For the third year in a row, Harmonie Mutuelle is launching a web series devoted to the various virtues of sport, hosted by Paralympic swimmer Théo Curin.
In the first episode of
Tous Héros
, posted online Tuesday, we discover the association for social inclusion through sport Kabubu, invited to participate in basketball training at the Tony Parker Adéquat Academy in Lyon.
Best of all, six members of Kabubu were able to play on May 6 with the former Spurs playmaker.
Kanishka, Peyman, Stanis, Dilont, Jean-Luc and Didier could not imagine being able to participate one day in basketball training with Tony Parker. Thanks to
Tous Héros
, the Harmonie Mutuelle web series devoted to the various virtues of sport, these six members of the Kabubu association nevertheless shared the ball with the president of Asvel, on May 6 in his basketball academy in Lyon. . Posted Tuesday on YouTube, this is the first of four
All Heroes
episodes
hosted by Paralympic swimmer Théo Curin, with a
guest
“TP” but also Marine Lorphelin, Miss France 2013 and general medicine intern.
Since 2018, Kabubu (“friendship through sport” in Swahili) has been working for the social and professional inclusion, through sport, of exiled people, with 850 participants hosted on various activities in Paris and Lyon (football, basketball, French boxing, yoga, fitness…).
For Noémie Marchyllie, co-founder and director of Kabubu, “it was the right time and the right way to change the outlook on migration.
Thanks to sport, we can deconstruct social barriers.
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"He passed the ball to Duncan and Ginobili, and that's ours"
Used to training every Saturday on the playground next to the Colbert high school (Lyon 8th), the six budding basketball players from Kabubu quickly integrated alongside students from the TP Adéquat Academy, and therefore the former quadruple NBA champion. . Only the Afghan Kanishka did not know the ex-star of the Spurs and the Blues. "Being able to play with Tony is the pinnacle, it's the dream of many kids," smiles Dilont (28), who arrived from Congo in 2018. He passed the ball to Duncan and Ginobili, and there it is. to us, do you realize? “Without complex, the Kabubu team took full advantage of this prestigious friendly opposition. "Sport is a universal means of meeting each other without the language barrier posing a problem," explains Lucie Crouzier, who supervises the Lyon branch of Kabubu.Everyone is on an equal footing between exiles and the local population, there is no such aid-assisted relationship. "
A configuration that perfectly suits Dilont, who has been waiting for refugee status for three years.
“We all come from different countries and cultures, but in the field, we are like a family.
Sometimes we need to forget about all our very complicated administrative procedures and just have a good time.
"The Rwandan Didier (42 years old), who is not about to forget his basket filmed by the web series, on an assist from Tony Parker, adds:" Sport has the power to revive you in your head, it allows you to travel.
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"It is important for this new generation to believe in it"
A journey that Théo Curin accompanied with a smile, for this first episode of
Tous Héros
devoted to inclusion, before the themes of health, the environment and solidarity are developed in the coming weeks. “We can see how the association is delighted with this wonderful moment of exchange with Tony and the members of the academy, appreciates the young disabled athlete. Sport is an incredible and very broad tool, as we can see with the web series. "
Guest of this third season on the aspects of inclusion and the environment, “TP” also got involved. “Theo introduced me to the Kabubu association and it totally corresponds to my values. The
Tous Héros
project
is innovative and it makes me want to sensitize my entire network to help inclusion but also to save the Earth. "
Those who "love to introduce young people to their sport" are ready to regularly welcome associations like Kabubu to their facilities in Gerland, if sanitary conditions permit.
“I wish them to find their passion to flourish, insists Tony Parker.
If we don't tell you that you are crazy when you express your dream, it is because you are not dreaming big enough.
It is important for this new generation to believe in themselves and to push their limits.
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