---
titre: "BRIGHT Sport: the Tennis Programme, sport for unity and peace"
chemin: "/programmes/sport"
type: page
format: blocs
langue: en
groupe_traduction: 01a12936-3c84-7465-b98e-dd540ac477b3
description: "BRIGHT Sport in Yaoundé: weekly tennis training with the Tennis Club of Yaoundé since 2020, open to girls and boys alike. 100 refugee children trained in 2021, 25 a year since 2024."
statut: publie
libelle_de_menu: "Sport"
publie_le: 2026-10-11T04:26:24+00:00
version: 7
---
- type: departement
  departement: "BRIGHT Sport"
  titre: "Sport for unity and peace."
  pictogramme: sport
  accroche: "Since June 2020, we have partnered with the Tennis Club of Yaoundé to promote sport as an act of social inclusion, conflict prevention and peace-building. Self-discipline, respect for one's opponent, fair play, teamwork: values that help young people resolve conflict in their own lives."
  image: { source: "/medias/photos/tennis-entraineur-balles-raquettes.webp", alt: "A coach holding out a basket of tennis balls as young BRIGHT players train with their rackets on the court", largeur: 720, hauteur: 720 }
  legende: "Balls, rackets and training with the Tennis Club of Yaoundé."

- type: programme
  ancre: what-we-offer
  departement: "BRIGHT Sport"
  titre: "Tennis Programme"
  pictogramme: sport
  accroche: "What we offer, to girls and boys alike."
  offre:
    - "Weekly tennis training with the Tennis Club of Yaoundé"
    - "Sports activities and community tournaments"
    - "Teamwork, discipline and life skills through play"
    - "Youth leadership roles on and off the court"
  public: "Displaced and orphaned children and young people, for whom tennis is usually out of reach."
  responsable: "Carine Sipewou, Head of Sport"

- type: jalons
  ancre: activities
  surtitre: "What we have done"
  titre: "Our activities."
  entrees:
    - date: "2020-06"
      titre: "A partnership with the Tennis Club of Yaoundé"
      texte: "Twenty internally displaced people take part in eight training sessions of two hours each."
    - date: "2021"
      titre: "A hundred children on court"
      texte: "From January to December, we train 100 refugee children in tennis; sessions continue every Sunday in 2022."
    - date: "2023"
      titre: "Year-round training for 20 children"
      texte: "With the Tennis Club of Yaoundé."
    - date: "2024-05"
      titre: "The Diplomats' Tournament"
      texte: "500,000 FCFA raised for the tennis training of young orphans."
    - date: "2024"
      titre: "The squad grows to 25"
      texte: "A 25% increase, for girls and boys alike."
    - date: "2025-08"
      titre: "New equipment from Tennis Sans Frontières"
      texte: "Rackets, balls and T-shirts for our players."

- type: chiffres
  ancre: results
  surtitre: "Results"
  titre: "What it has made possible."
  entrees:
    - { valeur: "100", libelle: "refugee children trained in tennis", source: "2021" }
    - { valeur: "25", libelle: "children trained all year with the Tennis Club of Yaoundé", source: "2024 and 2025" }
    - { valeur: "500,000", unite: "FCFA", libelle: "raised for the tennis training of young orphans", source: "May 2024" }

- type: temoignages
  ancre: voices
  surtitre: "In their words"
  titre: "What tennis changed."
  entrees:
    - citation: "Tennis has profoundly transformed my life, not only reshaping my perspective on people but also how I interact with the world around me."
      nom: "Fru Patience"
      qualite: "Internally displaced person, BRIGHT tennis player"
    - citation: "Sport has changed my life. Today I hope to use it to address various forms of social exclusion by building human and social capital and helping to prevent conflicts in my community and at the national level."
      nom: "Macbright Ekane"
      qualite: "BRIGHT tennis player, 2020"

- type: galerie
  ancre: photos
  titre: "Photos"
  images:
    - image: { source: "/medias/photos/tennis-entrainement.webp", alt: "A coach showing a young player how to hit the ball during a BRIGHT tennis session", largeur: 1600, hauteur: 900 }
      legende: "A training session with the Tennis Club of Yaoundé."
    - image: { source: "/medias/photos/tennis-joueurs-gradins.webp", alt: "Young BRIGHT tennis players and a coach sitting on the steps beside the court, rackets in hand", largeur: 981, hauteur: 673 }
      legende: "Our young players on the steps of the court."
    - image: { source: "/medias/photos/tennis-trois-joueurs.webp", alt: "Three young players holding their rackets in front of their faces by the court fence", largeur: 1600, hauteur: 1200 }
      legende: "Rackets ready."
    - image: { source: "/medias/photos/tennis-pause.webp", alt: "Young tennis players sharing bananas during a break by the court", largeur: 1020, hauteur: 726 }
      legende: "A break between two drills."
    - image: { source: "/medias/departements/sport-tennis-club-yaounde.webp", alt: "Two coaches of the Tennis Club of Yaoundé with a BRIGHT member holding a certificate", largeur: 945, hauteur: 634 }
      legende: "At the Tennis Club of Yaoundé."
    - image: { source: "/medias/photos/raquettes-tennis-sans-frontieres.webp", alt: "New tennis rackets and a bag of balls given by Tennis Sans Frontières", largeur: 1045, hauteur: 588 }
      legende: "Rackets and balls from Tennis Sans Frontières."

- type: prose
  ancre: stories
  surtitre: "From our blog"
  titre: "Their stories."
  texte: "- [New rackets, balls and T-shirts from Tennis Sans Frontières](/blog/tennis-sans-frontieres-equipment/)\n- [Fru Patience Ndeusse, from BRIGHT scholar to software engineer](/blog/fru-patience-software-engineering-graduate/)"

- type: appel
  surtitre: "Support Sport"
  titre: "Put a racket in a child's hand."
  texte: "Coaching, equipment, a place on the court: every gift keeps the squad playing."
  actions:
    - { libelle: "Donate", href: "/donate/" }
    - { libelle: "All departments", href: "/programmes/" }