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Organization Name: Lakapi Samoa (formerly Samoa Rugby Union)
Overview: Lakapi Samoa (formerly known as Samoa Rugby Union) is a national sports organization committed to lead and encourage rugby in Samoa.
The Western Samoa Rugby Football Union was established in 1924 and joined the World Rugby (formerly the International Rugby Football Board) in 1988. When the name of the country changed from Western Samoa to Samoa in 1997, the union changed its name to the Samoa Rugby Union, and later to Lakapi Samoa in November 2020. The organization was established under Samoa Incorporated Societies Ordinance 1952.
★Vision: "To inspire excellence and leadership through rugby"
★Mission: "To create rugby opportunities that will ignite passion and prosperity for all Samoans"
★Values: Leadership, integrity, respect, spirituality, culture, passion, discipline and solidarity
Activities: Lakapi Samoa is one of Samoa's largest sports organizations with a team of employees committed to ensuring that the national sport is effectively and smoothly managed at all levels in Samoa. Lakapi Samoa employs more than 40 people who are based at its Headquarters in the heart of the Samoa's Sports Complex at Tuanaimato. Responsibilities include management of our national teams (including the Manu Samoa), administration of our national competitions, and participation in test matches and other international competitions, as well as assisting with our development work in the wider community. Lakapi Samoa has direct relationships with its members, including 16 Provincial Unions (consisting of 120 rugby clubs with 5,000 active players in a country with a total population of 200,000), 10 Super Lakapi Franchises, various sponsors, partners and stakeholders, including the Government of Samoa.
Grants from the Yazaki Kizuna Foundation:
1) Funding for Lakapi Samoa's newly launched "High-Performance Academy", which aims to develop Samoa boys and girls into semi-professional and professional rugby players. The Academy consists of 15 elite players, 30 emerging players and 30 developing players (under 20 years old)
2) Funds to purchase vehicles for the High-Performance Academy
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