Why we support youth through sport

Équipe York United FC — jeunes soutenus par Tabar Café

When people ask me why a coffee brand commits to youth and sport, my answer is simple: because many of these young people carry invisible wounds linked to the realities they experienced in their home countries.

Without accompaniment and without healing, these wounds can turn into an uncertain future, sometimes harder than the present.

Through this initiative, we transform trajectories: young people who once ran from the trials of survival now find in sport a space of reconstruction, expression and joy — while returning energy and hope to the whole community.

— Photo taken by Bertin on the grounds where Tabar Café supports youth teams in Uganda.

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Bahati Bertin Matonde
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Bahati Bertin Matonde

Founder of Tabar Café, filmmaker, social entrepreneur

A Congolese refugee who arrived in Uganda in 2012, he became a social entrepreneur, a filmmaker, then the founder of a Montreal-based brand. Since 2013, he has led Self-made Africans.

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