Archive for category Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Highlighting how PLAY HANDBALL supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in action. On Saturday, 20 September 2025, the 6th PLAY HANDBALL Supercup took place at the German International School Cape Town — bringing together over 200 participants – including 176 learners and coaches – from more than 10 schools across Cape Town and beyond, from local […]

Supercup Cape Town 2025 – Sport, Sustainability and Youth in Action

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), South Africa, Supercup,

Highlighting how PLAY HANDBALL supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in action.

On Saturday, 20 September 2025, the 6th PLAY HANDBALL Supercup took place at the German International School Cape Town — bringing together over 200 participants – including 176 learners and coaches – from more than 10 schools across Cape Town and beyond, from local communities all the way to Piketberg.

This year’s theme, aligned with SDG 14: Life Below Water – “Let’s Keep It Alive”, showed once again what PLAY HANDBALL stands for: sport as a platform for learning, responsibility, and community.

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It started as a spark of an idea — a belief that sports could transform lives. This vision took root in Nkubu, Kenya, where PLAY HANDBALL recently wrapped up a vibrant three-month pilot project. From September to December 2024, this initiative brought together students, teachers, and the community, proving that handball is more than just […]

Shaping Futures Through Handball – Pilot Project in Nkubu, Kenya

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Kenya,

It started as a spark of an idea — a belief that sports could transform lives. This vision took root in Nkubu, Kenya, where PLAY HANDBALL recently wrapped up a vibrant three-month pilot project. From September to December 2024, this initiative brought together students, teachers, and the community, proving that handball is more than just a game; it’s a powerful tool for education, personal growth, and community development. The initiative, implemented in collaboration with the Rotary Club Nkubu and with the support of the Rotary Club Eschborn in Germany, aimed to evaluate the feasibility for a large handball project. (more…)

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Nicola (founder of PLAY HANDBALL) reports on how sport is linked to education and sustainable development and on current seminars and training courses for students, teachers and volunteers on the topic of sport as an educational tool for sustainable development.  Nicola reports: ‘This spring, I once again had the opportunity not only to lecture at […]

“Play fair for the Environment” – Trainings on sports as an educational tool for Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Trainings and Workshops,

Nicola (founder of PLAY HANDBALL) reports on how sport is linked to education and sustainable development and on current seminars and training courses for students, teachers and volunteers on the topic of sport as an educational tool for sustainable development.  Nicola reports: ‘This spring, I once again had the opportunity not only to lecture at Leuphana University in Lüneburg (Germany) as a guest lecturer on the topic of “Sport as an educational tool for sustainable development (ESD)”, but also to give training courses for teachers in the Oldenburg area, sponsored by the OLB Foundation. Over 30 students from Leuphana University Lüneburg took part in the seminar in cooperation with Dr Jessica Süßenbach. This is the second year that we have offered this course, which is open to students from all subjects as part of the complementary study programme, and we will be holding it again next summer semester.
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