
Information
Year founded
Enero de 2012
Type of project
Socio-sports football and basketball schools
Local Partner
Salesian Missions
Definition/Country
Senegal, Thiès
IBAN
ES90 0049 1804 102110400700
SWIFT
BSCHESMM
Description
The Real Madrid Foundation’s socio-sporting school is located in Thiès, capital of the region by the same name and third biggest city in the country, located 60km from Dakar. It I characterised by a weak social, economic and educational context and a majority Muslim population. The school forms part of the educational offering of the Salesian community with a Professional Formation Centre and the Don Bosco Youth Centre. The complex is situated in the Median Fall neighborhood in the north of the city. The people who benefit from it are student from the Professional Formation Centre with economic difficulties and/or family integration, as well as boys and girls from Medina Fall, coming from family environments with low resources and in many cases single parents. It must be highlighted that “Talibés” children also attend, children from the neighborhood attend ceramics school. As well as taking part in sports, they also receive IT classes, extra dietary help, chats about health and hygiene, and workshops on value in sport.
IBAN
ES90 0049 1804 102110400700
SWIFT
BSCHESMM