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IFA Mini Academy NGor Dakar

About NGor

The chosen venue is NGor , a village on the outskirts of Dakar . Dakar is the capital city of Senegal and the most Western point of Africa . The local football side is Olympique de NGor .

The President of the Club, Remy Juteau  was extremely accommodating to our requirements. In 2007 Olympique de NGor agreed a 10-year partnership with IFA .

During our phase 1 study; IFA worked closely with the Club and the local community. IFA   now offers m any children the opportunity to learn basic arithmetic and reading and writing skills.

Local football coach  Papa Gueye has a daily group of 60 children, from the ages of  12 up to 1 6 , including girls.  By October 2008 we will expand to accommodate 100 children in total.

Our sponsors, Maersk Line and Bassari Resources have facilitated the cost of the teachers and the coaches, as well as the cost for painting the school, which was kindly donated to us by the Mayor of Ngor.

The Olympique de Ngor stadium is being constructed and should be complete in early 2009, by which time we will move our school to the stadium.

The British Council have also been instrumental in our success and via their initiative, Dreams + Teams, we now have a partner school in Sunbury Upon Thames.

Bishop Church of England School hosted two IFA Ngor teachers in October 2007 and in April 2008 IFA Ngor completed the exchange when three teachers from Bishop Church of England School spent 10 days in Ngor, learning about their African counterparts and the methods used in teaching on a new continent.

NGor Mini Academy

The NGor mini academy currently  accommodates  60 children everyday.  6 hour sessions per child are divided by  four hour s of education and  two hour of football. The IFA programme is based on 10 months a year.

This equates to  an average of 1200  hours a year of education and football per child. ( 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, four weeks a month, 10 months a year).

3 Senegalese teachers work throughout the day, as well as 3 Senegalese football coaches.

Throughout each year, IFA UK staff  travel to Senegal to provide assistance and to ensure the IFA programme is working accordingly. When based in the UK , the IFA team, will throughout the year, be accountable for their own relevant departments. They  consistently liaise with the Senegal staff to ensure maximum value is being provided and set new targets and discuss new IFA curriculum ideas, when appropriate.

Get involved now!

IFA is offering you the opportunity to sponsor the IFA mini academy in NGor, Senegal. To find out more about the benefits for your company, please contact us for our brochure and further details.