Burundi & Uganda · The whole community

Sport that moves a community.

Football brings people together. Fount Tournament uses that shared attention to raise awareness and encourage local action.

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Football teams gathered for a Fount Tournament group photograph

Why this work matters

A shared game. A shared cause.

A football pitch can become a place for a wider conversation. Fount Tournament brings communities together around sport and connects the event to a local issue that people can act on.

Community issues need attention beyond a meeting room. Sport creates an opportunity to reach people together, discuss a practical need, and invite them to take part in a response.

Football players taking part in a community tournament

How the program works

The work, in practice.

Bring people together

Create a community occasion through football, involving players and the people who come to support them.

Make room for a cause

Connect the gathering to an issue that matters locally. The first tournament in Burundi focused on blood-donation awareness.

Invite practical action

Share practical ways for people to take action. The 2022 report records pledges to donate blood from attendees and players.

Fount Tournament · Uganda

Football in Nakivale.

Two Fount Tournament events have taken place in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda.

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Documented work

From our 2022 report.

The figures below describe the work reported in that period.

500+

people reached with blood-donation awareness

2022 · first tournament in Burundi2022 annual report

Awareness and pledges are distinct from completed blood donations. The report does not quantify blood collected.

Football players taking part in a match watched by their community

From the people behind the work

A tournament with a purpose

Makamba · 2022

FEDU's first tournament in Burundi brought people from Makamba province together around blood-donation awareness. The 2022 report records pledges from players and attendees to support local clinics and hospitals by donating blood. Pledges are the response reported; completed donations were not quantified.

Read the story in the annual report

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More about Fount Tournament.

Is the program only about football?

Football brings the community together. Each event also creates an opportunity to address a local issue and encourage a practical response.

What happened at the first tournament?

The 2022 annual report describes blood-donation awareness reaching more than 500 people, with pledges from attendees and players. It does not report a count of completed blood donations.

How can an organization get involved?

Contact FEDU to discuss event support, a relevant community initiative, or practical resources. The team can explain the current event plans and needs.

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Invest in what comes next.

Bring communities together through event organization, participation, and awareness activities. Talk to the team about supporting the next event and its local cause.

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