CapoeirArab - Syria

National Network
Syria
Address

PO BOX:34512, Jamia Faruk, Baghdad St., Damascus - Syria
Damascus
Syria

Telephone
00963 (0) 9339 25 704
E-Mail
info@capoeirarab.com
Mobile Phone
00963 (0) 9339 25 704
Organisation Type
Other
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
PARTICIPANTS Our programs encourage youth participation from all sectors of Syrian society. Our regular training sessions attract a diverse constituency of residents in Damascus who wish to benefit from regular fitness and nurture a passion for the art form. We also pursue collaborative workshops and seminars with internationally renowned capoeira mestres from Brazil and Europe, in addition to regional gatherings with schools based in Lebanon, Oman, Dubai and Turkey.
Mission and Objectives

FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
CapoeirArab is dedicated to social development of youth through the means of capoeira. The organization embraces values such as heterogeneity, cooperation and respect for the other, using capoeira as a common ground for social integration and discourse.

Main Projects / Activities

Social activity Free for Kids
Classes are aimed at taking the kids off the streets to unite and educate them all Kids who are interested in Capoeira and can’t afford the Training will not be charged.
Khaled bin Al-Walid Youth Reformatory
Dates: Start October 2008
Activity: Capoeira training and performance with the teenage inmates,
(boys) music and traditional Brazilian Dance.
Location: Khaled bin Al-Walid Youth Reformatory for boys, Damascus
Performance required: Sport and re - socialisation activities with over 250 teenagers
In cooperation with UNICEF and Caritas Damascus, Syria
Dates: Start October 2008 - twice a week
Activity: Capoeira training and performance with the Iraqi refugee children,
music and traditional Brazilain Dance
Performance required: “Child Protection Specialists”- Program in Geramana with over 600 children
Location: Zeizuna Church, Bab Sharque
NGO Terres des hommes Italia;
Title: Al Tanf – Refugee Camp
Dates: 7th and 8th of May 2009
Activity: Capoeira training and performance with the local teenagers,
music and traditional Brazilian Dance
Performance required: Sport and re - socialisation activities with over 200 teenagers
Location: Al Tanf – Camp; Syrian – Iraqi boarder

Contact (1) Full Name
Tarek Alsaleh
Head of the organisation
Tarek Alsaleh
Contact (2) Full Name
Isaac Heinrich