Lift4Life - Powerlifting Worldwide
This project's parent organization is Lift4Life
It operates in Zimbabwe
It uses Adapted sports
Entered the Sport for Equality Award
More about Lift4Life - Powerlifting Worldwide
(Our sport is not on the list - powerlifting)
Lift4Life focuses on providing support to marginalized communities and facilitating individual empowerment and the strengthening of communities through the sport of powerlifting. We are particularly focused on empowering women and have witnessed the significant effect this can have on a community as women break barriers to enter a male dominated sport and take the lead in local initiatives. Women involved in sports also tend to do better in school and have been shown to have higher self-esteem. We have found the importance of women having the ability to can train in a safe and supportive environment and have thus developed a female-only gym. In addition to supporting women in strength sports, we also provide incentives such as scholarships to youth who get involved in powerlifting. The communities we work with are very poor and lack many fundamental resources, however, we welcome all members to our centers regardless of age, gender, socio-economic background and even physical ability. By empowering marginalized communities and women in particular, we hope to inspire major improvements in the communities we work with.