![Cape Town, South Africa – March 2025 – From March 17-21, 2025, PLAY HANDBALL proudly hosted the Weltwärts Partner Conference Southern Africa in Cape Town, in collaboration with the German Red Cross in Hesse – Volunta. This significant event was organized on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and […]](https://play-handball.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PHZA-Welwtaerts-PCSA-2025-04-02-at-13.27.38-450x285.jpeg "PLAY HANDBALL hosts the Weltwärts Partner Conference Southern Africa 2025 in Cape Town")
Cape Town, South Africa – March 2025 – From March 17-21, 2025, PLAY HANDBALL proudly hosted the Weltwärts Partner Conference Southern Africa in Cape Town, in collaboration with the German Red Cross in Hesse – Volunta. This significant event was organized on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Programme Steering Committee (PSC). (more…)
Read More![The year 2025 starts with reflection, community and planning for the next six months for our Weltwärts volunteers in South Africa! At the beginning of January, PLAY HANDBALL successfully organised and led the Weltwärts mid-term seminar, not only for our five PLAY HANDBALL and Kultur-Life volunteers, but also for another 14 volunteers from other sending […]](https://play-handball.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/WW-Mid-Term19.15.47-450x285.jpeg "Learning, Reflecting, and Recharging: Highlights from the Weltwärts Mid-Term Seminar 2025")
The year 2025 starts with reflection, community and planning for the next six months for our Weltwärts volunteers in South Africa! At the beginning of January, PLAY HANDBALL successfully organised and led the Weltwärts mid-term seminar, not only for our five PLAY HANDBALL and Kultur-Life volunteers, but also for another 14 volunteers from other sending organisations and projects from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique. From 13 to 17 January, 19 young women and men came together in Kleinmond to exchange experiences and learn from each other. The seminar was more than just a meeting – it was an opportunity to pause, reflect and grow together. Here is a little insight into the experience of our volunteer Laurids: (more…)
Read More![“When are we going to play a lekker game of handball?” For the past three months, this was the enthusiastic question from children every Tuesday and Thursday during our afternoon handball lessons. Their dream of participating in a real tournament finally came true on the 14th of November, thanks to the dedication of Salome and […]](https://play-handball.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG-20241212-WA0007-1-450x285.jpg "‘Lekker game, coach!’ – An unforgettable day of handball in Goedverwacht")
“When are we going to play a lekker game of handball?” For the past three months, this was the enthusiastic question from children every Tuesday and Thursday during our afternoon handball lessons. Their dream of participating in a real tournament finally came true on the 14th of November, thanks to the dedication of Salome and Liv, PLAY HANDBALL volunteers with the “Piketberg Sports Development Foundation” in South Africa’s Bergrivier municipality. Together, they organised a memorable event in Salome’s host village of Goedverwacht. Here Salome and Liv share how the day unfolded.
Read More![New volunteers in South Africa! Once again this year, motivated volunteers have started out on the weltwärts programme in Cape Town and the surrounding area. PLAY HANDBALL South Africa will be supported by five new faces as part of their development volunteer service. There will also be new volunteers in Kenya, although they will not […]](https://play-handball.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WhatsApp-Bild-2024-09-09-um-12.34.22_052248a9-450x285.jpg "Weltwärts with handball: New volunteers as coaches landed in South Africa.")
New volunteers in South Africa! Once again this year, motivated volunteers have started out on the weltwärts programme in Cape Town and the surrounding area. PLAY HANDBALL South Africa will be supported by five new faces as part of their development volunteer service. There will also be new volunteers in Kenya, although they will not arrive until mid-September. The new team members in South Africa are Zoe, Salome, Liv, Mathis and Laurids. They have already been able to gather some impressions during their first week in South Africa and are now about to start their exciting task. However, as you can’t start a programme like this completely unprepared, there was intensive preparation with a seminar week in Plön with our partner Kultur-Life, some online meetings and also a preparatory training session with PLAY HANDBALL after their arrival. But now it’s the turn of our new volunteers to tell us about themselves and their first exciting impressions: (more…)
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It was a debut for the Schleswig-Holstein Handball Association to facilitate handball seminars in South Africa. Handball coach Frank Hamann was in South Africa from 29 July to 18 August for PLAY HANDBALL and the HVSH and was able to inspire many participants with his expertise and enthusiasm for handball. (more…)
Read More![More than 300 young people from 16 different schools experienced a day full of handball, education, inspiration and empowerment at the PlayHandball Supercups in South Africa. Another series of the unique PlayHandball Supercups kicked off in Johannesburg on 24 February, shortly followed by the Cape Town counterpart on 9 March. In the Supercup series, the […]](https://play-handball.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Supercup24-CapeTown-PlayHandball-6-450x285.jpeg "Supercup inspires more than 300 youth for sustainable behaviours and handball")
More than 300 young people from 16 different schools experienced a day full of handball, education, inspiration and empowerment at the PlayHandball Supercups in South Africa.
Another series of the unique PlayHandball Supercups kicked off in Johannesburg on 24 February, shortly followed by the Cape Town counterpart on 9 March. In the Supercup series, the 11 to 14-year-old girls and boys not only competed in exciting handball matches, but also learnt about recycling and how waste can pollute our soil and thus affect the quality of our food.
Read More![With the start of the Christmas season, our former volunteer Philipp launched a fundraising campaign for the Bo-Kaap Handball Club with the aim of helping the players to live out their sport. Our new Adopt-A-Club project makes exactly that possible. This gives you the opportunity to support a specific local club with your donation and […]](https://play-handball.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mannschaft-2-scaled-450x285.jpg "Adopt-A-Club launches fundraising campaign for the Bo-Kaap Handball Club")
With the start of the Christmas season, our former volunteer Philipp launched a fundraising campaign for the Bo-Kaap Handball Club with the aim of helping the players to live out their sport. Our new Adopt-A-Club project makes exactly that possible. This gives you the opportunity to support a specific local club with your donation and help us to provide sporting opportunities for children and young people in that community. The community becomes an active and safe place where children can play and fulfil their potential in sport and in life.
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Handball season starts! New volunteers started in PlayHandball’s sports and youth development programmes at the beginning of September. As part of their voluntary social year (FSJ) abroad, eight young people will support us and our community and school partners in South Africa and Kenya this year. (more…)
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![My motivation in the last years was to experience handball and the culture in other countries, to learn new things about handball and to support together with people on the spot. I had heard about PlayHandball during my studies when the idea came up to go abroad and gain more experience with handball. It was […]](https://play-handball.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_20220423_112033186_HDR-scaled-450x285.jpg "Martin Bergers handball experience in Africa")
My motivation in the last years was to experience handball and the culture in other countries, to learn new things about handball and to support together with people on the spot. I had heard about PlayHandball during my studies when the idea came up to go abroad and gain more experience with handball. It was only realized after my master’s degree in the context of my handball world tour. Thanks to Corona, this “only” turned into a trip to Europe and Africa in the spirit of handball. From Norway, to Denmark via France and Spain to Portugal, I was able to get to know European handball better in about 14 months. Afterwards, my journey took me to Kenya and South Africa for PlayHandball for another 4 months. In the following I report about my insight of my experiences at PlayHandball in Kenya and South Africa. (more…)
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