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The Balopp Initiative Presents the Myanmar Project 2020 – Supported by Viant

camille — Wed, 29 May 2019 08:24:41 +0000

[:en]In late 2018, René Van Der Kam, Co-founder and Director of Viant Commodities, a leading global non-ferrous metals merchant company, came across the work of Kampuchea Balopp. He was impressed by the work done towards giving disadvantaged children in Cambodia access to sport and this inspired him to initiate the setting up of The Balopp Initiative in Myanmar as part of Viant’s CSR program. Myanmar is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia and 27.5% of the population is below 15 years of age. There are many children who are affected by conflicts or natural disasters, and 55% of the children live below the poverty line. Access to sport for children is low and the Balopp Initiative will partner with local NGOs and schools to provide regular sports training to children. This project will begin in 2020 in Yangon.

[:fr]Thank you to our partner Decathlon Cambodia for very generously donating some laptops to us – they will come in very handy for our Sports Educators to use.[:]

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KB DAY 15th September @ NISC with THE VALKYRIES

camille — Wed, 29 May 2019 07:59:09 +0000

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On Sunday the 15th of September we welcomed a large group to Northbridge International School for our KB Day thanks to a visit from the Singapore Valkyries girls rugby club. The Valkyries played some friendly games against our KB teams, and it was a successful morning of rugby! Accompanying the girls were a large contingent of parents – thank you very much to Jenny and the team for organising the visit and the donation of equipment! Thank you also to Jason Bray & Gift for stopping over on their bike tour from Singapore to the Japan Rugby World Cup , collecting images & inspiration from various rugby and youth development through sport initiatives across the region! We also welcomed the children from Cambodia Children’s Fund (CCF), Soksabay, PSE, ISF, ACH & Taramana who participated in some fun group sports activities. Thank you to MEAS group (Blue Pumpkin), President Intan Kosem, Yannick our Paramedic, and to all the volunteers who helped out to make this morning a success!

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We are holding our upcoming KB Day from 8am until 12 noon at Northbridge International School. For this event, we are very happy to welcome the VALKYRIES, a girls rugby club from Singapore, and their parents. They will play some friendly games against some KB teams. All are welcome to attend, and please note that this is a plastic free event so please bring your refillable water bottle!

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Oudong Mountain Clean-Up

camille — Wed, 29 May 2019 07:53:36 +0000

The Oudong Mountain Clean-up was a very successful morning thanks to the hundreds of volunteers that showed up to give of their time and effort on what was a very hot morning! After the blessing by the Monks and the official speeches, the seven groups of volunteers spread out over the mountain to spend two and a half hours picking up rubbish with tongs and their (gloved) hands. The lack of rubbish bins and awareness about keeping the area clean has caused a huge problem – the natural habitat is littered with plastic and debris of all kinds. After the clean up and the removal of dozens of bags of rubbish, there was a remarkable change to the area. Sadly, the job is still to go on, but with this initial start and addition in the signage and number of wheelie bins, tightening up of the local waste management plan, and overall heightening of the awareness of the local vendors and school children of the problem there, there will be an improvement in this historic and cultural site.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated – particularly our co-organisers GOGREEN CAMBODIA and our sponsors BRED Bank and Three Corner Coffee Roaster!

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Singlife Girls Rugby TRC Cup in Singapore

camille — Wed, 29 May 2019 07:46:04 +0000

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Social inclusion at its best! It was a week-end full of experiences for our privileged KB Tigers who were invited to attend the SINGLIFE GIRLS RUGBY TRC CUP in Singapore.
Our girls were very well prepared by Coach Sophorn, and came away with a victory in their first game of the morning. Alas, they battled valiantly for the rest of the tournament, but went down in some tight matches to the very good local TRC and Valkyries sides, as well as the visiting Hong Kong Stingrays. They had an action-packed weekend with pool parties, trips around Singapore, and the annual TRC Christmas awards event to top it all off! Thank you to the families who hosted the girls, to the tournament organisers and TRC committee who sponsored the trip, to UWCSEA for hosting the girls on Friday afternoon at the school, and to everyone who helped out!

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Social inclusion at its best! It was a week-end full of experiences for our privileged KB Little Tigers who were invited to attend the CHUBB TRC Junior Cup 2019 in Singapore.
Our girls & boys fought vailantly on the field against Singapore & Malaysian teams (The Centaurs, KL Tigers RFC, Tanglin Rugby Club) despite their limited experience playing rugby together. They have learnt great values and life lessons within a very short period of time – being part of a team, respecting each other, never giving up – among many others… Thank you to our amazing hosts – to all the devoted & generous parents behind the TRC!

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Cambodia 10’s 2019

camille — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 06:54:55 +0000

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The Cambodia 10’s adults rugby tournament was held on the 26th and 27th of October at Northbridge International School and had 20 teams from 8 countries participating. It was a successful weekend of great rugby with the Bangkok Southerners taking out the Men’s Cup, the local Sparkly Rahus taking the Women’s Cup, and Zarlequeen from Reunion Island taking the Old Boy’s Cup. We were also very pleased to showcase the children under our grassroots rugby program on Sunday morning in some exhibition games. Thank you to Action Cambodge Handicap, Sok Sabay, and Taramana for participating. We got many good comments about the high level of skill the children displayed, and their energy and enthusiasm was contagious! Thank you also to the team from Friends International who supported our event, and we fully support their Child Safe Movement.

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The Cambodia 10’s is back in this World Cup Rugby year and is being held on the 26th and 27th of October. This social rugby tournament has been going for many years and welcomes teams from around the world, to highlight the work that is being done in Cambodia with youth development through sport. Visiting teams come from Australia, France, South Africa, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, and normally around 350 people participate over the two days. There are three components to the tournament – Men’s, Women’s and Old Boy’s.

For more information, please email: cambodiatens@kampuchearugby.com

To download the 2019 registration form, please click here.

See you in Phnom Penh in October!

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Visit of the Singapore Valkyries

camille — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 05:05:19 +0000

For the second year in a row we were lucky enough to have a visit from the Valkyries rugby club in Singapore. They were the first girls rugby club established there, and KB organised a mini tournament on the 11th of November involving girls from 7 to 17 years old who are under the KB program to play against the visiting club. It was a full morning of rugby and four trophies were given away at the end. The visiting group had just enough time to go back to their hotel for lunch and a swim before flying back to Singapore that evening. We thank the Valkyries for their support of KB and Cambodian girls rugby, and we look forward to welcoming them again next year!

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CAMBODIA TENS 2018

camille — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 03:10:02 +0000

Our annual Cambodia 10’s tournament has just wrapped up with two days of sunny weather to enjoy the three competitions – Men’s, Women’s & Old Boy’s social 10’s rugby. Congratulations to Shoalhaven Rugby Club (Australia), the Banger Belles (Thailand) and Gotham (Singapore) for their wins in the respective tournaments. A big thank you to our partners and sponsors who helped put on a great event – Blue Pumpkin, Clik Asia, Naga Clinic, ICC (International Chiropractic Clinic), Foundation Decathlon, DanMeats, GoGreen, Samai Rum Distillery & Northbridge International School.

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BANGKOK 7’s & 10’s

camille — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 03:05:29 +0000

KB were very lucky to enter both comps – the 10’s at the start of the year and the 7’s near the end. For the 7’s, KB entered the tournament with 10 young players from our program who are from PSE – Pour un Sourire d’Enfant – Cambodia and Toutes à l’école. Thank you very much to David Adamson and the Referee’s Committee for helping us fund our participation in this tournament. It was a good learning experience for the girls and they finished up with 2 wins and 4 losses.

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GIRLS RUGBY TOURNAMENT IN PP

camille — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:32:57 +0000

Kampuchea Balopp had the pleasure of organising a girl’s rugby tournament with teams participating from Singapore and Cambodia. The 210 girls ranged in age between 8 and 14, and from the Cambodian teams, 9 came from the KB program, 2 from the Lycée Français René-Descartes de Phnom Penh – Cambodge, and 3 from the Valkyries who travelled all the way from Singapore to participate in the event! The Valkyries took advantage of this trip to Cambodia to support KB by bringing equipment donations and offering a souvenir polo shirt of the tournament to each participating player. We thank our three generous referees who came directly from Thailand for the occasion, Naga Medical Clinic, and the volunteers from the Phnom Penh Social Rugby Club.

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The KB Day MARCH 5th

camille — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 07:00:38 +0000

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FIRST KB DAY OF THE YEAR

Our KB Day brought together 400 children for a fantastic day of sport and rugby and was made possible by the generous support of the Amaris Foundation . Also, a big thank you to the UWC South East Asia children, parents and teachers from Singapore who helped out with the activities and made a donation of sports equipment and kit for the children. Their enthusiasm and expertise was greatly appreciated and we look forward to their next visit later in the year!

Crédit photo: JM Brun

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