Sport and Refugees (with KLABU, Tjark Klimant)

Tjark is 30 years old and born in Germany. He studied Sports sciences and German in Berlin to become a teacher. During the semester breaks he used to work as a surf coach at the French Atlantic coast. After finishing his degree he moved to Lisbon, Portugal, to combine his passion of surfing with the profession of a teacher. Tjark worked at the German International School as a teacher for Sports (Physical Education), German and English for two years. As he wanted to employ the social impact of sports for people in need he joined the KLABU Foundation in August 2022 and moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he is working as a Project Manager now. KLABU is a young organisation based in Amsterdam, a social start-up with a scalable business model to power positive change through sport. They work directly with refugee communities around the world, who lead their own projects. Links: KLABU: https://klabu.org/ UNHCR: https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/insights/explainers/100-million-forcibly-displaced.html UNHCR Sport: https://www.unhcr.org/about-unhcr/our-partners/sport-partners IOC Refugee Olympic Team: https://olympics.com/ioc/refugee-olympic-team IPC Refugee Paralympic Team: https://www.paralympic.org/refugee-paralympic-team ----  Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award in 2023. Send us an email at [email protected]  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@SportsSocImpact)  Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/