Camp Lapantha: Building Skills, Confidence, and Opportunity
Camp Lapantha delivers basketball instruction alongside education and life-skills programming, creating safe and structured environments for youth development.
❏ Basketball Sessions for boys & girls
● Group A: Boys and girls 8-12 years old
● Group B: Girls 13-19 years old
● Group C: Unified basketball with athletes from Special Olympics Mali
● Camp Lapantha All-Star Game
❏ Coaches Clinics
❏ Life skills - Educational
● Self-esteem / Character
● Respect / Humility
● Financial literacy
● Healthy eating habits
The HMB Foundation will also provide athletic gears and school supplies for all participants.
❖ The Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Foundation provides basketball camps in Mali with a focus on teaching basketball and life skills. The camp are 3-5 days of teaching and providing educational opportunities not only to the school aged boys & girls, but also to coaches.
❖ The boys & girls go through basketball drills emphasizing on individual skills, teamwork, sportsmanship, goal setting, self-esteem, work ethic, discipline and winning attitude. They also get specific educational sessions on use of technology, importance of education, financial literacy and health topics.
❖ The Foundation also aims at partnering with the local coaches associations to foster the trainings of said coaches and ensure that the impact of the camps doesn’t stop after the 3-5 days. Providing access to continued information / trainings to maintain / enhance the level will be a key component in helping our youth take advantage of the opportunities.
❖ The camps are led by experienced coaches and players.
❖ Camp Lapantha promotes unified basketball by including Special Olympics Mali’s athletes with intellectual disabilities.

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