated Margaret Belewa, coordinator of the streetfootballworld network in East Africa.

At the same time, young leaders from all attending organisations took part in a “Football for Peace” or football3 workshop delivered by Esperance. The method promotes peaceful conflict resolution through dialogue. Matches are played in mixed teams of boys and girls without a referee, guided by specially trained mediators.

Football as a tool for peace building and violence prevention Esperance’s legal representative Donatien Nsengimana stated during the Forum: “It is a pleasure for us to host the first streetfootballworld East Africa Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. Esperance was one of the first members in the streetfootballworld network and it is a great to see organisations in the region working closely together. As a network we can achieve much more than we can achieve alone.”

At the Forum on October 5, experts from within the network shared their experiences of how football is used as a tool to create a safer and more harmonioussociety. The panelists took a close look at the achievements and challenges of football-based violence prevention programmes in the East African region. One highlight of the event was a break-out session where several young leaders shared their personal stories.

“Setting up a regional coordination in East Africa is opening up a number of possibilities and provides a good example how regional development in the

streetfootballworld network can be achieved,” said streetfootballworld’s Christophe Mailliet. The meeting demonstrated the strong commitment of the members in the region to close collaboration, and we are looking forward to upcoming joint projects resulting from this event.

Young Leaders from all partner organisations participate in a Football Amahoro session (above), while other

members exchange their experiences at the sfw East Africa Forum (below)

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TANZANIA

KENYA

ETHIOPIASOUTH SUDAN

UGANDA

RWANDA

BURUNDI

SOMALIA

Sport - The Bridge, EthiopiaSport - The Bridge works with street children to help them resocialise, reintegrate with their families, and attend public schools by engaging them in specially developed sport sessions.

SSYSA, South SudanThe Southern Sudan Youth Sports Association (SSYSA) has developed a holistic approach of counselling, provision of food and educational support, and empowerment efforts towards girls and young women.

HODI, KenyaThe Horn of Africa Development Initiative has developed a unique programme with the motto “Shoot to Score, Not to Kill” that aims to reinforce and promote the peaceful resolution in areas persistent tribal warfare.

TYSA, KenyaTrans-nzoia Youth Sports Association is a community-based organisation which uses football as an entry point to educational programmes, training and livelihood opportunities.

The Kids League, UgandaThe Kids League aims to improve children’s lives through sport by breaking down religious, social and economic barriers within communities, thus bringing boys and girls together to convey messages on health.

Soccer Without Borders, UgandaSoccer Without Borders uses football as a catalyst for positive social change. It helps underserved young people overcome personal difficulties and pursue new opportunities.

SEP, KenyaUsing football to attract young people, Society Empowerment Project (SEP) provides life skills, sports leadership and management training. SEP strives to improve the livelihood of its participants providing assistance to families in small scale agricultural production.

VAP, KenyaVijana Amani Pamoja educates young footballers on the importance of hygiene and issues relating to HIV/AIDS while at the same time training them to be healthy and active.

MYSA, KenyaThe Mathare Youth Sports Association has been helping young people become responsible citizens and develop healthy bodies and spirits. Its activities include providing training and organising tournaments within the 16 most deprived slums of Nairobi.

Carolina for Kibera, KenyaEstablished in 2001, Carolina for Kibera uses football to promote community cooperation and to bridge social divides. The organisation contributes towards-inter-tribal understanding by requiring all affiliated teams to be ethnically diverse.

Moving the Goalposts, KilifiMTGK uses the power of football to empower young women and girls by teaching them about gender issues, reproductive health and rights, women’s rights, good governance, and economic empowerment.

Esperance, RwandaBased in Kigali, Rwanda, Esperance uses football as a tool to promote peace and gender equality, to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, to teach young people about conflict resolution. Esperance hosted the first streetfootballworld East Africa Forum.

IDYDC, TanzaniaIringa Development of Youth and Child Care (IDYDC) serving around 21,000 young people throughout the Iringa district. Coaches, students and volunteers become educators on and off the field, relating knowledge in areas such as health care and children’s rights.

Participating organisations:

Iringa

Kilifi

Nairobi

Oyugis

Tran-nzoiaKampala

Juba

Marsabit

Addis Ababa

Kigali

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Using the power of theatre

The INTWARI theatre was founded by Esperance long-time member and writer Marcel Muhire who wanted to introduce theatre culture to the youth of Kimisagara while incorporating plays that deal with issues that concern the Rwandan society.

As it is one of Esperance’s aims to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among young people and to inform

about good behavior, a theatre project was prepared last year in cooperation with the partnership Jumelage Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rwanda. The performances were organized to celebrate 30 years of partnership and cooperation between the German state of Rhénanie-Palatinat and Rwanda. About 20 volunteers of Esperance formed a theatre group headed by Marcel Muhire who also

wrote the accompanying texts in Kinyarwanda for the actors. The performances started at Groupe Scolaire Saint Aloys in Rwamagana and were consequently shown at 19 different partner schools of the Rheinland-Pfalz-Jumelage in the whole country. Arriving at a school, the actors talked to some students to get to know their daily life as well as certain conflicts that exist in theirschool environment. Additionally,

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Esperance’s INTWARI theatre group toured the country in 2012 again to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and corruption in collaboration with Jumelage and Transparency International.

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the volunteers put on the local school uniform and implemented the information they received from the students as well as the names of their teachers in the performance to make it appear more relatable. On stage, cases of alcohol and drug abuse, prostitution and bad behavior were shown. The actors also presented the consequences of their actions like pregnancy and failure at school. Another topic was the spreading of genocide ideology within discrimination on alleged ethnic differences. Because of the educative methodology of participative theater, the spectators were also involved in the play. Girls and boys of the local schools were asked to come on the stage, to discuss the particular issues with the actors and to give them practical advice about good behavior and peaceful conflict resolution. All the pupils seemed to be eagerly interested in the presented situationsand therefore showed emotional reactions.

The INTWARI group also collaborated with Transparency International Rwanda in 2012. Togehter with the Anti-corruption Justice Information Clubs (AJICS), Transparency International Rwanda organized several activities of mobilization and sensibilization at sector and district level between the 3rd and the 9th December 2012. This annual event known as the “Anti-Corruption Week” with the theme ‘’Stop corruption, you have a choice’’ took place in the districts of Gatsibo, Ngororero, Nyaruguru and Gakenke. At all outreach activities, members of the Transparency International Staff participated together with the theatre youth group INTWARI of Esperance. The group played sketches about corruption related subjects to engage the communities in the fight against corruption. These sketches are usually used by Transparency International Rwanda to engage the civil society in the fight against corruption and other related injustices.

Members of Esperance‘s INTWARI Theatre group engage with local school children, as they are encouraged to take part in a participative performance to

express their opinion about different social matters.

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Architecture students of the Kigali Institute of Technology look at exponats with their professor Kilian Doherty.

Exploring peace architecture

From the November 24th until December 8th 2012, Esperance was the site of the second “The Good Cause: The Architecture of Hope” exhibition. On display at the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre in Kigali, was the work of South African photographer David Southwood and Dutch architect Anne Feenstra.

The exhibition was a collaboration between the Dutch architecture think tank Archis, and KD|AP,

the architectural bureau of Kilian Doherty, the architect of the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre.

The first “The Good Cause” event took place in Montreal in 2011 in cooperation with the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA). The events are intended to explore the role of architecture in peacetime settings, in contrast with conflict situations. Questions about spatial dynamics in terms of peacekeeping

are paramount to “The Good Cause.” Among the structures around the world intended to prove architecture’s peace-keeping ability are a skate park in Kabul built by Architecture for Humanity, which also built the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre, and a visitor centre and community hall for the Pamir-i-Buzurg wildlife reserve in Afghanistan by Dutch architect Anne Feenstra. The Good Cause tries to broaden discussion about the role of architecture in post-war countries

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“The Good Cause: Architecture of Peace”, an exhibition collaboration between Archis, KD|AP & Esperance showed architecture potential for peacekeeping.

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and lays bare the facts of war and peace, using giant maps that chart both wars and peacekeeping missions since the 1940s.

The exhibition shows the complexities of a post-conflict resolution but also gives clues how architecture can contribute to a sustainable peace. The exhibition can be seen as an instalment in a long-term project with the aim to better the way the world deals with international peace keeping and reconstruction.

The exhibition was also visited by local youth and school children of Kimisagara who had time to explore architecture in a complete new context. An architecture class of the Kigali Institute of Technology took an extended tour through the exhibit to learn new approaches that can help them in their future projects.

Setting up “The Good Cause” exhibition with Archis and Esperance

volunteers (below). “The Good Cause” exhibition at the opening night on

November 24th, 2012 (right).

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Striving for a new framework

Rwanda has been a member of the Commonwealth since 2009, becoming only the second country after Mozambique which was not formerly a British colony to be admitted to the group. While the Commonwealth is mostly concerned with economic relations of the member states, an important goal of the Commonwealth Secretariat is a framework and guideline on Sport for Development and Peace (SDP).

While in other Commonwealth member countries an active SDP network already exists, Rwanda is still in the building phase with the Ministry of Sports and Culture (MINISPOC). The goal of the Secretariat in Rwanda is first establish a general framework for its SDP branch that will assist the government to develop policies for Sport for Development and Peace. Furthermore it then seeks

to create an extensive network of organizations involved in the field of SDP.

Esperance has been an exemplar NGO for a long time in the field of education and development through the multiple means of sport in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region, as remarked by the current Hon. Minister of Sports and Culture Mitali Protais. Because of

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The Commonwealth Office on Sport for Development and Peace visited Esperance to discuss guidelines and frameworks for a Rwandan SDP network approach.

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those experiences, Oliver Dudfield, Sports Development Adviser to the Central Commonwealth Secretariat in London visited the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre at November 27th.

With his four-man delegation from the local Commonwealth Office in Kigali, he took a tour through the newly built centre and watched a game of Football Amahoro, which was performed by Esperance volunteers and INTWARI members. The Football Amahoro methodology uses different street football approaches and combines it with Rwandan themes. Esperance has been using said method very successfully for nonviolent resolutions and has carried out many workshops and trainings in Rwanda‘s rural areas as well in the Great Lakes Region, that are still affected by ethnic conflicts.

After the Football Amahoro game the delegation held talks with representatives and staff of Esperance to discuss the draft of the framework and guidelines that will be presented to MINISPOC sometime this year to mark the beginning of a tangible SDP network in Rwanda.

The Commonwealth SDP delegation watches a Footbal Amahoro match performed by Esperance volunteers

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The Commonwealth Secretariat contacted the Commonwealth SDP Office in Rwanda to establish a sustainable „Sport for Development & Peace“ network build on a mutual framework.

The SDP Office in Rwanda in Cooperation with the Ministry of Sports & Culture develop an operating schedule

MINISPOC & a delegation from the Commonwealth SDP Offices in London and Kigali visit Esperance discuss the future network and the framework it is based on.

SDP delegations visit other organisation in the sport for development sector in Rwanda to debate further steps.

Rwandan SDPFramework

Malindi

Addis-Ababa

Gulu

Johannesburg

Abidjan

Bamako

Lyon

Cologne

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UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp - Hennef, GermanyEsperance volunteer Vincent Hakizimana attended the 2nd United Nations Office on Sports and Development Youth Leadership Camp at the end of June at Sportschule Hennef, Germany. The participants, 26 young people from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian territories, honed their skills and expanded their shared knowledge on how to use sport to address social change and promote peace.

streetfootballworld General Assembly - Lyon, France56 streetfootballworld network members came to Lyon for the second streetfootballworld General Assembly. Hosted by network member Sport dans la Ville, the network spent three days working on topics like gender equality, social inclusion and social enterprises, exchanging ideas for the coming years and discussing strategies for better collaboration between network members. Our Legal Representative Donatien Nsengimana attended the Assembly on behalf of Esperance.

Young Leader Exchange - Gulu, UgandaGilbert Ndayambaje from Esperance spent two weeks getting to know The Kids League’s programmes for children with special needs in Gulu, as well as the organisation’s programmes in the capital city of Kampala. Gilbert also got to know Anama Grace from The Kids League, who visited Esperance in June. They discussed the potential for joint programmes and how to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences through training workshops.

FIFA Football for Hope Centre Manager Workshop - Addis-Ababa, EthiopiaIn November 2012, delegates from all 20 Football for Hope Centres met in Addis-Ababa for the fifth Football for Hope Centre Host Workshop. This is the first time that all the 20 Host Centre representatives have met for a roundtable workshop to share their experiences in establishing the centres. Esperance’s Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre manager Victor Sewabana attended the meeting.

KicKFair Exchange Programme, Germany Since 2005 there have been many exchanges from KicKFair and Esperance in Rwanda as well as in Germany. This year our volunteer Gilbert Ndayambaje went to Germany to visit KicKFair in Stuttgart as well as other partners of Esperance. Furthermore he visited the Department of Sports for Development at the German Sport University Cologne where he discussed how sport can be used as a tool for international cooperation and education.

Youth Development through Football Workshop - Johannesburg, South AfricaThis year Esperance sent three volunteers to participate in the instructors’ workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. The YDF instructors are trying to share their educative tools and experience by organizing workshops for coaches and caretakers to teach them how to integrate football with technical drills and basic life skills.

HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming Workshop - Malindi, KenyaFrom June 25 - 30 2012 Albion and two other organizations from Kenya (Tackle Africa & Kenya Aids NGO Consortium), organized a seminar regarding the issue of fighting HIV/AIDS through football methodologies. Esperance volunteers Shaban Masengesho and Aimable Nishimwe attended the workshop to share their experience with HIV/AIDS awareness raising through Esperance’s educational football programme.

Child Protection Workshop - Bamako, MaliVictor Sewabana, the manager of the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre visited Bamako in June 2012 to discuss the topic of child protection with other streetfootballworld network members and sport for development affiliates. The issue of child protection is especially important in major disadvantaged areas like Kimisagara.

Football for Peace Workshop - Abidjan, Ivory CoastIn October 2012 the West African Action Network on Small Arms decided to launch Football for Peace in Abidjan. To do so, the Ivorian organization invited over Victor Sewabana and Karera Jean de Dieu of Esperance, two Rwandans with experience using sports to better society. The two members of Esperance exchanged ideas on peaceful football methodology and how to implement them in the Ivory Coast, a country torn apart by post-electoral violence.

Members of Esperance around the world in 2012:

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Financial Report

Foundation

42%

Corporate

22%

Government

23%

Private

13%

Income Portfolio

Profit & Loss Statement 2012 Amounts are indicated in USD ($) Income:Membership Fees: 16,800Donations: 55,950Foundations: 28,200Corporations: 29,500

Total Revenue: 130,450

The on-going commitment and generous contributions from all its supporters was very important for Esperance’s success and further expansion in 2012. As a result of our improving administrative structure, over 80% of all contributed funds were spent either directly or indirectly on programmes, benefitting the local youth of Kimisagara and beyond. To ensure the continuation and development of the organisation‘s activities Esperance is trying to establish a broad base of funding through securing income streams from a variety of different sectors. The importance of transparency, and trustworthy sustainable relationships, is at the core of the Esperance’s partnership management strategy.

Esperance‘s income portfolio does not significantly differ from the years before. The biggest sources remain to be donations and grants from international foundations, governments and corporations. One key objective in 2013 will be to identify more local donors from Rwanda that can support Esperance on a sustainable basis.

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Programme Expenses

83%

Admin Costs

17%

Expenses:Salaries:Direct Programme ExpensesAdministrative Salaries

35,20021,600

Events:Travel Expenses Accommodation: Promotional Material: Documents: Equipment: Field area: Provisioning:

4,9204,6803,0001,0004,9501,2009,000

Capital Investment:Car: 16,800Handling charges:Furniture: Fuel costs: Communication: Location equipment: Legal advice: Bank costs & interests: Office location:

1,8003,0003,6004,2002,400

6004,980

Other Expenses:Official centre inauguration: 3,000

Total Expenses: 127,300

Balance: 2,720

Expenses distributionEsperance‘s main expenses

in 2012 are generally similar to 2011 and 2010. The provision of teaching

materials, sports and other general programme equipment as well as the

transport costs of the various teams account for

the majority of programme costs. Additionally, Esperance invested

significantly into the individuals who implement the activities: the trainers, programme coordinators,

volunteers and social workers.

Thank you!Programmes providing for several hundred kids on a weekly basis require a sustainabe financial support base in order to deliver to the community for many years to come. Esperance was very privileged to receive a range of financial donations and contributions throughout 2012. We want to point out a few special contributors that helped our organisation tremendously in the past year:

• The FIFA Football for Hope Movement• The Prince Claus Foundation• Streetfootballworld• The German Foreign Ministry• Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)• The Rwandan Ministry of Sports & Culture• Kilian Doherty of KD|AP & architecture for humanity• United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace• The Sager Family Fund• Youth Development Through Football• Fédération Rwandaise de Football Associations (FERWAFA).• All private donors for their generous support!

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ESPERANCE NGOKimisagara Football for Hope CentreP.O. Box 4613 KigaliTel : (+250) 788615016Email: ajskesperance@yahoo.fr esperance@ferwafa.rwWebsite: www.esperance.rwFacebook: EsperanceKigaliTwitter: @EsperanceKigali

PhotosPhilipp GüntherJulia StreiffelerKilian DohertyJean de Dieu KareraArchitecture for HumanityStreetfootballworld

WritersPhilipp GüntherJulia Streiffeler

Director of publicationPhilipp GüntherTel: (+250) 787100682

EditorsDominique UwimanaPhilipp GüntherJulia Streiffeler

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A small contributionEsperance is heavily depended on donations. With a small contribution you can enable one child to participate in Esperance‘s educational football programmes. We are thankfull for any contribution!

For Euros (€):Name: Esperance AsblAccount Number: 5035026-04-77Bank Name: Commercial Bank of RwandaSwift Code: BCRWRWRW

For US Dollars ($):Name: Esperance AsblAccount Number: 00045-0373354-26Bank Name: Bank of KigaliSwift Code: BKIGRWRW

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We thank our partner and sponsors!

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