Vosloorus Project

Sport is a great uniform of life - it takes us out of our everyday existence, brings us all together on a "level playing field" and shows us the opportunities we can mould for ourselves through application. 

By focusing our attention on less advantaged communities, the IC’s Philanthropy Programme hopes to give those children an alternative focus to the streets and their inherent dangers of drugs, crime and negative peer pressure. Through tennis, and the dedication and structure it provides, we hope the children in our projects will learn basics such as commitment, self-esteem, respect for fellow players, physical fitness, the benefit of nutrition and how to play by the rules of fairness - all wrapped-up in an overall feeling of fun and enjoyment.

The IC’s first charitable development programme was co-organized in Burundi by the IC of Luxembourg in 2009 with Sport Sans Frontières and the ITF.  The IC Philanthropy committee is currently supporting 10 socially uplifting programmes.   Each programme is administered by one of the IC member countries.  Please click here to find out more.

Our activities are in line with the modern IC’s Mission Statement which includes: “promoting the growth of tennis by, among other things, encouraging participation of the young and the less advantaged”. Our projects in Vosloorus (near Johannesburg) and Kenton-on-Sea (near Port Elizabeth) provide the IC SA with perfect opportunities to put something back into the game which has given us so much.

Involvement in a programme such as this allows them to make new friends, learn how to follow rules, achieve personal goals, improve their self-esteem and stay off the streets.

We hope that for some this opportunity could be life-changing!

Please watch the videos about our existing projects.

Vosloorus

Kenton-on-Sea

Philanthropy News

May 2022
New Equipment And Kit For The Program

New Equipment And Kit For The Program

Following the past weekends camp and the new training that the development children went through, it was decided that for the continuation thereof, we needed additional equipment to ensure a continuation of these new drills that were learnt.

So, we managed to obtain skipping ropes, medicine balls, a ladder and additional cones so that the coaches will be in a similar position that they were when at the camp. They will be able to continue using the new training skills now with this new equipment.

We were also given a number of rackets which were also given to the program as well as kitting out some of the children with new shoes and rackets.

It was a happy group of the kids that received the new equipment, and all this will go to ensure that they continue on the path to become better people and players. They have a tournament at the end of June in which eight will be entered.

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