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FOUNDATION OVERVIEW 2016 CONTENTS 5 ABOUT LAUREUS 6 CHAIRMANS LETTER 7 GLOBAL REPORT - ANDY GRIFFITHS 8 MERCEDES-BENZ LETTER 10 LAUREUS TRUSTEES 16 MERCEDES-BENZ BREAKFAST SERIES 18 MERCEDES-BENZ TROPHY SERIES 20 LAUREUS AWARDS 32 LAUREUS PROJECTS 72 LAUREUS AMBASSADORS 2 LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD SOUTH AFRICA ABOUT LAUREUS THE LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS Laureus’ core concept is simple, brilliant and The Best in Sport daunting: to create global awards that recognise The Awards celebrate and honour the most remarkable the achievements of today’s sporting heroes; achievements of men, women and teams from the world to bring sportspeople together; united in of sport within a calendar year. Proceeds from the Laureus achievement but divided by sporting code. Once World Sports Awards directly benefit and underpin the work of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. that community is brought together, putting to work their reach and the support and investment of Laureus’ Founding Patrons and Partners, it “SPORT HAS THE POWER creates a powerful message that can help social projects around the world who use sport as a tool for social change. That message, simply, is THE LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS ACADEMY Laureus Sport for Good. The Best of Sport “Using the power of sport as a The Academy is the ultimate sports jury who selects the winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards. The Members tool for social change.” of the Academy also volunteer their time to act as global ambassadors for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. Laureus Ambassadors are sports men and women who are The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation’s goal is supporting the Academy by inspiring the next generation. to help young people overcome the limitations imposed by challenging social issues including poverty, homelessness, war, violence, drug abuse, TO CHANGE THE WORLD”Nelson Mandela discrimination and AIDS. To do this Laureus supports and assists a worldwide programme of sports related community projects that have THE LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION been working to educate children, protect the vulnerable from illness and even bring people from divided communities together in friendship The Best through Sport for over ten years. The Foundation has helped to improve the lives of over one-and-a-half million young people around the world This mission was inspired by the words of Laureus through sport. Our mission is to use sport as the means to Patron, Nelson Mandela. At the very first Laureus combat some of the world’s toughest social challenges World Sports Awards in Monaco 2000, he said: facing young people today. The Foundation supports over “Sport has the power to change the world. It has a 150 projects in 35 countries. 19 of these programmes are in South Africa across 71 communities. the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can THE BEST IN SPORT, THE BEST OF SPORT, THE BEST THROUGH SPORT create hope where once there was only despair.” www.laureus.co.za Laureus_sa LaureusSouthAfrica 5 LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD SOUTH AFRICA CHAIRMANS LETTER GLOBAL REPORT MORNÉ DU PLESSIS Chairman, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Trust SA In 2016, Laureus had the pleasure achieved through sport by Sport of uniting the Global Network of for Good South Africa, would be My retirement last year as Programmes, Keuen Roberts, organisations. There are not Laureus Sport for Good programmes possible without the ongoing CEO of The Sports Science who continues to successfully many projects in the world at the Laureus Sport for Good Global support of our founders, Richemont Institute of South Africa has manage and coordinate our that can bring together Summit in Germany. It was fantastic and Daimler, and global partners, renewed my commitment to national programme network. the number of talented for me to meet the organisations Mercedes-Benz and IWC. We are Laureus in a way that feels Gita Carrol started her own individuals that Laureus does. supported by Laureus Sport for enormously grateful to them and as if my career has started consultancy business, Thanda We have our setbacks too, Good South Africa for the first time were delighted when Mercedes- all over again. Working Consulting and will service the of course, which help refine and I was struck by their passion for Benz South Africa announced their closely with the dedicated Youth Empowerment through our business model of social Laureus and the work that they are decision to increase their funding Laureus South Africa team Sport programme(YES) and change through sport. Earlier undertaking to improve the lives of support to Laureus Sport for Good has invigorated me and the exciting new Hlawula this year a juvenile detention young people across the country. South Africa. reminded me of the scale and Vutomi project in this centre where we have a The organisations in South Africa 2016 has also been a year of responsibility we have towards capacity. Our relationship with rugby programme had a make a major contribution to the strategic development for Laureus the 22 projects we support. Mercedes-Benz South Africa violent breakout and 12 of the work of Laureus globally, and it was Sport for Good globally with the It’s been a year of growth has been an outstanding 25 team members escaped. fantastic to be able to celebrate this organisation refocussing its vision and development for our example of how an NGO Instead of focusing on what at the 2017 Laureus World Sports and mission to align with the UN’s management team with Brett and commercial partner can failed, we focused on why Awards in Monaco, with Waves for Sustainable Development Goals. Our ANDY GRIFFITHS Global Foundation Director, Graham being appointed successfully promote positive 13 had decided to remain. It Change being awarded the 2017 new vision statement, as seen below, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation as the Executive Director. social change. They have was proof that a consistent Laureus Sport for Good Award. will ensure that all of our work After 4 years of service, our moved beyond traditional message of having choices This Award recognised the unique across the world is working towards Head of Operations, Nawaal sponsorship and have bought in life can work. Laureus has approach that Waves for Change the same objective and Sport said: “Today here at LIV Village, I’ve Nacerodien, has moved into our philosophy of sport chosen to work in tough have towards sport for development for Good South Africa is making met underprivileged children who on to a new and exciting for good. Our relationship environments, helping resolve through their pioneering surf a fantastic contribution towards have found themselves in trouble, chapter in her career and has seen Mercedes-Benz difficult social problems and therapy programme which utilises achieving this. some in a severe capacity but they has been replaced by Zulfah management and staff alike if we had a 100% success rate, the sport of surfing as a way to understand the need for sport to Abrahams, who arrived with attend workshops, summits we’d have no work to do! help young people from violent and “Using the power of sport to end play a role in their lives. a good understanding of and project visits as active unstable communities cope with the disadvantage, discrimination and Coming here, to fully experience the Laureus brand having participants. Many people stress of their lives. violence. Proving that sport has the and walk around, you get a proper previously led one of our regard social development Seeing Waves for Change’s power to change the world.” sense as to how many lives have funded programmes, projects as being less Founder Tim Conibear and Assistant been changed, the enormity of the Healthnutz. Cyndi Mendoza excellent by nature, but we Site Manager, Guyver Ngeyake Finally, it was great to see that impact they have had on children has joined our team on a full have proven the opposite: receive the Award on stage from Laureus Academy Chairman Sean that had nothing, and how LIV have time basis as our Monitoring & that having a partner that Princess Charlene of Monaco, was Fitzpatrick and recent addition to created this environment where Evaluation Co-Ordinator after subscribes to excellence a highlight of the Awards night the Laureus Academy, Irish rugby children have the opportunity to feel spending the previous year can create a successful and it is entirely deserved. We look legend Brian O’Driscoll had the loved.” completing her dissertation partnership with a project that forward to working with Waves to opportunity to visit our partner Cool These are sentiments that all of us on our successful YES (Youth works with communities in train other surfing organisations Play in Cape Town along with Morne at Laureus echo and I congratulate Empowerment through Sport) less than ideal situations. around the world and share their du Plessis. Brian also had the chance Laureus Sport for Good South Africa programme. Jill Benting Our trustees and ground-breaking curriculum based to head to another organisation on another successful year. We look continues her growth within ambassadors must be on what they have achieved in Cape supported by Laureus Sport for forward to seeing what the rest of the Foundation as the YES thanked for their tremendous Town. Good South Africa, when he paid 2017 will bring and the impact taking co-ordinator. Both Jill and support, which helps define None of this work, nor all of the a visit to the LIV Village in Durban. place with young people across Cyndi will support our Head of Laureus from many other other transformational work being Speaking at the LIV Village, Brian South Africa.
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