Clarisse Machanguana Foundation
My name is Clarisse Machanguana. Born and raised in Maputo, Mozambique, in the midst of poverty and civil war I was transfixed by the notion of protecting individual rights of women in third world countries. However, my legal studies were upended by my professional basketball career, including the WNBA. Eager to give back, I created the Clarisse Machanguana Foundation to elevate deserving youth’s lives through sports irrespective of economic status and family turmoil. I can attest to the power of sports excellence to open doors for the disadvantaged.
Youth Empowerment
& Education Through Sports
Clarisse Machanguana Foundation Develops programs that use sports to address educational and health challenges faced by most youth.
OUR
APPROACH
Our life-changing, sports programs build self-esteem to create behavior change, make better life choices and stay in secondary school. As a role model, Clarisse inspires Mozambican youth to dare to dream.
Sports/Role models
Sport capacitates girls to get into, and stay in, secondary school. We use sport to develop fitness, self-esteem, a winning attitude and team work. Life skills learning runsalongside sport training, supporting positive decision making in life choices.
Community engagement
Using her exceptional ability as a role model, Clarisse engages and motivates young people to listen and learn. She leverages her position to bring other socially influential personalities on board, creating impactful messaging and images.
Social media/Influencers
Social media is used widely in Mozambique by youth, even in the most remote, rural areas. We have a strong social media focus to engage our audiences and make it a more powerful, learning experience.
OUR
PROGRAMS
Our life-changing, sports programs build self-esteem to create behavior change, make better life choices and stay in secondary school. As a role model, Clarisse inspires Mozambican youth to dare to dream.
Sport is an important vehicle for social and personal change. Each Jr NBA basketball program involves 30 schools, 460 girls, 10-13 years old and more than 3000 spectator students. Basketball training, with tournaments, runs alongside life skills learning.
Launched in 2016, Saber é Viver (SEV) is a national, HIV education and de-stigmatisation program to increase youth and child testing and treatment. It is designed and implemented by the foundation in partnership with the Ministry of Health and PEPFAR. So, far it has reached more than 1.8 million people.
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FOUNDER
OUR FOUNDER
“ Through hard work and determination, I have had the privilege of being a part of many amazing programs. I want to use myself as the platform to impact change for the youths especially girls, in Mozambique.”
Clarisse
Machanguana
The Clarisse Machanguana Foundation represents the institutionalization of Clarisse’s beliefs and goals.
Fundação
WNBA
UNICEF
WHY MOZAMBICAN YOUTH
Mozambique has a population of about 28 million, of whom 46% are under the age of 15, facing increasing social, health and education challenges.
School Dropout
HIV
Life Skills
LATEST
NEWS
Mozambique has a population of about 28 million, of whom 46% are under the age of 15, facing increasing social, health and education challenges.
OUR
BOARD
OUR BOARD
CLARISSE
MACHANGUANA
WNBA Legend, Mozambique’s UNICEF Good Will Ambassador, 13th Point of Light for the Commonwealth appointed by Queen Elisabeth of England
JASON
CAHILLY
Board Member CEO Dragon Group LLC. Former Chief Strategic & Financial Officer/ Director of NBA China
JOE
GUERRA
Board Member Senior Director of Business Strategy at Brookfield Residential
ALISON GREENE
SANDS
Board of Directors Member, Acting Deputy Director and Chief Strategy Officer at the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO)
JORGE
FERRÃO
Board Member Former Mozambique’s Minister of Education and Human Development. Currently Dean of Pedagogic University in Maputo
TICHA
PANICHEIRO
Board of Directors Member, WNBA Legend, Hall of Fame, Sports Agent
JASON CAHILLY
Board Member CEO Dragon Group LLC. Former Chief Strategic & Financial Officer/ Director of NBA China
Jorge Ferrão
Board Member Former Mozambique’s Minister of Education and Human Development. Currently Dean of Pedagogic University in Maputo
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Location
Campus Universitário da
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane,
Maputo - Mozambique
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